New GM lens reviews by ePhotozine, Camerastuffreview and Richard Fox.

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85mm GM review by ePhotozine:

The Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 G Master lens is a traditionally very high quality choice. It is ideal for many more types of subject than portraits, although with the beautiful bokeh provided portraiture may well be high on the list for users of this lens. A very fine lens, very well made and a joy to use, this is superb in every respect.  

24-70mm review by Richard Fox:

All in all I’m more than happy with this lens. Already it’s becoming my go to lens for most of my work, only swapping them for when I need a wider, or more telephoto, focal length lens. Although it is a bit heavier than the Canon lens, without a Metabones FE to EF adapter, which is what I was considering, it’s over 100g lighter. This is still a very sought after lens and production is still continuing to try and match demand. Many photographers are still waiting for this long anticipated progression in to the professional (‘aperture’) lens market. I wonder if the 3 new GM lenses (70-200, 24-70 and 85mm) will be matched with a higher end professional body in 2016/2017 too?

24-70mm GM review at Camerastuffreview

The Sony 24-70 mm f/2.8 G Master is a beautiful and welcome addition to the assortment of lenses with the Sony FE-mount (the mount of the full-frame system cameras; the SLRs have a different mount). The optical performance is very good, where in particular the superior bokeh stands out. We were impressed by the sleek and functional construction, without unnecessary frills. That is in part the reason why the lens—for a bright, full-frame, professional standard zoom—stayed compact and usable. In combination with the mirrorless A7R Mark 2 with built-in image stabilization, it was a pleasure to work with. Just as with the most modern 24-70 mm f/2.8 lenses from Nikon and Canon, the Sony FE 24-70 mm f/2.8 G Master has an impressive price tag. But then you get a lot—a whole lot—in exchange.

GM lens store links:
85mm f/1.4 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Amazon Germany. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK. Jessops.
24-70mm f/2.8 GM FE at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Amazon Germany. Calumetphoto.de. WexUK. Jessops.

 

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony RX10 II Review – Hot Rod Cameras

Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS in White Mountains Snow (Diglloyd).
Quick review of the Sony 90 2.8 Macro (Beautifullenses).
I left Canon for Sony and I expect I am not the last to do so… (Diyphotography).
Test – Sigma 30 mm f/1,4 DC DN Contemporary (Focus Numerique).
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Adam Sherratt: “Myself and a friend are publishing a charity photography calendar, with some of the photos captured on Sony a7rii. We are raising funds for a man who can’t get treatment for a rare form of bladder cancer on the NHS (uk national health service) and so has to pay for it privately. Would be great if you could share a link to see if we can drum up some support. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/landscapes-light-2017-calendar#/”

Josselin Cornou: “Check out :) That’s what you get shooting with a A7r2 – ISO 6400 and a Zeiss 55mm from an doorless helicopter. What do you think ?
More on instagram.com/untitledshot“

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Hasselblad X1D: First Impressions and Interview with Paul Claesson

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Hugh Brownstone interviewed Hasselblad manager Paul Claesson. Couple of interesting notes:

1) They managed to “squeeze out” one more stop of the 50MP sensor than the competition (it goes up to ISO 25,600)
2) Hasselblad says they don’t have on sensor image stabilization because it would degrade image quality

Preorders:
The Hasselblad X1D-50c at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.
Hasselblad 90mm F/3.2 XCD Lens for XD1 at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.
Hasselblad 45mm F/3.5 XCD Lens for XD1 at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.

UPDATE: New videos via Newsshooter and Tony Northrup:

Newsshooter: Hasselblad X1D intro from Chuck Fadely on Vimeo.

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(SR5) Venus Optics will make the first E-mount Tilt Shift adapter lens!

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UPDATE: it’s a TS adapter and not a TS lens as previously stated. Thanks source for clarifying this!

We all know Venus Optics for their really great Laowa 105mm STF E-mount lens. Well their next producst will be definitely a first in the E-mount range because it will be a Tilt Shift adapter lens! I have no details about pricing and specs yet.

Just for comparison: The [shoplink 49141 ebay]Canon TS-E lenses[/shoplink] are quite expensive. But I expect the Venus adapter to be priced lower than those. Here is a video showing how the Canon TS-E lenses do work:

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Lensrentals tests the FE 16-35 and FE 24-70mm f/4 Zooms

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On left the 24-70mm f/4.0 and on right the 16-35mm f/4.0 lens (via CameraSize).

Lensrentals tested the two f/4.0 zooms and the conclusion is:

I will say I’m pleasantly surprised. The Sony FE 24-70mm f/4, while not a great lens is adequate (note I didn’t say adequate for the price, I said adequate) and its copy-to-copy variation isn’t bad. The Sony FE 16-35mm f/4actually is excellent for an ultra-wide zoom, and again, it seems to have decent sample variation. Would I buy them? Probably not the 24-70 f/4 unless I had no options, but I wouldn’t hesitate on the 16-35mm f/4.

I think Sony should remake the 24-70mm f/4.0 lens. Make it more compact and with higher image quality. I know I am aksing a lot but it would make the lens atrtactive again for those who don’t want to carry that big and expensive 24-70mm GM lens!

Store links:
24-70mm FE at [shopcountry 49022]
16-35mm FE at [shopcountry 49023]

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