I told you that there would be one more Sony announcement soon. The HX80 and HX350 are coming for sure. I don’t know yet if there will be a “high-end” camera coming too. Anyway, as a proof the Sony announcement is imminent I can share the HX80 spec sheet image I got from a source:
Translation via SAR readers Inspire and Ben (Thanks!):
1. Zeiss ultra wide angle lens and 30x optical zoom 2. OLED EVF 3. 5 axis image stablization 4. 10 pics/sec recording 5. 180° hinged screen for selfie lovers 6. FullHD video rec. (XAVC) 7. Available from March 2016 with MRP 419 Euros 8. integrated flash
We got some info about the shipment dates in Germany and UK: Calumetphoto (Click here) reports that the new GM lenses and the A6300 will start shipping on March 3 already (That’s almost 1 month earlier than US…if true!). While Jessops (Click here) reports a more general March delivery period.
First two new deals/in Stock info: 1) The Batis 25mm lens is in Stock at [shoplink 44853 ebay]Poppflash eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 44853 ebay]Kenmorecamera (Click here)[/shoplink]. 2) Sony dropped the price of the LAEA adapters: $100 off on the LAEA4 (here at BH) and $100 off on the LAEA3 (here at BH).
The only GM lens we know little about is the 70-200mm f/2.8 (listed here at BHphoto). We don’t know price and exact shipment date yet. But the good news is that the lens is really only slightly bigger than the current f/4.o FE version.
Both ePhotozine and Photographyblog posted hands-on pictures if you want to get a “taste” of how this lens is.
Those new are GM lenses are real beasts! On top you can see the 85mm GM compared with the 90mm FE and 35mm FE. And below the 24-70mm GM vs the 24-70mm Zeiss. Source:
Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM Hands-on Photos (Photographyblog).
Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM Hands-on Photos (Photographyblog).
Sony A6300 Hands-on Photos (Photographyblog).
Pixel Peepers on Guard! 24-70mm GM and 85mm GM RAW files images are available for download at Quesabesde. Let us know in our commetn system what you think about the lens performance!
Hands-on testing with [shoplink 44786 ebay]Leica Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 (lens on eBay)[/shoplink] and Techart PRO
I am pretty sure many SAR readers do own M-moount lenses (like I do). And here are brand new videos showing you how good some of those M-mount lenses will focus with the new Techart PRO Leica M – Sony E Autofocus Adapter. You can preorder the adapter at http://www.techartpro.com/.
1) Testing with [shoplink 44787 ebay]Leica 50mm f/1.4 (lens on eBay)[/shoplink] @ f/1.4 with Sony A7 Mark II (0:00 – 1:11)
2) Testing with [shoplink 44788 ebay]Voigtlander 35mm f/1.2 (lens on eBay)[/shoplink] @ f/1.2 Mark II with Sony A7 Mark II (1:12 – 1:54)
3) Testing with [shoplink 44789 ebay]Voigtlander 15mm f/4.5 (lens on eBay)[/shoplink] @ f/4.5 Mark III with Sony A7 Mark II
(1:55 – 2:42)
1) Testing with [shoplink 44790 ebay]Leica 90mm f/2 (lens on eBay)[/shoplink] @ f/2 with Sony A7 Mark II (0:00 – 0:47)
2) Close Focus Test with [shoplink 44788 ebay]Voigtlander VM 35mm f/1.2 (II) (lens on eBay)[/shoplink] at designed closest focusing distance 0.5m. The distance shortens to around 0.2m after using our Techart PRO adapter (0:48 – 2:21)
[/shoplink]
