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Let’s go crazy on rumors: Super wild (and probably BS?) rumors about a new Sony 85mm f/1.0 GM lens!
As you know I have been the first to tell you that Sony want’s to surprise the photographic world with a lens that has never been made before:
24-70mm f/2.0 GM Full Frame AF lens
Two trusted source confirmed this lens will be announced soon. I don’t have an exact date yet but it could be announced as early as in June. In June we will also get a new 85mm f/1.4 GM II..that also has been confirmed!
-> Warning: Now this is the part where the reliable rumors end: What I want to talk about now are two rumors I got from two different Asian new sources. Those are CRAZY and unconfirmed rumors. So do NOT hold me accountable for those!
Both told me that Sony wants to launch a SUPERFAST lens…faster than f/1.2! As you know, the fastest AUTOFOCUS lenses on the market are f/1.2. The only AF lens ever made that is f/1.0 is the Canon EF 50mm f/1.0 L USM. Having an AF lens at f/1.0 or f/0.95 would be an incredible achievement. Sure, this lens would be big and expensive–but it would also create a web buzz that would last for months, if not years! A bold marketing move to focus attention on the E-mount system. So here is the big question for you:

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Japanese March 2024 sales ranking of all 5 major camera stores: Sony on top!
Here were the best selling cameras in Japan’s five major stores:
■Yodobashi Camera
1 Nikon “Z 8”
2 Nikon “Z f 40mm f/2 (SE) Lens Kit”
3 Canon “EOS R6 Mark II”
4 Sony “α7 IV (ILCE-7M4)”
5 Sony “α7C II zoom lens Kit (ILCE-7CM2L)”
■Bic Camera
1 Sony “VLOGCAM ZV-E10 Power Zoom Lens Kit (ZV-E10L)”
2 Sony “α7C II (ILCE-7CM2)”
3 Canon “EOS R10/RF-S18-150 IS STM Lens Kit”
4 Sony “α7C II Zoom Lens Kit (ILCE-7CM2L)”
5 Olympus “PEN E-P7 EZ Double Zoom Kit”
■Camera Kitamura
1 Fujifilm “X-T5”
2 Sony “VLOGCAM ZV-E10 Power Zoom Lens Kit (ZV-E10L)”
3 Nikon “Z f 40mm f/2 (SE) Lens Kit”
4 Canon “EOS R10/RF-S18-150 IS STM Lens Kit”
5 Canon “EOS R6 Mark II”
■Map Camera
1 Fujifilm “X100VI”
2 Nikon “Z f”
3 Sony “α7R V (ILCE-7RM5)”
4 Fujifilm “X-T5”
5 Sony “α7C II (ILCE-7CM2)”
■Fujiya Camera
1 OM SYSTEM “OM -1 Mark II”
2 Canon “EOS RP/RF24-105 IS STM Lens Kit”
3 Nikon “Z 8”
4 Nikon “Z f”
5 Nikon “Z f 40mm f/2 (SE) Lens Kit”
Grouped by manufacturer we have:
- 8 Sony cameras
- 7 Nikon cameras
- 5 Canon cameras
- 3 Fujifilm cameras
- 2 Olympus cameras
What’s interesting from those chart is:
- OM Digital still doing ok in Japan
- No Panasonic camera in the chart (despite having quite some affordable and very good models)
- I suspect Fujifilm would have a lot better result if the X100VI would be in Stock
- Sony still selling a lot of that ZV-E10 vlogger camera
New SanDisk 4TB and 8TB external SSD storage
All photographers and filmmakers need ton of storage. So this might be something for you:
Sandisk announced an extremely compact and fast external SSD storage that is in Stock now at Amazon US, BHphoto and Adorama. In Europe at Amazon DE.
Important reminder: Always backup your media on two different devices to store in two different places!
New Sony USA rebates online: ZV-E1 (-$300) A7rV (-$400) A7IV (-$200)
Those Sony rebates run this til June 2 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. Some special mentions:
Cameras:
- $400 off on the Sony A7rV at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
- $300 off on the ZV-E1 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
- $200 off on the Sony A7IV at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
Lenses:
- $100 off on the 50mm f/1.2 GM at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
- $100 off on the 85mm f/1.4 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the 35mm f/1.4 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the 14mm f/1.8 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.
- $100 off on the 12-24mm GM at Amazon. BHphoto. Adorama.
- $100 off on the 200-600mm G at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
Accessories:
- Up to $400 off on Sony CFexpress Type A cards at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
- Up to $400 off on Sony Tough SD cards at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
More hot deals:
- Tamron 28-75mm III lens for $699 only at Amazon US. This is the lowest price ever on an excellent and much beloved kit lens!
- For a limited time you get the Lexar 320GB Type A card for the lowest price ever at Amazon US.
- V90 fast 256GB SD card from Lexar is now available for $197 only at Amazon US.
- Lowest price ever on the Lexar 2 TB portable SSD storage drive at Amazon US.
Lot’s of new E-mount autofocus lens teasers from Chinese manufacturers!
The image above shows the upcoming new Meike 35mm f/2.0 Full Frame E-mount and the 33mm f/1.4 APS-C E-mount autofocus lenses.
The following teaser image has been posted by 7Artisans and should be for a new 85mm f/1.8 Full Frame autofocus E-mount lens:
And Zhong Yi Optics is rumored to launch a f/1.4 autofocus Full Frame E-mount prime lens this year (Source Weibo)
And than we have this new lens teaser from TTArtisan…but I don’t know if this will be E-mount and/or AF lens: