Cool! Sigma announces water and scratch resistant filter.

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Sigma

Today Sigma announced a new high quality protective filter made of Ceramic Glass that has the following key features:

  1. It’s 10 times stronger than conventional filters
  2. It’s scratch resistant
  3. It’s water repellant (it also helps to easily remove fingerprints).
  4. It’s coating’s antistatic function helps prevent static electricity from attracting dust and other particles.

There is yet no info about the pricing and shipment date of the new filter. A full intro video can be seen here:

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(SR2) is the new 24-70mm FE GM lens a compact zoom?

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Back in August Sony registered a new 24-70mm GM lens in Russia. I have no clue what “GM” stands for. But an anonymous source claims to knwo what it is:

Sony will release a new lens called SEL2470GMa cheaper version 24-70mm with smaller size, it will be sony’s future kit lens, possibly electronic zoom

By the way, he also added this:

also, the A9 body, which is higher than the A7rII does exist, but I’m not sure if sony want to release it or not

Still, this is a new source and rarely those kind of rumors become true. But I would certainly like to get a compact zoom for the A7 cameras. And you?

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Sony Tidbits…(Khövsgöl — To the one who taught us about nature)

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Remi (video above): “The reunion of two brothers – through the frozen Khövsgöl lake – to honor the memory of the man who taught them about adventure. Camera equipment (a7s, a7II and as200) provided by Sony France.”

Today Sony A5100, 35mm and 8mm E-mount Gold Box deals at Amazon Germany (Click here).
Sony FS7 v3.00 firmware update delayed until January 2016 (Newsshooter).
Sony A7S II Field Test: Big improvements make their way to Sony’s low-light champ (Imaging Resource).
Summilux 50mm f1.4 ASPH owners. Care to share your thoughts? (SonyAlphaForum)
A7II and Zhong Yi Mitakon 85mm F1.2 (SonyAlphaForum).

Matthias Kühle‎: “A new, smoothly cut version of my real time polar lights video. It is recorded with Sony A7s at ISO 25600 – 51200. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjQCKYJ8YoI“

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New Sony A7rII deal: $100 gift card and $280 of accessories for free!

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A7rII

There is a new superbundle deal on the Sony A7rII sold by Focuscamera (Click here). It includes free:
– $100 Focus Camera Gift Card
– Two (2) Sony 128GB Class 10 SDXC Memory Cards Valued at $88.00 at Amazon
– Two (2) NP-FW50 Compatible Batteries w/ Charger Valued at $36.00 at Amazon.
– Manfrotto BeFree Compact Travel Tripod Valued at $160.00 at Amazon.
– Focus DSLR Gadget Bag with Deluxe Accessory Bundle
– Creative & Office Software Suite

They also offer a Sony VGC2EM Vertical Grip Suberbundle deal (Click here).

Reminder: A list of full Sony and accessory deals can be seen on that BHphoto page (Click here). And the Tamron 18-200mm E-mount lens sells for $499 only in [shoplink 43178 ebay]Silver (on eBay here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 43177 ebay]Black (on eBay here)[/shoplink].

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

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Loxia21mm

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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