This is a good day for APS-C E-mount camera owners. We just got two new lenses from Samyang (Rokinon). The 50mm f/1.2 and 21mm f/1.4! Both are manual focusing lenses and I have o doubt they will be of very good optical quality (as usual with Rokinon). Here are the full specs of the lenses and preorder links to BHphoto:
Long exposure work with A7s (Mirrorlessons).
Roeschlein-Kreuznach Telenar 90mm f/3.8 (SonyAlphaForum).
Converter lens test at Ascii.jp.
Sony RX100 IV vs Samsung Galaxy S6 – 4k Camera Comparison (Youtube).
Im Praxis-Check: Sony Cybershot DSC-RX10 II (Photoscala).
Maciej Galas: “Professional production made entirely with Sony A7R with lenses by Carl Zeiss Sonnar 1.8 55 and Carl Zeiss Sonnar 2.8 35. The film is fun – the whole placement of products from high-end brands – including Calvin Klein, Rosenthal and many others. Black and white picture with high contrast achieved by the special function in A7R – creative styles – black and white high contrast. HD Format recorded in slow motion (50 frames per second). Camera Sony A7R was stabilized by the gimbal and slaider. Working on the set lasted 10 hours. The author is Maciej Galas – author of articles on Sony A7R and Carl Zeiss lenses. Link to the video on YT: https://youtu.be/K2VjswLrPXY Home to the test lens by Carl Zeiss Sonnar 1.8 55 – http://maciejgalas.com/?p=311”
Hugh: “Thought your readers might get a kick out of this very short short we did for a client, shot on a Sony a6000. What’s really interesting is that you can see in the gear list how big my cameras were before downsizing to my new favorite camera — it’s sitting on a honking Cartoni Focus tripod with fluid head!”
Joe: “I would like to share a wedding video that Jeffrey, my teammate, shot on 2 weeks ago. He used 3 cameras, RX100m4, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and Canon XF300. The majority footages are from RX100m4 with slow mode. https://youtu.be/U4gBa86R8C4“
A limited quntity of Zeiss 55mm FE lenses is selling for $689 only at [shoplink 40631 ebay]GetDigital on eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. The lenses are grey improted but do come with full 3 years US seller warranty. The seller is also marked as “Top rated” by ebay customers.
Sony US officially extended the A and E-mount deals: A special full overview page can be seen at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). And those are the savings in detail and with direct link to three major US stores:
Deo (website here) just released a new Canon EF to Sony FE mount adapter. They write it’s the world’s 1st Dual-operation mode AF adapter. The lens has a switcher between two modes:
And is how the two modes do work on Sony cameras:
You can preorder the lens directly at Deo (Click here) and within the next days on [shoplink 40637 ebay]eBay (Search link here)[/shoplink].
SAR reader Michel noticed that in his country the E-mount adapters are quite expensive :) The Tamron-NEX adapter is actually selling for 999.923 Euro or approximately $1,1 million on [shoplink 40621 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Must be a special adapter made by Gaultier or Yves Saint Laurent :)
– P.S.: To all french readers, I seriously love France, part of my family lives there (Pyrénées-Orientales). So don’t mistake my making some fun on you for a sign of disrespect ;)
The super telephoto lens deal is back! Beachcamera is selling a very limited quantity of Tamron 150-600mm lenses for Sony through their [shoplink 40600 ebay]eBay Store (Click here to grab one)[/shoplink].Be sure to select the “Sony” version from the drop down menu!
As I reported last time (when the deal went sold out within 24h) this is a great A-mount lens you can use on your E-mount cameras too. The lens got tested on the A7II by Luminous Landscape:
The on-sensor phase detection AF of the A7 MKII and the system’s focus tracking capability allowed for capturing these completely unpredictable penguins as they jumped from the water. Their position can’t really be anticipated and their time above water is faster that one’s ability to anticipate.Virtually every frame out of hundreds shot showed excellent lock-on and tracking. I frankly don’t think that I have ever used a long zoom lens / camera combo that could have done better.
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