(UPDATED) New Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Full Frame A and E-mount lens to be launched on Kickstarter on July 30!
Venus Optics will soon launch a new lens that will come in two different Sony mounts (A and E-mount). It’s the Laowa 12mm f/2.8! This is their second lens after the really great 105mm STF lens (here on BH). UPDATE: The lens will be launched on Kickstarter to get the necessary fundings.
The main specifications of the prototype from Venus Optics are the following:
Image circle: 24×36
Field of view: 121.96°
Optical formula: 16 elements, including 2 aspherical elements and 3 elements made of glass with anomalous dispersion, in 10 groups
Number of aperture blades : 7
Aperture range: f/2.8 – f/22
Manual focus
Minimum focusing distance: 0.18m
Maximum magnification: 0.2x
Maximum diameter: 74.8mm
Length: 82.2mm
Weight: circa 570g.
Image samples of the lens used on the Sony A7s can be seen on Flickr.
Hummingbird Photography with Sony A6300 and FE 70-300 F 4.5-5.6. An easy backyard project ?
This is a guest post from AnimalsBarry. To write a guest post follow the instructions on that page. Thanks!
Editor’s note: because of the large size of the original image samples I posted only low res samples in this post. To download the full size original samples click on that Wetransfer link.
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If you are fortunate enough to have Ruby Throated Humingbirds in your yard here is the method I used to photograph them, without complicated high speed multiple flash units
Camera…A6300
Lens….FE 70-300 F4.5-5.6
Over o a period of 2 years I began training the hummingbirds to pose for thier pictures.
This week SAR readers photos selection
Vedran Tolić
Love on streets of Zagreb. :) Sony a99 and Zeiss 16-35mm f/2.8. Check my FB page: https://www.facebook.com/VedranTolicPhotography
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New Stock of reconditioned Sony cameras: RX100 for $299
Secondipity is selling a new bunch of reconditioned cameras on their eBay and Amazon page. All items are covered by a 90 day warranty.
A couple of direct links:
Sony RX100 for $299 on eBay.
$500 off on the Sony FE PZ 28-135mm F4 G OSS E-mount Power Zoom Lens on eBay.
$150 off on the Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS Full-frame E-mount Macro Lens on eBay.
$500 off on the Sony Alpha a7 II with kit lens on eBay.
The big new 50mm lens battle: Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 FE versus Samyang 50mm f/1.4 FE (with a surprising conclusion!)
New Zeiss 50mm FE versus the new Samyang-Rokinon 50mm FE autofocus lens. Image by Bruno Labarbère
LesNumeriques (Click here) posted a comparison review between the new Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 Planar and the Samyang-Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 FE autofocus lens. And the result seems to be quite strange as according to their tests the Samyang has a better sharpness performance:
and…
The google translated text from the original French article says:
“From the outset, hot, first finding emerges: in all openings, the Samyang leading the debate, with a center always has a better resolving power. The maximum dive is for both goals achieved at f / 8, but again, be it in the center, on the outskirts or in the corners, the Sony lets himself be dominated. Also, on our first tests, vignetting of Planar seems more marked us, which is not necessarily aesthetically unpleasant. Intuition specify when our field tests.”
I am not sure but I think they maybe got a wrong calibrated lens sample from Sony? I find it almost impossible the Samyang can be better than the new Zeiss! Also because just recently Lensrentals said about the Zeiss 50mm FE that “the center sharpness in particular is unheard of in a 50mm lens“. So please take the Lesnumeriques test results with a grain of salt….
Samyang 50mm f/1.4 FE autofocus lens is now available for preorder through BHphoto.
Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 FE Planar preorders at BHphoto, Amazon, Focuscamera. Calumet.de. Cyberport.de. PhotoPorst. Jessops. WexUK.
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All new Sony FE lenses and wireless products are now listed on one single page at BHphoto (Click here).
USA:
Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA Lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Focuscamera.
Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS Lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Focuscamera.
Sony FE 1.4x Teleconverter at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Focuscamera.
Sony FE 2.0x Teleconverter at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Focuscamera.
Sony FA-WRC1M Wireless Radio Commander at BHphoto, Focuscamera.
Sony FA-WRR1 Wireless Radio Receiver at BHphoto, Focuscamera.
Sony VMC-MM1 Multi Terminal Cable at BHphoto, Focuscamera.
Europe:
Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA Lens at Calumet.de. Cyberport.de. PhotoPorst. Jessops. WexUK.
Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS Lens at Calumet.de. Amazon Germany. Cyberport.de. PhotoPorst. Jessops. WexUK.
Sony FE 1.4x Teleconverter at PhotoPorst. Jessops.
Sony FE 2.0x Teleconverter at PhotoPorst. Jessops.
DE/UK Sony deals: Free tripod with the new 70-200mm GM lens. Free 50 Euro gift card with the A6000.
Germany:
Free tripod with the new 70-200mm GM lens at Fotomundus.
Sony SEL50F18 for 211 Euro only at Amazon.de.
50 Euro Gutschein mit der Sony A6000 bei Amazon.de.
A6000 with two lenses for 739 Euro only by Cameradig.de.
Free Zeiss UV Filter with the new 50mm Zeiss Planar at Fotomundus.
Sony camera-lens rebates at Calumet Germany.
15% Rabatt auf ausgewähltes Sony Kamera-Zubehör at Amazon.de.
UK:
Sony cashback savings at WexUK.
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