New Kamlan 28mm f/1.4 E-mount lens announced. First review with samples by Christopher Frost and Dustin Abbott.

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Kamlan announced the new APS-C 28mm f/1.4 E-mount lens. All details can be found on that Kickstarter page. This will be their fifth lens. All other Kamlan lenses are in Stock on Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon ES and Amazon IT.

They also teased the launch of four more APS-C E-mount lenses during 2018:

Christopher Frost and Dustin Abbott posted their review of the new 28mm Kamlan. Christopher also posted some image samples on Flickr.

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Tamron announces it will soon fix the 28-75mm FE autofocus issue via firmware upgrade!

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Tamron 28-75mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon, BuyDig, FocusCamera and Adorama. In Europe at Amazon DE and WexUK.

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Today Tamron issued an official statement saying that it will fix the 28-75mm FE autofocus issue (reported here by That1CameraGuy). Nice to see Tamron reacting that quick on the autofocus issue:

Dear Tamron product users and potential purchasers.

Thank you for your interest in Tamron products.

We would like to announce that we discovered some issues with the auto focus of our new lens, 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III RXD (Model A036) for Sony E-mount, 35mm full-frame mirrorless cameras, released on May 24, 2018. The issues occur primarily when using the camera in video recording mode.

Rest assured, we are evaluating the cause of the error and for the solution to this matter. We expect this issue to be resolved very shortly and we will release a firmware update at that time.

Regarding the firmware updating process, please be assured that the process is accomplished directly through the Sony camera and supported by the Sony firmware updating function. As soon as the process is finalized, we will explain the process in detail on our website.

We sincerely apologize to all users and potential purchasers for any inconvenience this issue may cause.

SonyAlphaBlog posted their full review:

For most of its performance it is on par with the Sony 24-70 F2.8 GM except for AF accuracy (SAR note: Fix coming soon)

Pro’s

  • Excellent sharpness globally on par with the Sony 24-70 F2.8 GM
  • Cheap ! (900 euros)
  • Small
  • Quiet AF
  • Very good flare resistance and very low CA
  • Very short minimum focusing distance (19cm)
  • Built in lens corrections

Average

  • Strong vignetting and distorsion but will be corrected with a Lightroom lens profile soon
  • Build quality : quite good but feel a bit plastic

Con’s

  • unreliable AF in AFC
  • only starts at 28mm
  • Unable to shoot at 20fps on A9 (8-9 max)
  • No AF/MF button
  • No focus hold button (so practical to assign to eye AF)

And here are new Tamron lens video tests:

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Free leather case with any Sony A7 camera sold in Germany

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You get this free leather case with the purchase of any Sony A7 series camera at Amazon Germany.

Reminder: The big Sony Europe cashback action is now available at Amazon Germany, ParkCameras and Amazon UK.

Some of the best cashback deals on cameras:
€400 on the Sony A7rII (Check: [shopcountry 70057]).
€300 on the Sony A6500 (Check: [shopcountry 70056]).

Some of the best cashback deals on lenses:
€115 on the 100-400mm GM (Check: [shopcountry 70049]).
€115 on the 16-35mm GM (Check: [shopcountry 70051]).
€115 on the 24-70mm GM (Check: [shopcountry 70052]).
€115 on the 70-200mm GM (Check: [shopcountry 70053]).
€115 on the 85mm GM (Check: [shopcountry 70054]).
€100 on the 12-24mm (Check: [shopcountry 70050]).
€60 on the 85mm (Check: [shopcountry 70055]).

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Sony A7sIII is maybe “coming soon” and that it will keep the same “identity”.

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The A7sIII book is still listed on Amazon Germany :)

Emmanuel Pampuri posted his french interview Sony. A couple of highlights:

– Fs series suffer from the success of A7 series (30% of the pro market)S
– They can’t implement 10bits 4k in FS5II because this needs to much power consumption, it is not a marketing choice.A
– 10 bits 4k will be for the next FS generation R
– A7sIII is “maybe” coming soon, but it’s the most hiden secret, even in internal Sony teams
– A7sIII will keep the same “identity”: low resolution sensor and extreme low light capabilities. Usuable High ISO are more important than oversampling.

Here ios the full interview:

Thanks Antoine for the translation!

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New Tamron 28-75mm FE test by Max Yuryev, Allan Weitz, That1Cameraguy and Jason Vong

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Tamron 28-75mm FE lens at BHphoto, Amazon, BuyDig, FocusCamera and Adorama. In Europe at Amazon DE and WexUK.

Allan Weitz tested the lens in the field:

The Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD not only cuts the mustard when mounted on a high-resolution camera but, compared to comparable lenses in this focal range, it’s also a bit smaller, notably lighter and, without any doubts, more affordable than the competition.

Max Yuryev, That1Cameraguy and Jason Vong posted new tests done with the new Tamron 28-75mm. Max says this is an impressive lens despite a few shortcomings (like distortion and build quality).


Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 – What I DONT Like / Field Test Review


Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Sony E Unboxing | Does it Shoot 20fps on the Sony a9?


Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 for Sony – Sample Wedding Footage + FIRST IMPRESSIONS for VIDEO


Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 sneak peek model shoot discussion

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Sony Tidbits…

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