You can preorder the lens now for $999 at Amazon USA (Click here), Pergear, Viltrox store, €1,099 at Amazon DE, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES, and £959 at Amazon UK.
Here is a bunch of new reviews of this lens:
The new Voigtlander 28mm f/1.5 Nokton for Sony FE is now in Stock at BHphoto (Click here). And here is the world’s first review published by SonyAlphaBlog:
Sharpness is excellent for long distance but results are a bit disappointing at portrait distance with only good results wide open for portraits
Background blur is very soft, colors and contrast are very good, Bokeh balls are excellent. Resistance to flare is good and distortion very small. CA and Vignetting are quite significant
I found those two recent reviews of the first original RX1 and the latest RX1rII. Both cameras are only available used on eBay or reconditioned with warranty on Amazon.
Sony RX1 vs Sony A7cII:
And here is a long time review by Andre Mey (German).
16-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
The new Sigma 16-300mm lens launch got a bit undermined by the gorgeous 300-600m launch and the curios BF camera. Chris from PetaPixel tested this lens and concluded:
I expected the optical issues that are inherent to the design of a superzoom and despite them, still had a wonderful time traveling with the 16-300mm lens. All’s well that ends well when you go through your photos and treasure the results.
Both Sigma Lens Preorder links:
300-600mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
16-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
Sigma 300-600mm f/4.0 vs Sony 600mm f/4.0 vs Sony 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 (via CameraSize)
Here are a few size comparisons to give you an idea of the size of the new Sigma lens. It’s basically the same size as the Sony 600 GM, but weighs 1kg more. The good news is that it costs less than 50% of the Sony lens!
Preorders:
300-600mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
16-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
Full press release on Explora
Sigma 300-600mm f/4.0 vs Sony 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3
Lenstip published the full detailed Sony 16mm G lens review and concluded:
Lately we’ve seen a real offensive when it comes to Sony lenses and I have to admit there are plenty of well-put-together, interesting constructions among them. The launch of the Sony FE 16 mm f/1.8 G fits this trend very well. This lens features a long list of very serious assets and just one meaningful flaw – vignetting. Of course, if you take physical dimensions of this lens and its demanding parameters into account this flaw was only to be expected. What’s more, the producers decided to keep the price rather moderate and the Sony FE 16 mm f/1.8 G is going to be sold in European shops for 1000 Euro.
The tested lens doesn’t deserve any kind of criticism in the summary but I would like to make a digression or two. I think the reduction of physical dimensions went a bit over the top in this case. Personally I wouldn’t mind it at all if the tested 16 mm lens was as big as the 20 mm lens, or even a tad bigger. If such an increase of dimensions allowed to correct distortion better, limit vignetting a bit, and achieve a bit better resolution results on the edge of the frame I would be more than willing to accept it. Of course it doesn’t change the fact that this lens, even as it is, is an outstanding instrument that will be a joy to use. I played with it and enjoyed it thoroughly. I would like to take it with me on my next arctic trip for sure.
Sony 400-800mm f/6-3-8.0 G lens preorders:
BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK.
Sony 16mm f/1.8 G lens preorders:
BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK, Amazon UK.
