Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 review by Marc Alhadeff: “excellent performance”

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Today the new Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 E-mount lens is starting to ship out on Amazon and BHphoto.

Marc Alhadeff from SonyAlphaBlog tested the lens and concluded:

The Yongnuo 50mm F1.8S DA DSM (120 euros) is a very pleasant surprise : A Chinese lens with AF with very good to excellent performance in photo
In photo it is far better than the Sony E 50mm F1.8 OSS (280 euros)
The only drawback is in video with a capricious AF in this mode
Highly recommended for A6000 users if you are on a budget
For high end APS users having a A6500 / A6600 you may want to invest in the Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN (430 euros !) that is a bit better (but not 4 times better)

Pros
Very good to excellent sharpness
Very soft background blur
Very good color rendition
Good AF
Lens with electronics contacts so EXIF available and control of the aperture via the body
Cheap (120 euros)
Light and small

Average
Bokeh balls showing heptagon when closed down to F2.8 or more
Chromatic Aberrations wide open when facing the sun
Build quality is OK
Moderate distorsion and vignetting
No Optical stabilisation

Cons
unreliable AF in video with V4 firmware (could be corrected in a future firmware)

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Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS to be announced on June 18 and cost $949 in US and 1.199€ in Europe

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The new Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS lens for Sony E-mount will be announced on June 18 at 15:00 CEST time. This is what we know so far about this lens:

22 elements in 16 groups (including 1 FLD lens and 4 SLD lenses),
minimum shooting distance 112 cm (wide-angle end)/160 cm (telephoto end),
maximum shooting magnification 1:4.1 (at 400 mm),
filter diameter 67 mm,
size φ86×197. 2mm,
1135g,
compatible with optional tripod mount.
Price $949 and 1.199€

 

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RUMOR: Sony A7sII successor and 12-24mm GM lens “internal presentation” on June 26? Announcement in July

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A source told me this:

Sony A7sII successor and 12-24mm f/2.8 GM will be presented to the press and store managers on June 26th.

IMPORTANT: It’s yet not clear if on June 26 the Sony A7sII successor will also be officially presented to the general public or if there will be a short period of NDA agreement for the press and store managers. Usually Sony does make the new camera info public disclosure on the same day. But I got no information yet if that’s the case again with the A7sII successor. I still got no specs but Sony told us that it will have at least 4k120p, 10bit 4:2:2 and similar A9II AF performance.

One more thing: The source didn’t get any info yet about that second Full Frame camera that was recently registered in China and USA. It may be that this camera will be announced a couple of weeks later as I reported previously.

 

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