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Sony 35mm F1.8 FE Lens Review | John Sison

Sigma 45mm F2.8 DG DN unreview at Tokyomade.
Infographic: Essential Tips for Cold-Weather Photography (Explora).
….again a new depressing low sales record at Cipa (MirrorlessRumors).
Modified Sony RX0II with a MFT mount! (43rumors).
Meike 6-11mm f/3.5 Fisheye Zoom Lens Review (Richard Wong)
Tamron 24mm f/2.8 FE test at Fujiya-blog.
Sony A6100 vs A6400 vs A6600 – Which camera to buy?” (Michael The Maven)

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Sigma just patented a new 28mm f/1.2 FE lens

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The Sigma 35mm f/1.2 FE is the fastest autofocus E-mount lens yet

Back in November I reported about this new Sigma patent describing the 50mm and 40mm f/1.2 FF lens for mirrorless system cameras. Today we got one more: Sigma published the patent for a 28mm f/1.2 lens and this is the optical design:

Lens specs:
Focal length: 28.90
F-Number : 1.25
Half Angle : 76.94
Image height: 21.63
Lens length: 157.00

Now, a patent is never a guarantee that they will really produce this lens. But it’s a good sign that at eats they are thinking about it :)

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Sony XLR-K3M Dual-Channel Digital XLR Audio Adapter Kit with Shotgun Microphone by PM-R

Zeiss Street photography (Lenspire).
Light Reflections: 5 Ideas for Better Portraits (Explora).
Massive Panasonic S1-S1R-S1H tutorial videos posted by Panasonic Australia (L-rumors).
Fujifilm 56mm f1.2 vs Zeiss Batis 85mm f1.8 – XT3 vs Sony A7 II (Sonder Creative)
Two MOST important things in Photography (Peter Forsgård)
Zhongyi Mitakon 85mm f/2.8 1-5x Super Macro lens review with samples (Christopher Frost Photography)

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Today only: Save $300 on the Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art FE Lens

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Today only you save $300 on the Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art FE Lens sold by BHphoto (Click here).

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Sony a7R IV is the clear victor in Dpreview readers poll

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Dpreview readers did choose The best camera of the year. And the winner is the A7rIV:

With 21% of the total vote, Sony’s a7R IV was the clear victor in our readers’ poll. The a7R IV also won our DPReview Award for best product of 2019, and apparently our readers like it just as much as we do.

Offering 60MP resolution, advanced autofocus and excellent 4K video features, the a7R IV is Sony’s most versatile mirrorless camera yet, and one of the most competitive in the entire market. Was it the best product of the year? Let us know by casting your vote.

And the Sony 135mm f/1.8 GM is the best lens of the year:

Tied for the winning position was another superb prime lens – Sony’s FE 135mm F1.8 GM, taking 11% of the total vote.

Practically flawless in terms of common optical aberrations, one of the sharpest lenses ever made, and capable of beautiful rendering wide-open, this is another excellent option for a7-series and a9 photographers, especially those who are interested in portraiture. We really like this lens, and clearly you do too.

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Sigma A 35 mm f/1.2 DG DN review at Lenstip: “excellent sharpness across the frame”

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Sigma 35mm f/1.2 FE at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera, Henrys. In EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK.

Lenstip tested the new Sigma A 35 mm f/1.2 DG DN lens:

Sigma has entered the full frame mirrorless optics segment in a very decisive manner. Not only they presented a lens with unique parameters but they also took care of image quality, so the lens is able to offer you excellent shots across the frame. It is a really huge achievement because edges of the frame were notoriously difficult for even expensive, mirrorless constructions.

Still there is a price to be paid for that performance. Despite significant physical dimensions and a hefty weight you have to make do with huge vignetting and weak distortion correction. Perhaps the decision not to correct that aberration was crucial in order to ensure high resolution across the frame but, in our opinion, the slip-up with flares was avoidable; as it is, you can catch ghosting even if the source of bright light is far away from the frame corner. It’s a pity the constructors didn’t try harder.

Lately Sigma have got us used to outstanding constructions without any flaws. Does it mean we are entitled to criticize the 1.2/35 model? Not at all – at least as long as somebody presents a better lens with the same parameters. So far, the Sigma remains matchless and we should enjoy its unique parameters and quite good performance.

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