Preorders started: 100mm STF and 85mm f/1.8 FE at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto!

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You can now preorder the new FE lenses and the Radio Flash:
85mm f/1.8 FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
100mm f/2.8 STF FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
HVL-F45RM Wireless Radio Flash at BHphoto, Adorama.

Boith lenses will start shipping out on March 30.

Reminder:
The 70-200mm GM lens is now in Stock at Amazon and at Adorama.

BHphoto (Click here) published the detailed WPPI specials list. A few special mentions:
$300 off and free $200 gift card on the A7rII (Click here).
free $100 gift card on the A6500 (Click here).
free $100 gift card on the RX10III (Click here).
$300 off and free $100 gift card on the A6300 dual lens kit (Click here).
free $200 gift card on the RX1rII (Click here).
$100 off on the 70-200mm FE (Click here).
$200 off on the Rokinon AF 50mm f/1.4 FE Lens (Click here).
$110 off on the Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC Lens (Click here).
$20 off on the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan (12 Month Subscription, Download Card)

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Closer look on the new Sony 100mm f/2.8 STF FE with “Breathtaking Bokeh”

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Note: At 10am New York time the new FE lenses and the radio flash will be available for preorder here:
100mm f/2.8 STF FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
85mm f/1.8 FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
HVL-F45RM Wireless Radio Flash at BHphoto, Adorama.
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Sony announced two new FE lenses: 100mm f/2.8 STF FE at BHphoto and the 85mm f/1.8 FE at BHphoto. Now let’s take a close look on the exciting 100mm STF lens. Sony claims this is the Fe lens with the bext bokeh!

Short description:

Delivering both smooth bokeh and fine sharpness, the FE 100mm f/2.8 STF GM OSS Lens from Sony is a short-telephoto prime featuring a unique, yet sophisticated optical design. Separating itself from other portrait-length lenses, this 100mm f/2.8 features Smooth Trans Focus technology, which uses an apodization filter to realize notably smooth bokeh with rounded out-of-focus highlights in both the foreground and background. Contributing to a high degree of sharpness and clarity, the lens also incorporates one aspherical element and one extra-low dispersion element to suppress both spherical and chromatic aberrations. Additionally, a Nano AR coating has also been applied to reduce lens flare and ghosting for greater contrast and color fidelity when working in strong lighting conditions.

Lens construction and MTF graph:

Image samples (Click on it to enlarge):

More info about the new 100mm FE lens at Sony.net and BHphoto.

Preorders start 10am NYC time Thu Feb 9:
100mm f/2.8 STF FE at BHphoto, Adorama.
85mm f/1.8 FE at BHphoto, Adorama.
HVL-F45RM Wireless Radio Flash at BHphoto, Adorama.

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Size comparison between the new 100mm FE and 85mm FE and the other lenses!

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Image on top shows the new 100mm STF versus the new 85mm f/1.8 FE and the current 50mm f/1.8 FE

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CameraSize added the new 100mm STF and the new 85mm FE lenses in their database.

Preorders start 10am NYC time Thu Feb 9: 100mm f/2.8 STF FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. 85mm f/1.8 FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. HVL-F45RM Wireless Radio Flash at BHphoto, Adorama.

Let’s check out a couple of size comparisons:

Sony 85mm vs Nikon 85mm

Sony 100mm GM vs 85mm GM

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70-200mm GM in Stock at Amazon. New FE lens preorders start tomorrow!

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The 70-200mm GM lens is now in Stock at Amazon and at Adorama. And tomorrow (10am New York time Feb 9) the new FE lenses and the radio flash will be available for preorder here:
100mm f/2.8 STF FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
85mm f/1.8 FE at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
HVL-F45RM Wireless Radio Flash at BHphoto, Adorama.

Reminder: BHphoto (Click here) published the detailed WPPI specials list. A few special mentions:
$300 off and free $200 gift card on the A7rII (Click here).
free $100 gift card on the A6500 (Click here).
free $100 gift card on the RX10III (Click here).
$300 off and free $100 gift card on the A6300 dual lens kit (Click here).
free $200 gift card on the RX1rII (Click here).
$100 off on the 70-200mm FE (Click here).
$200 off on the Rokinon AF 50mm f/1.4 FE Lens (Click here).
$110 off on the Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC Lens (Click here).
$20 off on the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan (12 Month Subscription, Download Card)

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(SR5) Both 100mm STF and 85mm f/1.8 rumors were correct: Same sources confirm the new High End E-mount camera is coming!

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Three trusted sources shared the correct info about the lenses and the announcement time:

1) 100mm rumor (lens announcement period got delayed. Probably because of the production issues we reported here).
2) 85mm rumor was spot on to
3) And so the announcement time rumor.

But what matters is that all these sources also confirmed this:

  1. 16-35mm GM is real deal
  2. New Sony High End E-mount camera placed above the A7rII is coming this year too! The name of the camera is unconfirmed but I call it tentatively “A9”.

The High End camera is probably the “new camera with very fast burst rate and AF speed, not the A7 series, not on CP+” that Sony Artisan Zhang Qianli was talking about on Weibo. And it seems likely it will be announced after the CP+ show is Zhang is correct in his statement.

I am now working with all of three of them to see what I can post about the new A9 soon…Stay tuned on SAR and join the special Sony A9 group on Facebook (Click here) for more detailed coverage!

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SR1=probably fake rumor
SR2=rumor from unknown sources
SR3=50% chance it is correct
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SR5=almost certainly correct!

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