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(SR1) First wild rumors about a new entry level Sony FF E-mount camera priced at $1,500

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A new source contacted me to tell me an interesting new rumor. I couldn’t confirm or deny this info with other sources and I therefore ranked it SR1 only (10% chance this is right). The source said:

Two months ago Sony-folks told me that they will wait for Canon and Nikon’s announcement before to decide what to announce next. If Canon and Nikon will announce a new FF mirrorless with a price tag of $2,000 they will launch a new entry-level FF E-mount camera at Photokina. This camera would be priced at around $1,500.

Regarding the A7sIII he told me this:

Last time I heard about the A7sIII Sony was undecided whether to announce a new A7sIII in late summer (with smaller upgrades) or a new A7sIII in winter with major upgrades.

Soon we will see if this is total BS or if it’s a real deal. I find it hard to believe Sony will announce a new entry level FF camera…simply because they still cannot fullfill the demand for the A7III (still 2-5 weeks shipment at Amazon).

So let’s go back to reliable rumors recap (90% chance this is right):

  • UPDATED: Sony press event around September 20. It’s confirmed there will be new E-mount lenses. Most certainly a 24mm f/1.4 GM. And maybe new 135mm f/1.8 GM too
  • Sony press conference on September 25. Unclear what’s going to be announced (if anything at all)
  • Zeiss press conference on September 27. Batis 40mm f/2.0 and the new fixed lens FF camera from Zeiss will be announced
  • One more Sony press conference and product announcement in mid-October
  • We know for sure Sony has two cameras ready: The new High End APS-C E-mount camera (not a direct A6500 successor) and the new A7sIII. But we have no SR5 confirmation about when they will be announced.

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First unboxing images of the new Laowa 10-18mm FE lens. And exclusive offer for SAR readers (free Photokina ticket and free trial)

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Let’s first talk about an exclusive offer for our readers:

You have the chance to get a free Photokina ticket and a free tial with the new 10-18mm lens if you comment this post and send an email at contact@venuslens.net (see rules on the image above).

And now to the next news: These are the first Laowa 10-18mm unboxing images posted today by SLRclub:

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Sony announces the new HDC-3500 and HXR-NX200 camcorders

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As we told you in these days today Sony announced new camcorders. The new E-mount gear announcements are expected to happen between Sept 18 and Sept 27 when Sony will have two press conferences and Zeiss another one.

Here is the introduction video for the two new camcorders:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ917y7JdG8

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Watch the Sony IBC 2018 video livestream at 9:30 Berlin time

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You can watch the Sony IBC livestream here: https://pro.sony/en_TH/event-ibc.

Like I told you before it’s extremely unlikely that Sony will announce some E-mount stuff.

The key announcements will happen between Sept 18 and Sept 27 when Sony has two conferences and Zeiss also another one. That’s what we will get with 100% certainty new E-mount lenses. Still unconfirmed is the High End APS-C camera and A7sIII will be announced at photokina or in their next press conference in mid October.

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Tamron 28-70mm F2.8 Review for Sony | SOOO worth it

12 Recommended Travel Tripods (Explora).
SLR Magic 50mm F1.1 Cine II Lens for Sony E-Mount (Personal View).
New CIPA shows sharp decline in camera sales in the month of July (MirrorlessRumors).
Samyang 35mm F1.2 ED AS UMC CS review at SonyAlpha.blog.

Tuan: “The Sony FE 24-105 f/4 is a great lens, but using a polarizing filter on it can cause severe vignetting.
See for yourself the extent of the problem and the intricacies of correcting it automatically in Lightroom processing: https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/polarizing-filters-and-vignetting-on-a-wide-angle-lens-corrections-in-processing/
Examine the results of a side-by-side comparison of five different filters, and find out which one I chose to minimize vignetting on my lens:
https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/polarizing-filters-and-vignetting-on-a-sony-fe-24-105-f-4-filter-comparison/“

French review of the Sigma 20mm f/1.4 ART at Apvl.ch:

“We hope that Sigma will also design lenses directly for mirrorless in the future to optimise the capacity. Since Nikon launch their own mirrorless and soon Canon too, we will see more lenses design only for mirore less like Laowa does. In praktis, this lens has optical performance near to the perfection if you close the aperture above F4. Above F2.8 it is no more noticable vignetting, chromatic aberration and coma. The sharpness is rasor at f1.4 in the center, good at f2.8 in the border and excellent in the wall frame at F4. A really good lens for astrophotography at f2.8 and a good lens for landscape at f4. the 9 blade aperture gives you pretty stars in luminous spots. But this very good spec come with some bad news. The front element is huge and you can’t screw filters (ND, pola) without an extra filter holder. The lens is also massif and weight a lot (950g). At F1.4 you have some vignetting and you see not all the star and the coma is present but I never see the milky way that good with any lenses (at f2.8 it’s all right)!”

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