Just announced: New Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 and 28mm f/1.8 APS-C E-mount lens!

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The Taiwanese company Kamlan announced two new APS-C lenses:

50mm f/1.1 II for Sony E (around $250)
21mm f/1.8 for Sony E (around $150)

Kamlan E-mount lenses will go on sale on Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon CA.

There are no images of the 21mm lens yet. Here are some more of the new 50mm f/1.1 II version:

 

Image sample shot on the Sony A7rIII (crop mode):

via Mobile01 via MirrorlessRumors.com.

Thanks Chien!

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Sony Tidbits…

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Laowa Goes Wide With Four New Lenses For E Mount and Micro Four Thirds

Sony 100-400 GM + 2x Teleconverter vs. Panasonic 100-400 and 100-300 (Hunter Peress).
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Zeiss Batis 40mm test at DC.watch.
9 Light Pollution Filters Tested: Do They Really Work? Part 1 (Explora).
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24 hours with the new Sigma 105mm 1.4 SONY E MOUNT (Manny Ortiz).

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Sony RX1R II marked as “discontinued” in Sweden

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Scandinavianphoto.se marked the Sony RX1R II as “discontinued”. I don’t know yet if that’s a local Scandinavian status or if Sony globally discontinued the camera.

Some see the Zeiss ZX1 as real successor of the RX1 line. I don’t think that’s the case. But I wonder if we will ever see a new RX1 camera again. If I would be in charge at Sony I would try to make an RX1 camera with the new 100 megapixel medium format sensor that costs 35% less than the GFX-100 which is rumored to cost $10,000.

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Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 review at Lensip: “you won’t be disappointed”

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Lenstip tested the Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 lens which you can buy at Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT and Amazon ES. This is an APS-C lens and Lenstip texted the X-mount version. But the performance is the same as on the E-mount:

Pros:

  • sensible build quality of the barrel,
  • good image quality in the frame centre,
  • moderate lateral chromatic aberration,
  • slight distortion,
  • nice appearance of out-of-focus areas,
  • affordable price.

Cons:

  • very weak image quality on the edge of the frame,
  • some spherical aberration problems,
  • huge coma,
  • distinct vignetting,
  • weak performance against bright light,
  • some casualness when it comes to aperture markings.

Ok., own up: who was taken in enough to believe that a lens with just 5 elements, an aperture as fast as f/1.1, and costing just $180 will produce excellent images? Realists, who don’t believe in miracles, cannot be surprised by results presented in previous chapters and they won’t be disappointed. I count myself among them so the summary is going to be positive.

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Sony Tidbits…

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Zeiss Batis 40mm f/2 Hands On Review (ParkCameras).
Bokeh is overrated (Denae & Andrew).
Sony 85mm F/1.8 vs Sony 85mm F/1.4 GM (Enthusiastphotoblog).
Unveiled: LaCie High-Performance Portable USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C External SSD (Explora).

Lionel: “There a video how I dress up my 400f2.8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVZnyb652YM. Review in real word is coming but I must take some serious picture before… There I have already tree: http://apvl.ch“

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Lucid Vision Labs measured the performance of the new Sony 31.4MP APS-C Global Shutter sensor

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Just a short time ago Sony introduced a new range of Global Shutter sensors. We can be certain Sony will use them on their own future Alpha cameras too.

For now the biggest global shutter they announced is a 31.4 MP APS-C sensor in 4:3 format. The first company using it is Lucid Vision Labs. And they shared their preliminary Lab results:

I am not expert enough to give a correct evaluation of those numbers. Might be interesting to read the comments from some of our expert SAR readers!

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via Image Sensor World.

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