Sony announced the Star Sphere project will now let you rent the Sony A7riV to shoot images from space. They will launch the satellite with the Sony camera sometimes in 2023 and you can buy 90minutes time to remotely take all the images you want. All info is available here: https://starsphere.sony.com/en/service/
iPhoned discussed the project during the CES show:
Next week (Jan 12) Sigma will announce the new 60-600mm FE lens. The retail price in Japan will be 297,000 yen. That’s around $2,200 (but real US retail price should be lower).
SPECS: 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports
Lens construction: 27 elements in 19 groups
Minimum Focus Distance: 45-260cm
Maximum magnification: 1:2.4
Number of aperture blades: 9 (circular aperture)
New development adopted HLA (Hi-response Linear Actuator)
Filter diameter: 105mm
Size: φ119.4mm x 279.2mm (281.2mm for E-mount version)