Sony SEL 24-240mm FE Lens Review

Current State of Camera Industry is like Star Wars~!? (SonyAlphaForum).
NEX-7 with a 140mm f/1.8 Projector Lens Makes the most beautiful photos (Diyphotography).
Sony Cyber-shot RX10 II Hands-On (ePhotozine).
Sony Cyber-shot RX100 IV Hands-On (ePhotozine).
α7 II + Prominar 12mm F1.8 (Dc.watch).
New Lens Profiles in Camera Raw 9.1 for three new A-mount lenses.
Sony A7II w/ Olympus 100mm f2 (SonyAlphaForum).

Thibault: “I am B&W long exposure fine art photographer and a member of the Sony Artisans of Imagery Program
I wrote a blog article on my opinion on the new a7RII camera specs and in particular their implications in the domain of long exposure photography.
I thought your readers might be interested:
https://thibaultroland.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/new-sony-a7rii-release-my-opinion-in-7-points/”

Anonymous: “Not really a rumor, but there was another Sony camera (well… camcorder) that was announced also using a back-illuminated EXMOR R 1″ sensor: the HXR-NX100 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEGbZZnFSlM“

If you do own the FS7 or FS700 E-mount camcorders we have good news for you! Atomos released the new Shogun firmware update 6.4. Below you can find the full new features list.

Reminder: Just recently the Sony NEX-FS700 got a $1,000 price drop at BHphoto (Click here).

New Features:
– New custom metadata tags – Tags used appear in the keyword collections in FCPX. The FCPX XML version has been updated to 1.4 for latest support.
– Sony FS700 and FS7 Raw to ProRes and DNxHR* – please refer to instructions specific to your camera located in the AtomOS 6.4 Zip file.
– 3D LUT New Features:
Option in the input page to apply the Monitor LUT to the loop out for viewing on external monitor.
Option in the input page to record/burn-in the Monitor LUT to the recording.
Included RAW to REC709 LUT’s for record and monitor:
– Slog2 to Rec709 for FS700/FS7 – located in BUILT in 3D LUT tab (Yellow Monitor Icon>Folder Icon>Built-In Tab)
– Slog3 to Rec709 for FS7 – located in BUILT in 3D LUT tab (Yellow Monitor Icon>Folder Icon>Built-In Tab)
Half Screen LUT option to view RAW/Video-In and LUT at same time – Can never be recorded as a half LUT for safety.
– Programmable Time Lapse
Capture any number of consecutive frames at any interval.
Keyframe multiple intervals and use smooth transitions between them.
Scheduled start time up to 24 hours prior to
– Pre-Roll Recording Option – 8 seconds HD and 2 seconds 4k.
– Custom Playlist
Play all movies in recorded order
Select any combination movies to play
Play Tagged Favourite files in order for quick rushes edited play-out
Combine selected and favourite in any order and play together
– Option to clear all overlays from the screen – touch the centre of the monitor to cycle through 3 overlay modes.
– Anamorphic desqueeze modes
Panasonic 8:3 from GH4
2x, 1.5x, and 1.33x
– Pre-loaded LUT’s provided on unit in Built-In LUT Tab
C-Log to Rec709
V-Log to Rec709
FS Raw Slog2 to Rec709
FS Raw Slog3 to Rec709
– Genlock input enabled for synced playback/playout
– Increased low battery warnings
25%
10%

Sony recently confessed they need to address the lack of telephoto prime lenses for the FE system. Something Nikon users have not to worry about: Today Nikon announced the 500mm f/4.0 ($10,300 here at Amazon) and the 600mm f/4.0 ($12,300 here at Amazon). What massive lenses! Of course it makes little sense to use them on your A7 camera. If you really need such a long focal length than jump on the Sony 500mm f/4.0 which is $2700 more expensive than the Nikon version but at least gives you full autofocus.

Let’s see if Sony will ever make such huge lenses for the FE system….

Sony a7S Unboxing. . . f11 Style from FiveSix Productions on Vimeo.

CamFan on SonyAlphaForum shared this A7s unboxing video. It shows how we “feel” when unboxing a new camera :)

Sony A7s store links:
Sony A7s in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.
A7s Gariz leather case in [shoplink 27569 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27570 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27571 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 27572 ebay]Orange (Click here)[/shoplink].

Nowadays almost all manufacturers of Digital cameras and Mobile Devices use Sony sensors on some (or all) their devices. The market is still exploding thanks to the selfie camera boom (oh gosh) and the automotive market (they need cams to develop self driving cars). Today Reuters reports:

Sony Corp plans to raise nearly $4 billion via new shares and bonds to plough into image sensors as it reinvents itself as a niche component maker, pulling back from consumer goods like TVs that dragged it into losses.

This means Sony will keep pushing innovation on the sensor front and we can expect that to have great positive effects on their future camera sensors too.

Maarten: “Just completed and posted three videos reviewing the A7M2
One detailing the still features and the lenses: https://youtu.be/QqjcRHzj9as (video embedded on top)
Another detailing video features including picture profiles https://youtu.be/BegPyKgwIos
And also the accessories – battery grip, flash, audio adapter and monitor https://youtu.be/BM-ixBsMPSs”

alternatives to NP-FW50 batteries (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony FE 28mm f/2 review at Admiringlight.
Sony 21mm Ultra-Wide Conversion Lens review at Admiringlight.
“Every photo that you take is a once-in-a-lifetime photo – make it awesome!” (TheNakedCamera)
Sony A7rII is the second system camera after the Samsung NX1/NX500 to use a BSI sensor (SamsungCameraRumors).
Simply magnificent: Das Sonnar T* FE 2,8/35 ZA an der Sony alpha 7 – Teil 3 (J.Haag).
28mm conversion lens test at SonyAlphaLab.
Sony A7s + Sony/Zeiss 24-70 f/4 low light action (SonyAlphaForum).

on left the Zeiss Batis 85mm design and on right the Tamron lens design patent.

Earlier this week Zeiss released the full Batis 85mm lens design info (pdf here). And as you can see from the image comparison on top the internal element design seems to match the Tamron design patent (SAR article here). I guess there is a very good chance that Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens has been designed by Tamron.

Of course as long as the quality is “Zeiss-alike” this will not be a problem for us. So let’s see more of those new lenses:

The very first Batis unboxing report has been posted by 3DKraft (Click here):

The most appealing thing of the Batis 2/25 is the option to combine wide angle perspectives and playing with the depth-of-field at the same time. You will find some bokeh fringing at open aperture. It almost disappears already at f/2.8.

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