CineD had a chat with Sony about the new  VENICE 2 E-mount Extension System Mini (preorder for $25,000 at BHphoto):

Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 at BHphoto. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. Calumet. WexUK.
Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 at BHphoto. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. Calumet. WexUK.

I just realised that not a single SAR reader has pre-ordered a single Zeiss link through my affiliate links. And in general, store managers told me that reorder numbers were extremely low. I suspect there are a number of reasons for this:

• These lenses are expensive lenses with manual focus.
• Meanwhile, there are many extremely good lenses that cost less or/and have autofocus (like the Sony 50mm GM or the Sigma 50mm lens).
• Some said these are just Cosina lenses with a Zeiss logo on them. While I suspect Cosina makes these lenses, I’m pretty sure Zeiss is behind the design of these lenses.

I would ask you to comment on this post and let Zeiss know why you have not reordered the new OTUS FE lenses.

PetaPixel review:

P.S: Some new videos from the CP+ show:

DxO announced the new PureRAW5 software (see all new features here). You can now preorder it here.

Press text:

DxO has made some very exciting changes to the best preprocessing and denoising software ion the market. With this version of DxO PureRAW 5 you will get:

DeepPRIME3 now incorporating three processes that improve image quality for discerning photographers. These are:

• Demosaicing
• Denoising and now
• Chomatic Aberration, which fixes residual chromatic shifts at the pixel level, as part of the raw conversion process.

For the first time in PureRaw 5 you get Local Adjustments enabling photographer to target their sharpening and denoising processes this is particularly useful for working with the shadow areas of high ISO images.

Brand New Interface – with a new workflow including new presets to speed up your workflow. The intention with DxO PureRAW is that as it is at the first step of your image workflow it has been designed to be fast.

“PureRaw as it is at the very start of your workflow it should be as fast as possible to bring you immediately to the best starting point” Fabrizio Dei Tos – DxO

Samyang has just announced a new partnership with Schneider Kreuznach. Together they have developed a new 14-24mm f/2.8 full frame E-mount lens! Here are the images of the lens that was unveiled today at the opening of the Cp+ trade show.

Key Features of the Schneider Kreuznach 14-24mm f/2.8 FE lens:

• World’s first 14-24mm (Sony E) compatible super-wide zoom lens allows front filters (77mm filter size)
• Enables ultra-close-up shooting at just 0.18m
• Jointly developed with Schneider-Kreuznach
• Compact and Lightweight
• Weight: 445g Only

As you can see from the images this lens is indeed very compact!

On these images you see the new:

• Viltrox 35mm f/1.2 LAB FE
• Viltrox 85mm f/1.4 PRO FE
• Viltrox 50mm f/2.0 AIR FE

Laowa displayed a bunch of new lenses at the Cp+ show

• Ultima 12-120 (Arri PL)
• 35mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift (E, L, RF, Z, GFX, XCD mount)
• 15mm f/4.5 Wide Angle Macro (E, L, RF, Z mount)
• 8-15mm Fish Eye (E, L, RF, Z, GFX, XCD mount)
• Laowa 10mm f/2.9 ZER-D FF Cine (E, L, RF, Z mount)
• Proteus Zoom (E, L, RF, Z mount)