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Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 STF GM OSS lens review

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Recommended Full-Sized Tripods (Explora).
85mm GM II review by Phillip Reeve.
CANON vs SONY vs NIKON: Camera Wars 2025 (Northrup).
Sony FE 16mm 1.8 G Lens Ultra-Wide, Ultra-Fast, and Ultra-Compact (42West)
Trump’s Proposed Semiconductor Tariffs Will Make Electronics More Expensive in the US (PetaPixel).
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I think the Sigma 300-600mm f/4 DG OS Sports is a mythological BEAST of a lens (Digitalcameraworld).
Best Photo Gifts Ever Received (Explora).
Sony FE 400-800mm F6.3-8 G Lens: Sony’s Longest Focal Length EVER (42West)

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Just announced: New YONGNUO 56mm f/1.4 DA DSM WL PRO APS-C E-mount lens

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The lens should be soon available for reorder for $278 on Amazon.

SonyAlphaBlog already published a review of this new lens and concluded:

The Yongnuo 56mm F1.4 (268 euros) is one of the cheapest 56mm. F1.4 and offer very good performances for the price with excellent ergonomics good to excellent sharpness, very good color rendition and very good bokeh balls with a very good AF even if not on par with the Sigma. It will produce very nice portraits even. Main weaknesses are the only good sharpness wide open, average resistance to flare

2025 will be a busy year for Canon, and we’ll be seeing a few new lines and we expect 6-8 new lenses this year along with 4-5 RF mount camera bodies.

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Canon EOS RE-1 retro camera by end 2025

based on the Canon AE-1 sometime in Q4 or early Q1 2026 for the 50th anniversary of the AE-1. We are going to call the new camera the Canon EOS RE-1, because it just makes sense.

direct competitor of the Nikon ZF (so about $2,000).

Totally photography oriented camera

Canon EOS R6 Mark III coming in Q2

Canon EOS R50 V (reliable)

APS-C cameras:
next EOS R7 and another APS-C camera.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2L USM
Canon RF 200-500mm f/4L IS USM

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How to deal with heat waves with Super telephoto lenses, and the need for higher shutter speeds!

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Creative Lighting Setups for Video Interviews (Explora).
7 Tips to Take Better Travel Photos in 2025 (42West)
Camera companies “say they think about the consumer. They’re liars. They only think about their competitors.” (DigitalCameraWorld).
Sirui 85mm f1.4 Full Frame Lens | Tested by Geeky nerdy Tech.
Who Needs Color? –Everything Looks Just As Good In Monochrome (Matti Sulanto).
Sony FE 400-800 mm f/6.3-8 G OSS – sample shots (Lenstip).
Unique Photography Techniques You Probably Haven’t Tried Yet (42West)
Mirror Lenses: Lightweight Super-Telephotos that Are Affordable (Explora).

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Full Sony FE 16 mm f/1.8 G review by Lenstip: “outstanding instrument that will be a joy to use”

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Lenstip published the full detailed Sony 16mm G lens review and concluded:

Lately we’ve seen a real offensive when it comes to Sony lenses and I have to admit there are plenty of well-put-together, interesting constructions among them. The launch of the Sony FE 16 mm f/1.8 G fits this trend very well. This lens features a long list of very serious assets and just one meaningful flaw – vignetting. Of course, if you take physical dimensions of this lens and its demanding parameters into account this flaw was only to be expected. What’s more, the producers decided to keep the price rather moderate and the Sony FE 16 mm f/1.8 G is going to be sold in European shops for 1000 Euro.
The tested lens doesn’t deserve any kind of criticism in the summary but I would like to make a digression or two. I think the reduction of physical dimensions went a bit over the top in this case. Personally I wouldn’t mind it at all if the tested 16 mm lens was as big as the 20 mm lens, or even a tad bigger. If such an increase of dimensions allowed to correct distortion better, limit vignetting a bit, and achieve a bit better resolution results on the edge of the frame I would be more than willing to accept it. Of course it doesn’t change the fact that this lens, even as it is, is an outstanding instrument that will be a joy to use. I played with it and enjoyed it thoroughly. I would like to take it with me on my next arctic trip for sure.

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Sony 16mm f/1.8 G lens preorders:
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Big savings on Sony E-mount lenses at Amazon Germany

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There are a ton of new coupon rebates at Amazon Germany:

There are similar deals in other Amazon stores like Amazon UK (on this page), Amazon Italy (on this page), Amazon France (on this page).

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