You save $230 on the Open Box Sony A7rII cameras sold by BestBuy on eBay (Click here).
There is a large Stock of Open Box FE lenses and cameras on sale at BestBuy (Click here). All covered by full 1 year Sony US warranty.
The highly reputable Taiwanese website Mobile01 (translation here) posted the full Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.4 FE lens review. Here are a couple of notes in their final verdict statement:
– The lens performed beyond their expectations and is close to the best in class the Zeiss 55mm Otus.
– The lens has almost zero distortion, little purple fringing, as well as little coma.
– The only shortcoming is the not so fast autofocus
– The lens is bulky and heavy but the performance is worthy of its price
– They doubt with such high performance that Sony will ever make a 50mm GM lens. Mor maybe the GM version will be f/1.2?
Sony Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA Lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. Focuscamera. Calumet.de. Amazon Germany. Cyberport.de. PhotoPorst. Jessops. WexUK.
Sony revised the forecast for 2016 in their latest financial report (download the PDF file here). There is a small good news in the Imaging Product segment:
Sales are expected to be higher than the May forecast due to a shorter-than-expected delay in the supply of components used for Still and Video Cameras resulting from the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes, partially offset by the impact of foreign exchange rates. Operating income is expected to be higher than the May forecast mainly due to the above-mentioned increase in sales and an expected improvement in product mix resulting from a shift to high value-added models in Still and Video Cameras, partially offset by the negative impact of foreign exchange rates.
Still for 2016 Sony expoects a 22,5% sales decrease mainly caused by the Kumamoto production stop. It’s yet unclear what effects this will have on the rumored Sony A9, A99I camera launch…
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Edward: “I just finished writing an article about using compact lenses on the Sony A7 and thought that some of your readers might find it interesting.
http://infraedd.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/full-frame-keeping-compactness.html
Although there is a bit in there about IR performance it’s mostly just about the lenses.“
The new Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA Lens is in Stock at BHphoto. The 70-200mm GM will start shipping too within the next 4-5 days. Check the in Stock status of all new Sony stuff 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. Amazon Germany. 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.
Night Time Bokeh Test with the Sony Zeiss FE 50mm f/1.4 Planar Lens in Honduras by Jason Lanier
Sony Artisan Jason Lanier posted four videos about the new Zeiss 50mm FE lens.
The new Zeiss lens will ship on Friday at BHphoto, Amazon, Focuscamera. Calumet.de. Cyberport.de. PhotoPorst. Jessops. WexUK.
Beauty Portraits in an Alleyway- using the Sony 50mm FE Zeiss f/1.4 in Tegucigalpas, Honduras
The Shoemaker- photo shoot using the Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 lens in Honduras by Jason Lanier
Sony Planar 50mm FE f/1.4 Zeiss ZA lens first shoot and initial thoughts by Jason Lanier
All new Sony FE lenses and wireless products will start shipping out today:
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.
Handevision announced the shipment start of their two new FE lenses. The price in YEN is:
via Mirrorlessrumors.
