New images of the superfast Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 and Ibecat 12mm f/2.8.

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These are the images of the soon to be released new Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 (yes 0.85!) and Ibecat 12mm f/2.8 lenses. They will be available for Sony E-mount (among Fuji X and others). The images are from “Zetton” a reader that visited the CP+ show in Yokohama (Thanks Zetton!).

The Ibelux will be released next month and costs $2,000. The Ibecat costs $600 but the final release date is unknown. The full press text of these lenses have been posted in December on SAR (Click here to read them).


via MirrorlessRumors.

 

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Samyang 85mm f/1.4 E-mount Full Frame lens now in Stock. NEX-6 price drop.

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We have a couple of new Sony related deals:
$400 off on the Sony 70-400mm at BHphoto (Click here).
Now that we got the A6000 the NEX-6 with kit lens sells for $739 only at Amazon US (Click here).
$400 off on the Sony 70-400mm A-mount lens at BHphoto (Click here).

Current cool Sony deals:
Save up to $650 on A7-A7r with lens and flash combos at Amazon US (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and SonyStore US (Click here).
Buy a Qualifying Sony QX Series Lens-Style Camera and Receive a Free 16GB microSD Memory Card at Amazon US (Click here).
NEX-3n is still the most sold mirrorless camera at Amazon US (Click here).

This is the updated A6000 preorder list with US and Europe links:
Sony A6000 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at WexUK (Click here).
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama, BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here), Sony Canada (Click here), WexUK (Click here).
Silver A6000 with lens at WexUK (Click here).
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon (CLick here), BHphoto (Click here), SonyStore (Click here). In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT

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(SR2) Are these the next FE lenses? 16-35mm, 35mm f/1.4 and 90mm macro.

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First of all, this is a rumor coming via Kakaku and not from my sources. So take it with a grain of salt. Japanese sources at Kakaku claim to have got reliable info from Sony that these will be the next Sony FE lenses:

16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss
35mm f/1.4 Zeiss
90mm Sony G macro

All reliable info I got from my sources is that there is a new Sony announcement in about 4-6 weeks. And one anonymous sources told me two new FE lenses will be released by then (the wide angle zoom and the fast prime). I would definitely buy the 35mm f/1.4 Zeiss if they release it! And you?

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New Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART lens gets a price in Australia ($1,499)

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The Australian CameraPro is the first worldwide store that gives us a clue about the price of the new Sigma 50mm f/1,4 ART lens. The lens is priced at $1,499 AUSD. USing the current conversion this is about 1000 Euro or $1350. Of course prices in US are expected to be much lower. That’s quite a good price considered that Sigma aimed to match the quality of the 4 times more expensive Zeiss Otus lens! Now let’s hope reviews will come out soon to tell us if Sigma really achieved fulfilled the task.

store link found via Sigma Rumors.

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New 0.7x Baveyes adapter now shipping on eBay.

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The Nikon F, Canon EF and Leica R Baveyes 0.7x adapters are now in Stock and shipping  for the first time on [shoplink 24353 ebay]eBay (Click here to check price and details)[/shoplink]. These Baveyes work just like the Speed Booster but do cost much less. Of course we will have to see if they are almost as good as the Metabones. Let me know if you find some test and samples. Thanks!

Info about the Baveyes:

 

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New Tamron 150-600mm lens already gets DxOmarked!

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DxOmark (Click here) posted the Tamron 150-600mm lens test. They used the C-mount version but as you know there is an A-mount version too (prerder here at BHphoto). DxO confirms that this is the best superzoom they have tested to date:

If Tamron built this lens to outperform the Sigma offering then they succeeded with full frame cameras. The gain in performance over their rival’s offering is less noticeable on the APS-C cameras. Despite that, the image quality is a slight improvement over the Sigma. Given the longer range and similar price, it’s a pretty impressive achievement. 

The Tamron even outperforms the pricier Canon lens on the full frame Canon EOS 5D Mk III though it’s less convincing when compared with the Canon EOS 7D. There’s likely too little in it to switch but for first-time buyers the new Tamron is attractive proposition.

Great lens!

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