Sony announces the E-mount 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS. And a new Silver A6300.

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Sony announced the first new APS-C E-mount lens after a very long time! And also a silver version of the A6300.

Preorders (start on Jan 10):
18-135mm lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon and BestBuy.
Silver A6300 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon and BestBuy.

New Compact, Lightweight E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Features Outstanding Sharpness and Fast, Precise, Quiet AF for a wide variety of still and video applications

Sony, a worldwide leader in digital imaging and the world’s largest image sensor manufacturer, today announced its 46th E-mount lens. This new APS-C lens features a versatile 18-135mm focal length, aperture range of F3.5-F5.6 And Optical SteadyShot™ stabilisation.

The new lens (model SEL18135) features a compact, lightweight design measuring only 67.2mm x 88mm and weighing in at a mere 325g, as well as a high magnification 7.5x optical zoom that covers the wide-ranging focal length of 18-135mm on APS-C or 27-202.5mm in 35mm equivalent focal length. The lens is an ideal fit for Sony’s popular APS-C sensor cameras including α6500, α6300 and α6000, and is an extremely useful tool for a wide range of shooting situations ranging from daily life to portraiture, landscape, nature and travel photography.

The E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS produces outstanding corner-to-corner sharpness throughout the entire zoom range thanks to its advanced design featuring one aspherical lens and two Extra-low Dispersion glass elements that minimise aberrations. This lens also allows photographers to produce close-up images with pleasing ‘bokeh’ or background defocus as a result of its maximum magnification ratio of 0.29x and minimum focus distance of 0.45m. It also offers built-in optical image stabilisation to support handheld shooting.

Additionally, the 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 Zoom lens offers fast, precise, quiet AF performance thanks to a linear motor, making it a perfect complement to the high speed shooting and impressive video capabilities of many of Sony’s mirrorless cameras.

Pricing and Availability

The SEL18135 will be available from February 2018, priced at approximately £570.

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Sony Tidbits…

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2017 Gear of the Year & 2nd Annual Elephant Award

The Man behind the Lens: Mr. Li (Laowa 15mm 2.0 Zero-D FE) at Phillip Reeve.
Nikon D850, Sony a7RIII design goals (Jim Kasson).
6 Tips For Moving Time-Lapse Videos with the Cinetics Lynx (Explora).
My Gears as Sony Ambassador + some alternative kits (Marc Alhadeff).

Marc Galer new videos:
AF Area Registration: https://youtu.be/KK8Mnwqz_yw
Switch Vertical Horizontal AF Area: https://youtu.be/l1e99qmX5DI
Register and Recall Custom Shoot Settings: https://youtu.be/Z-E38IwB49k
A7RIII Pixel Shift Editing Tutorial: https://youtu.be/4YjHE3ncnx4
A9 Setup and Custom Settings for Sports and Action: https://youtu.be/qfLjnE4-NT4

 

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The lenses we know are coming in 2018 and the lenses we might see coming

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According to BHphoto the new Sony 400mm lens will ship in September 2018

In 2018 we will get a ton of new lenses! Here is the full roundup of what we will get and what we can hope to get:

These are the lenses we are 100% sure will be released in 2018:
Sony 400mm f/2.8 FE GM OSS
Zeiss 25mm f/2.4 FE
Laowa 9mm f/2.8 APS-C E-mount lens

These are some of the rumored lenses that could be announced in 2018:
Sony 135mm f/1.8 FE (80% chance to see this)
Sony 20mm f/2.8 (50% chance to see this)
18-55mm f/2.8 APS-C E-mount (50% chance to see this)
Sony 200-600mm FE (30% chance to see this)
Sigma 35mm f/1.4 ART FE (80% chance to see this)
More Sigma ART primes. Could be one or two of those: 14mm, 21mm, 50mm, 135mm (80% chance to see this)
Tokina Super Wide AF FE (90% chance to see this)
Tokina Fast Wide AF FE (90% chance to see this)
Tokina standard zoom AF FE (90% chance to see this but could be for early 2019)
Batis Zeiss FE prime lens (between 35 and 50mm)
Samyang AF lenses (unclear what focal length but there seems to be a 100/135mm prime and a zoom on their roadmap)

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony 50mm f/1.8 OSS lens review with sample pictures

Sony Alpha A100 DSLR Review (Photographic Central).
New version of the Nik Collection to be released in 2018 (Mirrolessrumors).
Sony, Panasonic Bet on ToF Sensors (Image Sensor World).
Ausprobiert: Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS (Photoscala).
Shooting a Christening with Samyang 35mm f1.4 AF & 50mm f1.4 AF (HRimages).
Best Portable Hard Drives for Video, Audio, and Photo Needs (Explora).

More informal and personal photos from SAR Admin Andrea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.

Baris:Sunset Hike with Sony A7ii and Sony 50mm 1.8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EvD_Gfwa4I

Baris:Hey! Here is another blog post from me. You might find it interesting. It is about the G-Master 24-70mm. Feel free to share it. Have a good one ! http://www.barisparildar.com/blog/2017/4/25/sony-g-master-in-death-valley

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New Nokton 35mm f/1.4 FE lens listed at BH

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The newly announced Nokton 35mm f/1.4 FE lens listed at BHphoto. But there is still no pricing info. I guess it will be priced around $700-800.

In the meantime I am testing the Voigtlander 40mm f/1.2 FE (see image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4 and image 5). I wasn’t convinced by the focal length but after using it for days I am liking it more than I would have expected. Only concern is that here in Antwepren it’s raingin 90% of the time and the lens isn’t weather sealed :(

And because it rains that often I am shooting most of my pics in trams:

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