Wild rumors roundup: ZV-E10II and new 100MP sensor
About those rumors: I have no idea who sent them and 90% of the times they turn out to be wrong. But, it happened in the past that a couple of those were right. So I will post them today, and we all together can eventually keep track of this. If one of the sources turns out to be right than we will know we can trust it a bit more!
Source 1:
Some internal rumors about the ZV-E10 II launching later this year (end of Q3)
Source 2:
Looks like 2 new sensors are ready. 80MP + QP AF and 100MP.
Source 3:
A trusted Sony Source told me:
There will be future camera feature Updates via Creators Cloud/App.
Starting with the ZV-E1 120p Update in Summer.
There may be priced feature Updates in future also.
Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 E-mount review at Opticallimits
Preorders: Sigma 28-70mm at BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera.
Opticallimits tested the Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 E-mount lens and concluded:
If you are looking for a fast, reasonably priced and very compact standard zoom for street photography or family events, the Sigma will tick a lot of boxes. It doesn’t deliver the ultimate in image quality, but if that’s your goal, you’ll have to invest quite a bit more.
First real world image of the new Tamron 17-50mm f/4 FE lens
The Tamron 17-50mm f/4.0 FE (here at BH) will start to ship out on October 19 and here is the first real world image+video this lens:
Few days left to grab the new Topaz Photo AI 2.0 with a $40 discount
Topaz just launched the new Photo Ai with a $40 discount (Click here). It has a ton of new features that I listed in my previous post (Click here).
Meike 85mm f/1.4 STM lens image and specs
Meike displayed this new 85mm f/1.4 STM lens. The image shows the Z-mount version but there will be also Sony E, Leica L and Canon RF compatible lenses.
We saw the black finished prototype months ago (see image below). Now we see the white version and also got some specs:
- full-frame
- autofocus lens
- 13 elements in 8 groups
- 77mm filter mount
- 12 aperture blades
- closest focus The distance is 0.98m
- It has manual/automatic switching buttons and custom buttons.
- weighs about 800g.
- The price is expected to be less than 3,000 Yuan (around $400)
New FX30 firmware update does kill the third party battery support?
Axel Wolstenholme wrote me this:
Hi Andreas hope your well, just a bit of info I think you might find interesting; I just updated my fx30 to version 3.00 to try out the new sony monitor and control app. And the camera now rejects 3rd party batteries, well you can still use them but you get a warning pop up then it removes the battery percentage if you choose continue to use. There’s no mention of this at all on sonys update documentation, but could cause a lot of issues/ confusion with people. Hopefully you can pass the message on, Cheers!
I don’t know if that’s an intentional step from Sony. Would be bad news for all third party battery owners (myself included)!