Bad news: Zeiss Loxia 21mm lens in Stock in mid January. Good news: First UK preorders shipping.

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BHphoto (Click here) just postponed the Loxia 21mm availability date from mid December to mid January. It means if you order it now you will have to wait at least one month to get one. I do hope though that early Ocotber preorders will be shipped before Christmas.

The good news is that one: Two UK readers told me their preorder shipped this week.

Still no shipment date for Batis lenses in USA/Europe:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens in US at Adorama, Bhphoto. In Eu at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.

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Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA Lens Teardown at Lensrentals: “The weather and dust resistance in the lens itself should be superb.”

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Roger from Lensrentals analyzed the build quality of the new
[shoplink 43239 ebay]Zeiss FE 35mm f/1.4 lens[/shoplink] and concludes:

“The Sony 35mm f/1.4 doesn’t give me everything I want in a lens. But it really does show that Sony is learning and improving with each product. The autofocus system is much more robust in this lens than in previous ones. The weather / dust resistance is phenomenal. The build construction is good. The optics, well, I think perhaps that may be a generation away (The one negative is that the Sony 35mm f/1.4 does not have much in the way of adjustable optics).”

Zeiss FE 35mm store price check: [shopcountry 43239].

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Sony A68 and A-mount in general will no more be sold in Taiwan.

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I got this from a source:

“There was a email send by Sony Taiwan to some of their employees. It said that A68 will not be introduced in Taiwan due to decreasing demands of mid-level DSLR from the market.”

So after Australia and New Zealand also Taiwan will likely no more sell any A-mount stuff.

I guess Soy’s startegy now is to sell their new A-mount cameras only in “DSLR-friendly” markets.

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New Sony RX100 IV reviews by CameraLabs and John Sison.

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We have two new RX100m4 reviews. Above you can see the video review from John Sison. And Gordon from CameraLabs writes:

The RX100 IV becomes one of the smallest traditional compacts with 4k video, and the slow motion modes from 4x to 40x are simply fantastic. Whether you’re a film-maker, someone who analyses sports motion, or simply enjoys footage of your kids or pets running and splashing around, the RX100 IV delivers a combination of quality and features that hasn’t before existed in this form factor. They enhance what was already one of the best compacts around and if you can exploit them, the Mark IV is the compact for you.

One more thing: High Speed Shutter of the Sony RX100IV by Gary Fong.

RX100m4 store links: [shopcountry 42998]

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Hasselblad and Zeiss E-mount deals at BHphoto

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A full page of Hasselblad and Zeiss E-mount deals got launched at BHphoto (Click here to see them all). And there are also new accessory and SD card deals (Click here).

All current Sony Christmas deals:

Sony A6000:
Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera – Body only Deluxe Bundle at Amazon US (Click here).

Sony A7rII :
Sony a7R II Full-Frame Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera, Body Only Deluxe Bundle at Amazon US (Click here).

Full Frame E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

APS-C E-mount lenses:
$50 off on the 50mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 35mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 10-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the lens 30mm macro at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$150 off on the 18-200mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 18-200mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 16-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$200 off on the Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

A-mount lenses:
 $50 off on the 11-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 16-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 16-105mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 24mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 30mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 35mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 50mm DT lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-300mm II lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 85mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the 100mm macro lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 135mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

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