SonyAlphaCameras spotted a new lens for the E-mount system: At the IBC show in Asterdam Tokina displayed he 16-28mm T/3.0 E-mount Cine lens. The price will be about $3,999 (Bh price on other mounts).
With the three Veydra, Five Schneiders and that Tokina lens E-mount filmmakers will be happy..and poor too :)
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Reminder: That limited quantity eBay deal will run out soon. It’s on grey imported Zeiss FE lenses but the savings are big and they come with full US seller warranty. The seller itself is Top Rated at eBay:
$190 off and 3 years US seller warranty on the Zeiss FE 55mm lens on [shoplink 40189 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
$60 off and 1 years US seller warranty on the Zeiss FE 35mm lens on [shoplink 40190 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
Ken Rockwell: And both lenses got reviewed by Photo blogger Guru and Her majesty ;) Ken Rockwell. This is what he writes about the Zeiss 55mm FE:
No other 50mm or 50mm f/1.8 lens has anywhere near the optical technology of this lens. It is significantly sharper wide-open than anything from Canon or Nikon. If you’re reading this, just get one. Like a Porsche, there is no substitute.
And this is what he writes about the Zeiss 35mm FE:
The Sony Zeiss FE 2,8/35mm is an optically superb gem,the quality of out-of-focus areas as opposed to the degree of defocus, is superb.No other 35mm f/2.8 lens has anywhere near the optical technology of this lens. It is significantly sharper wide-open than anything from Canon or Nikon.
A and E-mount USA savings ending at midnight: So if you want to buy the lenses today is the last day you get the big E and E-mount savings in USA! A special full overview page can be seen at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). And those are the FE lens savings in detail and with direct link to three major US stores:
Full Frame E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 16-35mm f/4.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 70-200mm G lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 24-70mm f/4.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 28-70mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the 28-135mm PZ lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$25 off on the 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
@SonyAlphaRumors @lesnums They focus on FF lenses for A-Mount and consider that their APS-C line up is enough for now.
— Bruno Labarbère (@Bruno_LesNums) September 11, 2015
Bruno from Lesnumeriques asked Sony about the future A-mount lenses and the short answer he got is:
They focus on FF lenses for A-Mount and consider that their APS-C line up is enough for now.
Well this could mean the end of the APS-C A-mount system. I still do hope Sony will not “forget” to launch a new A99II soon. Otherwise A-mount people will really go upset!
New lenses: Still no news about the new A and E-mount lenses to come. But I am sure we will get news very soon (3-4 weeks from now). Proof of that is that Sony Russia already registered the new 24-70mm FE GM lens 30 days ago:
The A7rIi is in Stock at WexUK (Click here). and in many [shoplink 40303 ebay]UK/IT/FR eBay Stores (Click here)[/shoplink].
The A7sII is nowhere available for preorder in Europe. I guess we have to wait til September 17 to get preorder links just like the US folks.
List of today’s Gold Box deals at Amazon DE (Click here).
HOT! The new Sony A7sII can be preordered at Adorama now (Click here). And also the new FS5 camcorder (Click here).
HOT! The new Sony A7sII can be preordered at Adorama now (Click here). And also the new FS5 camcorder (Click here).
Newsshooter collected some more detailed info about the A7sII:
1) For low light shooting Sony is claiming the a7S II is better by approximately 2 stops than the a7R II.
2) The only difference between the sensors A7s and A7sII sensors is that the colour science has been tweaked on the a7S II and should offer results that are similar to that of the a7R II. This is something that a lot of Sony fans will be very pleased to hear as the a7R II seems to offer more pleasing skin tones than that of the original a7S.
3) A7sII has “S-Log3 Cine” with more filmic look. S-Log3 or S-Log3 Cine gammas has been lowered to 1600 ISO instead of the 3200 for S-Log2 on the a7S.
4) Strangely enough there is no option to record 4K internally in APS-C crop mode, you can only record 4K internally in full frame mode.
Update: obviously in crop mode there are less pixels so 4k is impossible :)
The A7sII is now listed at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
HOT! The new Sony A7sII can be preordered at Adorama now (Click here). And also the new FS5 camcorder (Click here).
The A7sII is now listed at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Also the new FS5 camcorder is listed with no preorder option:
Sony PXW-FS5 XDCAM Super 35 Camera System at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Sony PXW-FS5 XDCAM Super 35 Camera System with Zoom Lens at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Unveiled: Internal 4K Comes to the Sony Alpha a7S II (Explora).
