Four Sigma 30mm f/1.4 E-mount lens reviews

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The new Sigma 30mm 1.4 DC DN E-mount is now shipping at BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK and Calumet Germany. So let’s check out some new reviews of the lens:

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/reviews/lenses/sigma-30mm-f1-4-dc-dn-review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Wh-IcUR9I
http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/reviews/lenses/sigma-30mm-f1-4-dc-dn-review
http://www.alinpopescu.eu/blog/review-sigma-30-f1-4-dc-dn-contemporary/

And here is a hands-on review video from Digital Goja

Thanks Del!

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Lensrentals tests the new 50mm FE: “very good lens and quite a bargain at the price”

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Lensrentals tested the new Sony 50mm FE lens. here a couple of findings:

  • The 50mm is a very good lens and quite a bargain at the price
  • The copy-to-copy variation on the FE 50mm f/1.8 is superbly low.

Very good news!

The 50mm FE f/1.8 lens is in Stock:
In USA at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. [shoplink 47526 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
In Europe at Calumet Germany. Amazon.de. WexUK. Jessops. [shoplink 47526 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
In Asia at Digitalrev. [shoplink 47526 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].

The 70-300mm FE lens is in Stock:
In USA at BHphoto. Amazon. AdoramaFocusCamera. [shoplink 47527 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
In Europe at Calumet Germany. Amazon.co.uk WexUK. Jessops. [shoplink 47527 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
In Asia at Digitalrev. [shoplink 47527 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].

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Sony FE 70-200mm GM now listed at Amazon (still no price).

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The new 70-200mm GM lens is now listed at Amazon US too (Click here). But still there is no price info nor any info about shipment date. Back in March Sony said the lens would ship in May. But I guess the unexpected high 24-70mm GM lens preorders could have delayed the shipment of the 70-200mm lens.

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

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What should be the next Batis FE lenses released by Zeiss?

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I know this site has some spying Zeiss eyes on it :) I figured that we might let them know what SAR readers would like to get after the latest Batis 18mm lens:

The very next Batis lens should be the...

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Batis store links:
Batis 18mm at [shopcountry 47045].
Batis 25mm at [shopcountry 45790].
Batis 85mm at [shopcountry 45791].

Note: The list is “insipred” by the current Zeiss ZM lens line up.
[shoplink 10875 ebay]Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9803 ebay]Distagon T* 4/18 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9804 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/21 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9804 ebay]C Biogon T* 4,5/21 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9805 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/25 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9806 ebay]Biogon T* 2,8/28 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9808 ebay]Biogon T* 2/35 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9808 ebay]C Biogon T* 2,8/35 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9809 ebay]C Sonnar T* 1,5/50 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9809 ebay]Planar T* 2/50 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9810 ebay]Sonnar T* 2/85 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 9810 ebay]Tele-Tessar T* 4/85 ZM (Click here to see price on eBay)[/shoplink].

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Techart releases firmware 2.0 for the new Leica M autofocus adapter

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Techart released the firmware 2.0 for the Leica M autofocus adapter. Here are the imrpovements list google translated from STKB:

● There was a phenomenon that the focus is get lost in the bright lens during use than F2.0, but improved in the part of the lens.
● was to eliminate the phenomenon that bleeds through a circular pattern to shoot with the setting of “peripheral illumination correction” to “Auto”.
● Motor sound at the time of AF drive, became quiet than the initial version (Ver1.0).
● Focus in the AF, was further added the modes in which you can fine-tune at the MF.
(You can shoot with a feeling such as DMF)
【Setting method】
1. Set the aperture value of the camera side to F45.
2. Press the shutter release button.
● often to black out it is low in use.

Still, there is a delay in the adpater shipment and we don’t knwo when they will resume sales. The preorder option at Adorama is gone too :(

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony A7s2 – A6300 – A7R2 $40 DIY External Battery Setup

Sony Alpha 7 Aktion: Bis zu 80 EUR Rabatt auf ausgewählte Objektive at Amazon.de
A7RmkII Long Exposure in Black and White (Dario Cannone).
Japanese Sigma MC-11 test with Canon lenses on Youtube.
The genius speedbooster [Aputure DEC LensRegain] by Andyax on Youtube.
Is it safe to hang camera (A7s) from a single eyelet? (SonyAlphaForum).
Zeiss Batis 18 first impressions are in (SonyAlphaForum).

Robin:I am a blogger from Taiwan. I would like to share my review about 85mm f1.4 GM. But it all written in chinese http://robinwithoicky.pixnet.net/blog/post/325698609

Galen Crout‎:https://vimeo.com/164253937 If you have three minutes, check out this video I made of Kathmandu.
” KATHMANDU: A FLOATING PORTRAIT takes you on a visual journey through the temples and back alleys of Kathmandu at the tail-end of winter in 2016, one year after the Nepal Earthquake.
Explore the tensions between modernity and tradition that coexist in the city.
Shot on a Sony A7S in SLOG-2.
Sounds, Roman Flügel: Teenage Engineering

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