New Zeiss Touit 50mm E-mount macro lens to ship on May 27.

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Current APS-C E-mount camera owners will soon be able to get the next new native E-mount lens. The lens will ship on May 27 according to BHphoto (Click here).

Photographyblog tested the lens (X-mount version) and writes:

For macro photographers who absolutely need 1:1 recording along with and stellar image and build quality, the Carl Zeiss Touit Makro Planar 2.8/50mm T* lens certainly won’t disappoint. More casual users would be better served by the significantly cheaper Fujifilm and Sony equivalents.

50mm macro Touit at BHphoto (Click here) or Adorama (Click here).
Lens Hood at BHphoto (Click here) or Adorama (Click here).

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(UPDATED) Surprise: Sony A7s has full electronic shutter!

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It’s a real surprise Sony didn’t make a big advertising on one of the Sony A7s biggest new features. According to Amazon US (Click here and read the “Additional Features” section) the A7s has full electronic shutter! It means you can shoot in full silence and with no vibration usually caused by the mechanical shutter! Quite a huge news nobody wrote about it! I hope this isn’t a mistake. This is Amazon’s description:

Silent shutter mode is ideal when discretionary shooting is required; like capturing a recital or wildlife. Activating the silent shutter eliminates the use of the mechanical shutter and therefore shutter noise by utilizing an electronic shutter in its place.

Also the well-known German Fotomagazin claims the Sony A7s is capable of shooting in full electronic shutter mode! The magazine also writes “Sony could not answer our question if the function (pure electronic shutter) could be updated in other Sony-A7-cameras.” (I don’t know if it’s technically possible).

Also Digitalversus writes:

“The other reason we’re dying to get our hands on the Alpha 7s is that it has an electronic shutter mode, which means it can snap photos in complete silence—a more-than-welcome surprise that puts it in competition with the Panasonic GX7.”

There is not detailed info yet about how exactly the silent electronic mode works on the A7s. Hope Sony will disclose more details about it soon!

A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here), Sony Canada.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here).
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan.
Sony A7s EU pages (no preorder yet): Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.

A77II Preorders:
Sony A77II body in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77II with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77II body in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, PT, NO, SE, FI.

SonyAlphaRumors support note: If you use these store links to preorder the camera I will earn a small commission that will help me to cover the cots and if preorders are high also reward me a bit for the daily work I do on SAR. Thanks for your help guys!!!!

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UPDATED: First English FE lens roadmap. A7s gets pricing in UK (with preorder).

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This is the first image of the english FE lens roadmap shared by Sony.net. Like we told you before you see the two new 16-35mm f/4.0 OSS Zeiss and 28-135mm f/4.0 OSS PZ G lenses. Three more FE lenses will be announced in late summer (including the first very fast Zeiss prime).

We also still don’t know the price of the A7s in Euro but at least you can have it in UK: It’s priced at 2499 pounds at [shoplink 26799 ebay]CameraCenter on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here), Sony Canada.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here).
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan.
Sony A7s EU pages (no preorder yet): Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.

A77II Preorders:
Sony A77II body in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77II with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77II body in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, PT, NO, SE, FI.

SonyAlphaRumors support note: If you use these store links to preorder the camera I will earn a small commission that will help me to cover the cots and if preorders are high also reward me a bit for the daily work I do on SAR. Thanks for your help guys!!!!

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Sony A77II brochure for download.

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If you want to take a look on the new A77II brochure just click here to download the pdf file. Enjoy reading it!

Sony A77II specs, preorders and shipment date:
Sony A77 body in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77 with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77 body in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, PT, NO, SE, FI and Wex UK.
Sony A77 in Asia at Digitalrev and Sony Australia.

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Full Frame was never that cheap: Sony A7 for $1298!

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A7 deals:
Right now you can grab OPEN BOX Sony A7 for $1298 at [shoplink 26787 ebay]Samys on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. This is really the cheapest price I have seen for a Full Frame camera. OPEN BOX means it’s new and only the box has been openend once.
And if you want it in complete sealed box you can grab it with over $100 free extras for $1498 at [shoplink 26788 ebay]Focuscamera on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 26789 ebay]Cameta on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
I bet that less thna one year ago you would not have believed Sony would sell a mirrorless full frame for $1298!

UPDATE: Sorry for the typo guys. Has a busy day and was also working on A7s news and made a huge Freudian Lapsus!

Sony A7 with 28-70mm lens for $1798 at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Sony Store (Click here).
And you save $200 on the A7r with lens too at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Sony Store (Click here). You also save $250 on the A7r with LA-EA4 adapter at Amazon (Click here) and Sony Store (Click here).

A7s and RX100M3 preorder links:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here), Sony Canada.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here).
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan.
Sony A7s EU pages (no preorder yet): Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.

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Sony Japan FE lens roadmap confirms the new 16-35mm Zeiss FE lens launch.

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Alsong the A77II, A7s and RX100M3 Japan presentation Sony also confirmed the launch of the new Zeiss 16-35mm f/4.0 OSS FE lens (Source: DC.watch). Still weird that the lens hasn’t been announced in other countries too (a part of Germany).

There is no info about the pricing and final release of the lens although I have been told price will be on the same range of the Zeiss 24-70mm FE lens. Price check in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. And in Europe at Sony DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, SE, PT (Click on country name to see the lens site).

Sony Japan also showed that image of the 28-135mm G OSS PZ zoom prototype (price unknown). And here is the question:

Would you consider to buy the new A9III with 8K30p 50MP sensor priced at $4,999?

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A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here), Sony Canada.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here).
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan.
Sony A7s EU pages (no preorder yet): Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.

A77II Preorders:
Sony A77II body in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77II with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sony A77II body in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, PT, NO, SE, FI.

SonyAlphaRumors support note: If you use these store links to preorder the camera I will earn a small commission that will help me to cover the cots and if preorders are high also reward me a bit for the daily work I do on SAR. Thanks for your help guys!!!!

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Sony TidBits…

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Sony A77II focus points dancing around :)

A6000 review at Engadget.
A6000 review at ePhotozine.
Sony’s Full-Frame Warpath (Diglloyd)
What *is* it with the Sony A6000? (Imaging Resource).
Thoughts on Panasonic GH4 and GH4 Video Quality vs Sony A7s (Diglloyd)
Sony FE 70-200mm test at Yodobashi.
18-105mm F4 G OSS at DCfever.
YONGNUO Smart Adapter from Canon EF to Sony E-mount on [shoplink 26620 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
A6000 review at Cnet.
Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8 Planar on Sony A7R: Usable Full-Frame Area (Diglloyd).

Christian:I just completed a lengthy comparison of the Sony E-Mount zoom lenses for APSC bodies such as the 5N and A6000.
Pixel-peepers can download those comparisons or just read the conclusions here: http://luxorphotoart.blogspot.de/2014/05/pixep-peeping-comprehensive-zoom-lens.html Maybe this is of interest of other SAR readers who still wonder what to expect from those lenses?

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