Big announcements next week from Sony, Zeiss, Sigma, Cosina, Viltrox. This is what’s coming!

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Next week we will have plenty of E-mount lens announcements. Here is what to expect:

Sony (February 26)

Zeiss (February 25)

  • New OTUS E-mount lens series (Full Frame, manual focus)

Sigma (around February 27)

Cosina (around February 27)

  • New lenses (not clear what specs)

Viltrox (around February 27)

  • Viltrox AF 50mm F2.0 E/Z
  • Viltrox AF 85mm F1.4 Pro FE
  • Viltrox AF 35mm F1.2 LAB FE

 

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Lensvid: 2024 was the first year since 2017 where we have seen an increase in the number of cameras shipped

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Lensvid analyzed the official CIPA shipment data and concluded:

2024 was the first year since 2017 where we have seen a year-to-year increase in the number of cameras sold/shipped globally – from 7.8 million in 2023 to 8.3 – an increase of over 6%.

And they attempted a forecast:

Looking ahead to 2025 we don’t expect big changes. If anything we believe that unless some big global changes occur this year (again), we are going to see mostly more of the same with possibly a slight increase in sales (especially with mirrorless cameras at the expense of DSLRs) and maybe even an increase in compact cameras thanks to the interest in the X100 line from Fujifilm (and possibly a new RX1 replacement) and some of the instant cameras (even basic compacts have seen a renewed interest, especially in Japan).

 

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New image of the Zeiss Full Frame E-mount lens

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Zeiss just posted this teaser image for the new Full Frame E-mount lens series that will be announced on February 25. You can see the aperture and focus ring. I strongly suspect those lenses are manual focus only.

One new source shared some more additional details: Don’t know yet if he can be trusted 100% but I got the feeling he might be telling me the truth ;)

The new Zeiss Foto lenses are going to be f 1.4
The focal lengths are going to be different to the old Otus lenses. Especially the short focal lengths are going to be significantly smaller and less heavy. Among the first releases is Sony e-mount, that’s already certain but other mounts are possible and talks with camera manufacturers are ongoing.

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A new teaser from Zeiss shows the first images of the new Zeiss E-mount Full Frame Otus lenses!

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Zeiss just published the first teaser video where you can see bits of a new lens that will be announced on February 25. What we learn from this teaser:

  1. It’s E-mount
    It clearly shows a lens mounted on a Sony camera (I think it’s this camera). So now we know for sure it’s going to be
  2. Aperture at least f/1.7 (more likely f/1.4?)
    In one of the screenshots, I increased the light intensity to recognize the f/1.7 aperture mark. So it will definitely be f/1.7… but maybe even faster as you can’t see the full aperture range in the video.
  3. It’s OTUS
    It has exactly the same yellow markings as the original OTUS DSLR lens series. So I assume it is a newly developed OTUS series, perhaps with manual focus like the original series. This series aims to achieve the highest possible image quality. The price of the DSLR series was over $4,000.
  4. Relatively Compact
    Unlike the DLSR series the lens looks decently compact.

It is also clear to me from the video that these are manual focus lenses. Here are some pictures of the few interesting parts in the video. Let me know if you can spot anything else interesting!

 

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Zeiss will announce a new OTUS E-mount lens series on February 25

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Zeiss posted a second teaser for an announcement happening on February 25. Like I told you last week I am near certain we are getting a newly designed OTUS series for Full Frame mirrorless system cameras. This will include certainly the E-mount :)

The original OTUS series for DSLR cameras had four lenses:

It is possible that Zeiss will keep the same basic specifications but make the lenses much more compact.

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