Lensbaby is teasing a new lens on their facebook page. The lens should be a 55mm f/1.6 an will be unveiled on April 7. We can expect an A and E-mount version of that lens like we have on the 58mm f/3.5 fisheye. That one is available in [shoplink 35199 ebay]A-mount (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 35200 ebay]E-mount (Click here)[/shoplink].
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Anders Wotzke
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There was a slim break in fellow tourists and I managed to compose this shot.
Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto
Sony A7 II + 55mm
f1.8 1/100 400ISO
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SAR reader Ferrell McCollough sent me this:
The Sony A6000 Flash bounce cards have a new addition. I just added the Amber Flash Bounce card to the set of White and Clear cards. If you want to have a look, these products have been popular among the A6000 owners. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-A6000-Flash-Bounce-Card/dp/B00LEX4RW4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427319737&sr=8-1&keywords=Sony+A6000+Flash+Bounce.
There is also a new underwater TTL Housing for Sony Alpha a6000 from Ikelite.
And Colby Brown reviewed the A6000:
If you told me two years ago that for less than $600 I could get my hands on a mirrorless camera that not only compares to most DSLRs in terms of features, functionality and image quality, but beats many of them, I would of thought you were crazy. To me, Sony has created an incredible camera at an incredible price point that is honestly hard to beat. On top of it being much more affordable that most DSLRs, it offers awesome image quality, 11 fps shooting and an AF system that for the most part is better that most other cameras out there. In addition, add Sony’s wifi/app support and its growing line of both e & fe mount lenses, and the Sony a6000 becomes an even better deal.
Sony A6000 store link list:
Sony A6000 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
A6000 Gariz case on eBay in [shoplink 26006 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 26007 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 26008 ebay]Camel (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 26009 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink].
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At last the new 24-105mm A-mount lens will start shipping soon! The lens is listed on the [shoplink 35015 ebay]T-dimension eBay page (Click here)[/shoplink] and it says it will ship the first half of May.
You can also preorder the lens at BHphoto (Click here).
There are a lot of free extras like battery grip, case, SD cards coming with the A7 kits sold at Adorama (check out the list here) and BHphoto (list here).
And the new Zeiss FE Distagon lens is in Stock at Amazon US (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Back in Stock: Refurbished Zeiss FE 55mm lens for $749 at [shoplink 35071 ebay]Secondipity eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]
Til April 4 deal: Sony DSC-HX50V/B at cart(!) is $219.99 +LR5 +$20.00 GC at Focus Camera (Click here).
The short E-mount flange distance has one “drawback”. Lenses have to be larger to correct the incident angle at the corner which usually causes heavy color shifting, huge vignetting and loss of sharpness. That’s why Voigtlander redesigned the [shoplink 34831 ebay]Heliar 15mm III lens (here on eBay)[/shoplink]. And the new design makes the new lenses twice as big as the predecessor.
Sony seems to have acknowledged that there is an issue to be solved. Egami spotted a new Sony sensor which packs a couple of innovations. First of all this is a multilayered sensor (and not a classic RGB Bayer). And the second innovation is that there is a lens on the sensor that corrects the angle of the light hitting the sensor. With that solution the light hits the full sensor with the right angle. It would allow lenses to be more compact because they don’t have to uses more glass to correct the angle.
On paper it would also allow all third-party lenses (particularly wide-angle lenses) to work flawlessly on Sony FE cameras. Let’s hope the next generation FE camera will come with such a sensor. Exciting!
