Image courtesy: Photozone
“Are you listening Canon and Nikon?“. That’s how Photozone starts the conclusion after reviewing the Zeiss ZA Planar T* 85mm f/1.4. I have nothing to add. Every Sony guy here knows that this is a lens to buy. Read the review (Click here) and than order the lens at Amazon
The Sony Alpha A55 – Photokina 2010 with Warehouse Express
David Pogue from the NewYorkTimes published an article baout the new Sony Translucent cameras. You can read it here: NYtimes. This is porbably one of the most funny to read reviews!
Also Pixiq tested the Sony A33/55. This is a more “classic” technical review.
P.S: Miracle! Amazon US is taking preorderors of the Sony A55 (Click here)
Image Courtesy Motimotion.at
Our friend Wolfgang tested two very detailled new Lens tests:
1) Leica M-Summarit 35mm f/2.5 (Click here to read the test)
He tested the lens comparing it with the Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2.0. The [shoplink 4178]Leica is not a cheap lens ($1500 on eBay)[/shoplink]
2) Voigtländer Super Wide Heliar 15mm f/4.5 (Click here to read the test)
It’s a nice super-cheap wide-angle you cna buy for [shoplink 4177]250 Euro on eBay (Click here to see current auctions).[/shoplink]
Thom Hogan analyzed the new Photokina products and that’s what he said about Sony:
“Sony: Sony announced most of their wad well prior to the show, with the A560 and A580 being the most recent announcements. I think the jury is still out on Pellicle Round 2, but I like that the Minolta, uh, excuse me, Sony, engineers are still trying to push the box into another shape. NEX dominated their booth, as it probably should. I was heartened to hear that Sony will coming out with a firmware update to address many of we users’ complaints about the user interface, but it’s unclear exactly what is changing other than some video changes. At least they heard the complaints, which is more than I can say for some Japanese camera companies.“
Steadicam Merlin + NEX-5 video ([shoplink 4101]Click here to see current Steadicam Merlin auctions on eBay[/shoplink])
A Few Words from the Minolta Shooter on the NEX-5 (ThePhoBlographer)
The Sony A55 is climbing the japanese weekle DSLR sales ranking. Now on position seven! (BCNranking)
The Sony Nex found its Master / Nikon AF 60/2.8D (Motimotion.at)
Zeiss stand at Photokina (Dkamera.de and Photographyblog)
Following three Alpha mount lenses do have a $100 mail-in rebate:
1) Tamron AF 60mm f/2.0 SP DI II LD IF 1:1 Macro Lens (Click here to get it at Amazon)
2) Tamron AF 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 SP Di II LD Aspherical (IF) Lens (Click here to get it at Amazon)
Those are all APS-C lenses!
