Samyang surprised us by releasing two FE lenses aith autofocus. And in an interview released by Focus Numerique they said it’s possible they will also make zoom lenses. Would be nice!
Reminder: The new Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 FE autofocus lens will start shipping on October 14 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. In Europe it is in Stock already at PCHstore.
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FíRIN 20mm F2 FE MF
ZEISS Milvus 2/135 – The Ultimate Portrait Lens (Lenspire).
Cristina Mittermeier Honored By The Imaging Alliance (Alphauniverse).
Photokina 2016: The first PL-mounted medium format 4K video camera you can actually buy…from Alpa and Hasselblad (Newsshooter).
14 days in Iceland only with A7r2 & 24-70 2.8 GM (SonyAlphaForum).
Fujifilm X-T2 vs. Sony a7S II (Cinema5D).
Sony Bravia 4K HDR Tv commercial behind the scenes by Alin Popescu.
Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA Lens my first pics of my friend Liuthier (SonyAlphaForum).
Lensvid: “We just published another interesting video from Photokina – this time it is a quick demo of the Techart PRO AF adapter:
https://lensvid.com/gear/lensvid-exclusive-techart-pro-adaptor-demo-turn-any-mf-lens-into-an-af-lens/
You probably reported this early this year but they claim that with an extra adapter you can adapt basically any MF lens (Canon/Nikon etc.) to be an AF on a Sony body. B.T.W. in the article I mentioned what Leica thinks about this :)
P.S. the strange focus issue in the start of the video – the A6300 + Sigma 30mm f/1.4 miss focus – annoying (I really hope Sony will come up with a new version – the lack of IBIS on this camera drove us crazy during the show as well as the low battery and super annoying menus and buttons).”
SAR reader P. sent me this:
This email is a bit weird haha, but I think I might have worked out what the next zeiss lenses might be for e-mount. If you look at this site, http://www.zeiss.de/corporate/de_de/zeiss-corporate-newsroom/news/pressemitteilungen.html?id=photokina-2016-new-industrial-lenses you can see four “interlock lenses”. ZEISS Interlock Compact: Planar T* 2/50, Sonnar T* 2.4/85, Distagon T* 2.8/21, Biogon T* 2/35. These are the aperture and focal lengths of the zeiss loxia lenses and they look like them too; the weights aren’t the same however. Then recently they announced a 15mm f/2.8, a 18mm f/2.8, and a 135mm f/2.
“New members have also been added to the ZEISS Interlock family of industrial lenses: ZEISS is expanding the series with three fixed focal lengths: 2.8/15, 2.8/18 and 2/135”. There’s already a zeiss batis 18mm f/2.8 lens, so my theory is that the 15mm f/2.8 is too close to the zeiss batis 18mm f/2.8, so that will be a Zeiss Loxia. Then the 135mm f/2 will be a Zeiss Batis (this makes more sense since the filter size will fit).
This makes quite a lot of sense, because you can have a 15mm, a 21mm, 35mm and an 85mm in the zeiss loxia line, then in the zeiss batis line you can have 18mm, 25mm, 85mm and 135mm. None of the focal lengths step on each other and they’d be evenly spread out.
Photochirp is just speculating…but we know a Batis lens is coming and that it’s likely to be a tele lens. The specs could be close to the 135mm f/2.0 Interlock lens (PDF sheet here).
You can download the A6500 Flyer PDF file at WeTransfer (Click here). And the RX100m5 flyer at Sony.com (pdf here).
One more news: Iridient Developer 3.1.1 got released with new support for the new Sony RX100 V
Preorders (Start today at 11am NYC time):
A6500 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at PCHstore.
RX100m5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. In EU at PCHstore.
New Underwater housing for all RX100 cameras at BHphoto, Adorama.
Transferring Your Sony Images Wirelessly: The Breakdown with Miguel Quiles
Zeiss Milvus 1.4/85 ZF.2 review (DxOmark)
50 euro discountcode + 15 euro voucher on the Sony A6000 sold by Cameranu.nl.
Test – Sony FE 50 mm f/2,8 Macro (Focus Numerique).
Sony Planar T* FE 50mm F1.4 ZA Review (Photographyblog).
A6000 review by Cameranu.
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Anonymous: “Something different: Who would’ve expected a startup Japanese auto brand founded by a former Sony CEO to make serious waves at the 2016 Paris Motor Show?
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/glm-g4-is-the-japanese-tesla-we-never-saw-coming-ar174680.html“
Amadeusz: “We started an online petition (to companies like Metabones, Kipon, Aputure, Mitakon) for a new, more radical focal reducer (aka ‘speedbooster’). The petition is here:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/create-a-034x-speedbooster-for-vintage-medium“
The new Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 FE autofocus lens will start shipping on October 14 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. In Europe it is in Stock already at PCHstore.
Do not forget that the Sony A6500 preorders will be available on Monday at 11am New York time:
A6500 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
RX100m5 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
New Underwater housing for all RX100 cameras at BHphoto, Adorama.
