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FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS – Great for Architecture (SonyAlphaForum).
Sigma 10-20mm and Sigma 150-500mm lenses are now officially discontinued (Sigmarumors).
New Sea & Sea Housing for Sony a7 Mark II (Diveguide).
My 7 Favourite Sony A7s Accessories (Cinema5D).
‘Full-Frame’ With The Sony A7 II – Really Rather Good But With Issues (Soundimagesplus).
Manual lenses on the Alpha 7 series – beginners guide (SonyAlphaForum).

Gabriel: “Hello i just want to share my work experience with sony stuff. https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/gabriel-thibaud/”

Ivar: “I stumbled on a video of magnum photographer and legend Eli Reed on a promotional video for South Korea photographing with Sony A7 series camera’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6-r9ZJzO4s. There are more Magnum legend promoting South Korea but he is the first I see with Sony. It’s great to learn from the pro’s. Have fun”

Samys: “Sony expands the ability to test drive and use their equipment at an upcoming shooting event at a local Malibu Vineyard with Samy’s Camera in Los Angeles on May 17th.  A Sony Artisan will be in attendance to provide guidance and assistance to achieve the best image results.  With the recent introduction of additional new full frame lenses the a7 series cameras will continue to gain momentum and be the choice over traditional DSLR’s.  The web link to participate in this shooting event is below. http://samysphotoschool.com/courses/malibu-wines-landscape-photography-workshop/
Malibu Wines Landscape Photography Workshop
May 17, 3:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Hosted by Samys Photo School & Sony.“

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$600 off on the Sony-refurbished A7s (with 90 days warranty).

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You save $600 on that officially from Sony refurbished Sony A7s sold by Secondipity on Amazon US (Click here) and [shoplink 36414 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. It comes with a full 90 day warranty too. It really looks like Sony itself is no more selling refurbished stuff on their own Sony Store US site and outsourced all sales to Secondipity.

Adorama also sent me this new Sony deal list:
SHX50 Deal: $273.00 after $125 Instant Rebate at Adorama (Click here).
W830 Deal: $88.00 after $40 Instant Rebate at Adorama (Click here)
While supplies last: $15.99 for the A5000 and A5100 Form Fitting case at Adorama (Click here)
While supplies last: $24.99 for the A5000 and A5100 Body case at Adorama (Click here)
While supplies last: $39.00 for Sonu mirrorless cameras Active Sling Bag at Adorama (Click here)

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35mm FE Distagon “is exceptional” (Admiringlight). 28mm FE “good performer considering the small size” (Philip Reeve)

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Image courtesy: Adminringlight

Adminringlight compared the Sony Zeiss FE 35mm f/1.4 vs. Fuji XF 23mm f/1.4 and writes:

It’s easy to see that the FE 35mm f/1.4 is exceptional. It takes an extremely good Fuji 23mm f/1.4 and makes it look mediocre in comparison.  Zeiss has done something rather incredible with the lens.

Philip Reeve (German text version at SystemKameraForum) tested the 28mm FE lens and writes:

Optically it is a very good performer. The center is very sharp from f/2 with nice contrast and unusually smooth bokeh. What I find very remarkable about the lens is it’s size. It is much harder to design a small lens with such a good performance, the lens diagram tells us that Sony used a lot of special glass to achieve it. And of course they also allowed for a high amount of distortion but I think this was a good decision, because any other parameter like lower sharpness or bigger size would have been harder to digest.

Zeiss 35mm FE Distagon store links: [shopcountry 36444]
Sony 28mm FE store links: [shopcountry 36445]

Zeiss Batis preorder in USA and Europe (UK/Germany)
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.
Lens shade for 85mm at Adorama, Bhphoto.
Lens shade for 25mm at Adorama, Bhphoto.

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New A-mount lenses will ship from June 16 in USA and June 24 in Europe.

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Both new A-mount Zeiss zoom lenses will ship from June 16 according to Amazon US. and June 24 in Europe (Sony DE), First image samples can be seen on the Bulgarian Alphaforum (Click here). And here is the update preorder list which now includes US and EU links.

The four mew A and E-mount Zeiss lens preorders:
Zeiss 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II in USA at Amazon, BHphoto and at Adorama.
Zeiss 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II in EU at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, PT, CH, AT, NL, BE, SE, FI, NO.
Zeiss 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II at Amazon, BHphoto and at Adorama.
Zeiss 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, PT, CH, AT, NL, BE, SE, FI, NO.
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto.

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UPDATE: Zeiss made a typo. A7rII images are shot with A7II :)

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UPDATED: Zeiss just posted new Batis images samples on their Flickr account (Click here). They first marked the fotos with A7rII but then they said on their FB page that it was just a typo. Not sure if it really was a typo because they erased the full EXIF data of those “A7rII” images…

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Both lenses are now available for preorder in USA and Europe (UK/Germany)
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.
Lens shade for 85mm at Adorama, Bhphoto.
Lens shade for 25mm at Adorama, Bhphoto.

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DxO tests the Zeiss Distagon FE lens ans writes it’s a “Razor-sharp German precision”.

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DxOmark (Click here) published the [shoplink 36460 ebay]Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon FE lens[/shoplink] test results and writes:

With excellent optical construction, including three aspherical elements, it’s a pretty hefty lens, however, that measures 112mm in length and weighs 630g. If you’re looking for top-quality low-light shooting, you’ll need all that heavy glass, however, and it helps the [shoplink 36460 ebay]FE 35mm f1.4[/shoplink] deliver some excellent results.
Achieving a high DxOMark score of 38 points, the FE 35mm f1.4’s performance is excellent and ranks as the second best FE-mount lens we’ve tested. Sharpness and Transmission results are particularly strong, and with decent results in the other Lens Metric categories, it’s an impressive all-round excellent performance from the FE 35mm f1.4.[/shoplink]

The [shoplink 36462 ebay]55mm FE[/shoplink] is still the king of sharpness. Looking at the score comparison I am actually surprised to see how good the much more compact [shoplink 36461 ebay]FE 35mm f/2.8 lens[/shoplink] is. A nice little (still bit overpriced) gem :)

The Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon FE is in Stock here:
in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony IT, Sony ES, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony AT, Sony CH, Sony SE, Sony FI, Sony NO, Sony PT.
in Asia/Australia at Digitalrev, Sony Australia.

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Kai from Digitalrev reviews the Zeiss FE Loxia and loves them!

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Zeiss Loxia 35mm & 50mm f/2 Hands-on Review

We are used to see Kai from Digitalrev to throw also very harsh critics on the stuff he tests. But the Zeiss Loxia lenses are so close to perfection that Kai really loves them!

And so do Sony camera owners because right now only limited numbers of Loxias are in Stock even after so many months. In USA there is only one 50mm Loxia in Stock at Amazon (Click here) and one 35mm Loxia again via Amazon (Click here).

In Europe and Asia the Loxias can be found in Stock via [shoplink 36456 ebay]eBay sellers (Click here)[/shoplink] and Digitalrev (Click here).

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Thanks Joe!

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