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‎Alan Griffiths‎
Sony a6300 – iso 100 , f11, 61″, zomei 10 stop filter. Location – Dovercourt lower light house.

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After 4,5 years Sony launches a new APS-C E-mount lens. More to come in 2018…

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It took Sony 4.5 years to launch a new APS-C E-mount lens. Back in August 27 of the year 2013 Sony announced the 16-70mm Zeiss and the 18-105mm. Note: We had a Sony Cine lens for APS-C but this is not a mainstream APS-C lens for photographers.

Today Sony announced the new Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Lens and the first reaction of the people seems to be negative. Not because this might not be a great lens. But for sure this wasn’t an “urgently” needed kind of lens. The APS-C system still is in need of some high quality fast zooms and some nice primes. But let’s focus on the good news of today: Sony is finally back launching APS-C E-mount lenses and I am sure there is more to come in 2018.

...what do you think about the new 18-135mm?

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Preorders (start on Jan 10):
18-135mm lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
Silver A6300 at BHphoto and Adorama.

 

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Key features of the new Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Lens

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This image shows the new 18-135mm lens on the left, followed by the 16-70mm Zeiss and than the 18-105mm lens.
via Camerasize

There is yet not a single review or hands-on of the new Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Lens. We have to wait til CES show starts on Jan 8 to see some more real life tests. But at least on paper this looks like a nice travel tool:

Image samples can be found here at sony.net/Products/di_photo-gallery/lens/SEL18135/

Key specs explained (via Sony.net)

Preorders (start on Jan 10):
18-135mm lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
Silver A6300 at BHphoto and Adorama.

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Sony announces the E-mount 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS. And a new Silver A6300.

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Sony announced the first new APS-C E-mount lens after a very long time! And also a silver version of the A6300.

Preorders (start on Jan 10):
18-135mm lens at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon and BestBuy.
Silver A6300 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon and BestBuy.

New Compact, Lightweight E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Features Outstanding Sharpness and Fast, Precise, Quiet AF for a wide variety of still and video applications

Sony, a worldwide leader in digital imaging and the world’s largest image sensor manufacturer, today announced its 46th E-mount lens. This new APS-C lens features a versatile 18-135mm focal length, aperture range of F3.5-F5.6 And Optical SteadyShot™ stabilisation.

The new lens (model SEL18135) features a compact, lightweight design measuring only 67.2mm x 88mm and weighing in at a mere 325g, as well as a high magnification 7.5x optical zoom that covers the wide-ranging focal length of 18-135mm on APS-C or 27-202.5mm in 35mm equivalent focal length. The lens is an ideal fit for Sony’s popular APS-C sensor cameras including α6500, α6300 and α6000, and is an extremely useful tool for a wide range of shooting situations ranging from daily life to portraiture, landscape, nature and travel photography.

The E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS produces outstanding corner-to-corner sharpness throughout the entire zoom range thanks to its advanced design featuring one aspherical lens and two Extra-low Dispersion glass elements that minimise aberrations. This lens also allows photographers to produce close-up images with pleasing ‘bokeh’ or background defocus as a result of its maximum magnification ratio of 0.29x and minimum focus distance of 0.45m. It also offers built-in optical image stabilisation to support handheld shooting.

Additionally, the 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 Zoom lens offers fast, precise, quiet AF performance thanks to a linear motor, making it a perfect complement to the high speed shooting and impressive video capabilities of many of Sony’s mirrorless cameras.

Pricing and Availability

The SEL18135 will be available from February 2018, priced at approximately £570.

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