Back in Sep 27, 2018 Zeiss announced their last E-mount lens, the Batis 40mm F2 CF. Six years after we might get another one. According to this German teaser Zeiss will have an announcement tomorrow (Feb6) at 11am Berlin time. We know for sure this is going to be a CINE lens because Zeiss posted this image:
The question here is more if this will be a native E-mount cine lens or a PL lens you can adapt on Sony cine cameras like the Burano.
It’s now the third time I get this sort of “A7cS” rumors. Today I will post this new Super wild rumor and at the end give my honest opinion on this. So let’s first read the rumors:
SONY is expanding their Compact Line by splitting their full-frame non-flagship line into the traditional α7 series and the portable α7C series. To that end, they are launching the α7CS this summer and into the autumn, a mixed-use camera that will interest video users as much as the α7SIII. It has highly similar video specs to the α9 III, with a 24-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor delivering full-frame oversampling at 4K/60p or pixel-binning sampling at 4K/120p. It also offers 4K/120p video recording with full pixel sampling in APS-C/Super 35mm mode. The α7CS offers a mechanical shutter, which together with the dual native ISO80/800 (ISO640/6400 at S-log3) 24-megapixel sensors provide excellent still photography images, both in brightly lit, high dynamic range scenes and in poorly lit, high sensitivity scenes. Because the resolution isn’t as high as the α7CR, it will still be priced slightly cheaper than the α7CR, in the $2,500 to $2,700 range.
Here is my take:
I cannot see a reason why we need the A7cS. We already have the compact FX3 and we are likely going to get an A7sIV soon. So this A7cS simply doesn’t make sense in my opinion. What’s your take?
If you are afraid to get robbed and not find your gear again than you have to probably buy the Airtags and the Quick Release Plate for AirTag from Smallrig (here on Amazon). It’s the best way to keep track of your camera. Although I hope one day camera manufacturers will offer some kind of in camera solution for this to keep track and eventually lockdown your camera so that nobody can access it.
As you can from the video below Manny Ortize was robbed of his camera equipment ($16,000 value). He will now start to use Airtags too:
Some Japanese stores marked it as discontinued. Not really a surprise considering the camera was announced ten years ago (May 2014). There are still some cameras in Stock at Amazon and BHphoto if you want one.
Just like Gerald Undone also Dan Watson was surprised to see that the A9III image quality is actually really good! It’s just that you need to edit to know how to work on them to get the best out of it.
