New images of the Laowa 15mm f/5 FFII FE lens

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The new lens appeared at the CP+ 2024 exhibition. It is suitable for full-frame cameras. It will be launched for Sony E, Canon R, Nikon Z, Leica L and Leica M mount versions. The aperture range F5-F22, minimum focusing distance 0.12 meters, 0.2x magnification, manual focus, compatible with 39mm filter, lens size approximately 67.1 × 42mm, weight approximately 160g.

 

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Sony Tidbits…

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Sony’s Optical Steady Shot (OSS) is seldom talked about these days as the IBIS system has taken over

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS Review (Artur R).
Yongnuo 11mm F1.8 DA DSM WL review by SonyAlphaBlog.
Sony FE 24mm f/2.8 G Review (Photographylife).
Godox Announces 3 Additions to its KNOWLED Lineup (Explora).
What is Focus Breathing? (42West).
7Artisans Goes AF –50mm F1.8 Is The First Ever AF Lens (Matti Sulanto).

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BHphoto launched the WPPI specials

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You can find all BHphoto WPPI specials on this page (Click here). It includes a ton of useful storage deals.

Hot new Kickstarter projects:

Lowest price ever on the Sony TOUGH CFexpress Type A cards series sold by Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto.

Lowest price ever on the Sony TOUGH SD cards series sold by Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto.

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Shoten announced an E-mount adapter especially designed for the Canon 50mm f/0.95 lens from 1961

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Shoten announced the new L095-SE E-mount adapter. What’s curious is that this adapter has been tailored to mount the epic Canon 50mm f/0.95 lens made in 1961 (here on eBay).

The Canon 50mm f/0.95 was developed as one of the standard lenses for Canon’s 7-inch rangefinder camera, and is designed as a Gauss type lens with 7 elements in 5 groups. There are 10 aperture blades, and the minimum aperture is F16. The shortest shooting distance is 1m. Another feature is that the filter diameter is large at 72mm.

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Lowest price ever on the Sony TOUGH CFexpress Type A and on the Tough SD cards series

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Lowest price ever on the Sony TOUGH CFexpress Type A cards series sold by Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto.

Lowest price ever on the Sony TOUGH SD cards series sold by Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto.

All four new E-mount autofocus lenses preorders list:
Sony 24-50mm G at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Fotokoch, WexUK, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Laowa 10mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Adorama, Venusoptics, FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, WexUK.
Sigma 500mm f/5.6 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK.
Sigma 15mm f/1.4 fisheye at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK.

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Confirmed: Sony has some kind of camera/lens production issue that will delay the shipment start of many products

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Something I suspected was going on since last autumn has now been confirmed: Sony has some kind of camera/lens production delay that will delay the shipment of many products by around 2 months!

Here are a couple of examples:

  • The Sony A9III and the 300mm GM were announced in November but only started to ship out this February (3 months after)
  • last week announced the new 24-50mm G that will only ship in late May (again 3 months after)
  • The rumored 16-25mm G lens should have been announced last week too but has been delayed. And once it will be announced you can expect to see it shipping only a couple of months after.

I have been told this delay also will affect the launch of future products:

  • The ZV-E10II will ship later than expected. previously I told you it would be in Stock before summer…but now it’s going to be mid summer.
  • The same for the 85GM II which will now NOT be in Stock by June as reported earlier

I have yet no info on the reason behind this production bottleneck. If you have some info please share it using this anonymous contact box or send me an email at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com.

I know Sony is reading this so I will share one more opinion about this. You should two things in future:

  1. Open preorders the very same moment of the product announcement! You are missing out the hype if you open reorders the day after.
  2. You should ship a product days after the announcement like Fuji did with the X100VI.
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