The upcoming gear shipment dates: A7III, 105mm f/1.4, 400mm GM, 28-75mm FE, 110mm FE…

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We will soon get new gear from Sony like the 24mm GM, 135mm GM, A7sIII and A6xxx. But in the USA there is still a lot of gear that is hard to find in Stock. Here are the shipping start estimates:

Within days:
Sony A7III in USA at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, BestBuy, FocusCamera, BuyDig.

Unclear:
Voigtlander 110mm FE lens at BHphoto and Adorama.

Late September:
Sigma 105mm f/1.4 for $1,599 at BHphoto, FocusCamera,  and Adorama.
400mm f/2.8 FE preorder at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera.

1-2months:
Tamron 28-75mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon, BuyDig, FocusCamera and Adorama.
Sony 24-105mm at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama,

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(SR4) Also a new APS-C E-mount lens could be announced along the new High End APS-C camera!

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Just a rendering of a possible A7000 (article here).

First an update: The trusted source corrected himself and said the new High End APS-C camera could be announced nwo and Photoplus. Which means max in 7-8 weeks. I hope it’s coming at Photkina already (2-3 weeks).

Now multiple sources heard about a new very high End Sony APS-C E-mount camera that will be announced within 1-2 months (likely Photokina and if not than at PhotoPlus). And one of the sources said the camera will be announced along a new APSC-E-mount lens. I have no specs of this lens but I do hope it’s a f/2.8 standard zoom lens (16-50mm f/2.8 would be nice).

This is the little we got so far about the new High End APS-C E-mount camera:

– It seems to NOT be a new A6500 successor. It could be the first camera of a new line
– It’s a “mini-A9” which means it has the same speed (20fps)
– Should record 4k60p
– Touchscreen, improved battery life, improved ergonomy
– A9 alike autofocusing capability

We also heard there might be a Sony announcement this week but I am not sure that’s for the new E-mount camera. It might be for fixed lens compact cameras only…

 

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Leaked images: tomorrow Sony will announce these new Though SD series cards

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Last week our sources reported about a new Sony TOUGH card series. Today Nokishita leaked these images. The cards will be announced tomorrow. We have no confirmation yet if Sony will also announce new cameras/lenses…doesn’t seem yet that’s the case.

They will have the same speed of the current world’s fastest SF-G series which you can find here on Amazon US, AmazonDE, AmazonUK, AmazonFR, AmazonIT, AmazonES. But the new TOUGH cards are impermeable!

 

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Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS Review by Photographylife

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New  review of the Sony 100-400mmGM Lens on Photographylife:
Honestly, the Sony 100-400mm GM lens is a marvelous lens that in my opinion is better than its Canon counterpart. Sharpness is fantastic, focus speed and accuracy is phenomenal when paired with the Sony A9, and overall handling is very good. The only gripe I have with the lens is the weather sealing which is not up to par with Canon lenses. I had some issues with condensation building up inside the lens during high humidity situations when my Canon lenses had none. Hope Sony do something about their weather sealing…
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This new Zeiss patent discloses a 35mm f/2.0 lens design for the new fixed lens Full Frame camera

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One of our readers (Thanks!) spotted a brand new Zeiss patent published in July. The patent descirbes a 35mm f/2.0 high quality lens:

To provide a compact camera lens having a maximum imaging quality of a camera having a full frame sensor.

The patent contains an MTF chart, indicating very high performance with nearly 0.8 @ 40 lp/mm throughout much of the frame except in the extreme corners. So this lens should indeed have “maximum imaging quality” and won’t have a “mid-zone dip” that plagues the Zeiss Loxia Biogon 35mm f/2 (which only scores 0.6 @ 40 lp/mm in the center, down to < 0.4 at the midzone and corners).
The tangential and sagittal MTF curves are also very close, indicating low coma/astigmatism/lateral chromatic aberration.
The lens has 9 elements in 7 groups, of which the last two elements are very large aspherical elements (4 aspherical surfaces total). The last element in particular has a pretty extreme shape, and also sits very close to the image sensor. It is probably difficult to manufacture and align.

The lens is internal focusing, by moving two elements.

As with always, patents do not necessarily indicate the final product. In fact, multiple variations of a similar design were in the patent. So, we cannot draw any final conclusions regarding this lens. We do not even know if this lens is in fact the same one that is going to be in the upcoming Zeiss camera.

 

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