(SR5) Zeiss will announce a new Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Sonnar lens!

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UPDATE: You can now preorder the new Zeiss Loxia 85mm FE lens at BHphoto (Click here).

Trusted sources told us that Zeiss will announce a a new Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Sonnar lens! The announcement is expected to happen tomorrow at 11:00 Berlin time. Follow the live blogging here on SAR!

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Venus Optics Unveil the World’s Fastest 15mm Lens for Sony Full Frame E-mount Camera

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Venus Optics announced the new Laowa 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D FE lens! The lens will ship in early 2017 for a yet to be determined price. This is the press text:

Featuring a 110° Angle of View, Ultra-fast f/2 aperture and 72mm filter thread, LAOWA 15mm f/2 becomes another member in their ‘Close-to-Zero Distortion’ lineup.

Anhui China, Sept 14, 2016 – Venus Optics, the camera lenses manufacturer who had previously launched a number of quality lenses with ‘World’s First’ specifications, is proud to unveil two premium lenses with extreme specifications and impressive performance, the Laowa 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D & the Laowa 7.5mm f/2 MFT.

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Laowa 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D
Laowa 15mm f/2 FE is currently the World’s Fastest 15mm rectilinear lens for Full Frame cameras. It features a close-to-zero optical distortion, allowing photographers to take landscape or architecture shots with straight lines retained.
Dedicated to fulfill the need of photographers, Venus Optics have managed to add a 72mm filter thread onto the 15mm f/2 lens. Photographers can easily install standard screw-in filters without paying for an expensive yet bulky filter holder system.
Designed specially for the Sony Full Frame Mirrorless cameras, Venus Optics has successfully controlled the size and weight of the lens to the minimal. Weighing less than 1.1 pounds (500g) and 82mm in length, the portability and compactness of the Sony E- mount Mirrorless cameras can be maintained when used with the Laowa 15mm f/2 FE Lens.

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Featuring the fastest f/2 aperture ever built with a 15mm lens, the new Full Frame E- mount lens is engineered for professionals to shoot impressive landscape, architecture and primary astro photos with great details. This is an every-day and must-buy lens that every Sony Full Frame Mirrorless camera user should have one in his bag.

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Today only: $130 off on the Lensbaby Composer PRO with Sweet 35 Optic for Sony E-mount lens.

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This one runs today only: $130 off on the Composer Pro with Sweet 35 Optic for Sony E-mount at BHphoto (Click here).

Reminder:

  1. Plenty of Sony Open Box deals BestBuy (Click here).
  2. Sony semiannual deals list at BHphoto page (Click here) and Adorama page (Click here).

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Full Frame E-mount lenses:
$25 off on the Sony 21mm f/2.8-22 Ultra Wide Converter Lens at Amazon.
$25 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the Sony 28mm FE lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$50 off on the Sony 50mm FE f/1.8 lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon and Focuscamera.
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 90mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the 28-135mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

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Tokina officially announced the new Firin 20mm f/2.0 Full Frame E-mount lens!

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Tokina officially unveiled their first FF E-mount lens, the 20mm f/2.0 FE. This is also the first lens of a new FE lens line named “Firin”. This is the official press text:

Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce the new FíRIN 20mm F2 FE MF.

FíRIN 20mm F2 FE MF is the first in Tokina product line compact form-factor super wide ultra fast F2 aperture manual prime lens compatible with Full-Frame E-Mount
mirrorless cameras.

Name Origin
FíRIN 20mm F2 FE MF belongs to a newly launched “FíRIN” series of Tokina lenses for mirrorless cameras (or ILCs – Interchangeable Lens Compacts) marking a new epoch in Tokina history. FíRIN is a variation of Fírinne – the old Irish word for “truth”. It means “that what is real” and signifies “being true to someone or something”. It represents a promise from Tokina to photographers to help them capture the truth in their images with this revolutionary new lens.

Main Features
Perfect match to SONY A7 series body in terms of design, high-precision Japanese made parts and form factor.
Being compact and light-weight, FíRIN 20mm F2 FE MF performs excellent optical abilities due to perfectly placed two all-glass precision molded aspherical elements with 3 Super-Low Dispersion (SD) glass lens elements that are greatly reducing aberrations and yielding higher resolution and contrast. All lens elements are carefully multi-coated that helps to reduce reflections and flares to an absolute minimum.
The FíRIN 20mm F2 FE MF has an ability to encode and transmit aperture, distance and optical data to the camera body making this lens fully suitable in terms of using MF assist function, 5 axis image stabilization and view finder electronic distance scale. Lens CPU with optical correction data noticeably contributing to final image processing inside the camera.
Design devoted to manual shooting and cinema enthusiasts includes a wide manual focus ring, aperture ring and depth of field index bar.
De-Click Aperture function makes this lens suitable for cinema/video shooting.

Specifications:
Focus distance : 20mm
Brightness : F2
Compatible format : Full format
Minimum aperture : F22
Lens configuration : 13 elements in 11 group
Angle of view : 92.651°
Filter size : 62mm
Shortest object distance : 0.28m / 11 in.
Macro maximum magnification : 1 : 10.33
Focus method : Internal focus
Number of aperture blades : 9
Maximum diameter : 69mm
Full length : 81.5mm
Weight : 490g
Hood : Square, bayonet type
Mount type : Sony-E

Estimated Time of Arrival : First Quarter, 2017

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