Message to the Source that just sent me a message:
I know you said you can’t answer anything. But without to mention a camera name…still no news on new Full Frame Alpha camera launch period? Still weird I did not get anything…
P.S.: I got the Sony announcement date(will publish it soon!) and I also knew about this WOW product which I really do like a lot! ;)
To readers: Ignore this message ;)
Zeiss announced six new Cine E-mount lenses you can reorder at BHphoto and CVP. Full introduction at Explora. Product page can be found on this Zeiss page.
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I got a couple of reliable rumors I am going to share soon. I am traveling now so I will need some time before I can post the first exciting rumor today. It’s about Sigma! After that…Sony ;)
Note about the Sigma rumor: Announcement of that new Sigma gear will happen after mid February and not this week as I have been previously told…
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Sony dropped the price of their TOUGH CFexpress Type A cards series sold by Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto.
These cards are IP57 rated:
Protected from limited dust ingress. Protected from immersion between 15 centimeters and 1 meter in depth.
These cards also have VPG400 rating:
With Video Performance Guarantee 400, the card lets you capture cinema-quality 4K/8K video without dropping frames. VPG400 guarantees a minimum sustained write speed of 400MB/s to meet the newest demands of professional video capture.
If you want more affordable Type A cards get the VPG200 rated cards from Sony:
Back in Sep 27, 2018 Zeiss announced their last E-mount lens, the Batis 40mm F2 CF. Six years after we might get another one. According to this German teaser Zeiss will have an announcement tomorrow (Feb6) at 11am Berlin time. We know for sure this is going to be a CINE lens because Zeiss posted this image:
The question here is more if this will be a native E-mount cine lens or a PL lens you can adapt on Sony cine cameras like the Burano.
It’s now the third time I get this sort of “A7cS” rumors. Today I will post this new Super wild rumor and at the end give my honest opinion on this. So let’s first read the rumors:
SONY is expanding their Compact Line by splitting their full-frame non-flagship line into the traditional α7 series and the portable α7C series.
To that end, they are launching the α7CS this summer and into the autumn, a mixed-use camera that will interest video users as much as the α7SIII.
It has highly similar video specs to the α9 III, with a 24-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor delivering full-frame oversampling at 4K/60p or pixel-binning sampling at 4K/120p.
It also offers 4K/120p video recording with full pixel sampling in APS-C/Super 35mm mode.
The α7CS offers a mechanical shutter, which together with the dual native ISO80/800 (ISO640/6400 at S-log3) 24-megapixel sensors provide excellent still photography images, both in brightly lit, high dynamic range scenes and in poorly lit, high sensitivity scenes.
Because the resolution isn’t as high as the α7CR, it will still be priced slightly cheaper than the α7CR, in the $2,500 to $2,700 range.
Here is my take:
I cannot see a reason why we need the A7cS. We already have the compact FX3 and we are likely going to get an A7sIV soon. So this A7cS simply doesn’t make sense in my opinion. What’s your take?
Because they already have a large amount of backorders, they mention that the estimated delivery time for current orders is “more than 6 months.”
Preorders: Sony 300mm at BHphoto. Amazon US&EU. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. Calumet. WexUK.
