Voigtlander has announced three new lenses that will not be available for E-mount. But there is a fair chance some of those lenses will be released as E-mount version sometimes later. Also because at the CP+ show they already displayed a Z-mount version of this new 50mm lens (therefore hinting they will expand the mount options). So let’s check them out:
50mm f/1.0 Full Frame lens for Canon RF
35mm f/0.9 APS-C lens for Fuji X
27mm f/2.0 APS-C pancake lens for Fuji X
Honestly I like all three lenses a lot! I do own the Voigtlander 40mm f/1.2 FE and I am super happy with it. If I would be a Sony APS-C camera owner I would gladly get a 27mm f/2.0 pancake lens. Such a lens is perfect for street photography!
Here are some images of the lenses displayed at the Cp+ show (courtesy of DC.watch and Mapcamera):
Sigma CEO Yamaki has been interviewed by Fengniao. They
Question: Will the art series 70-200 f2.8 lens, which is eagerly awaited by domestic users, be released this year?
Answer: We have heard about it and are working on it, so we hope to see it sooner rather than later. In fact, we have been thinking about differentiating this lens, hoping to bring something different to users, which is why we have not launched it yet.
As you know just recently Yamaki said that “we want to launch more unique lenses”. Basically they want to be more like Tamron by offering faster lenses with unique focal lengths. Tamron for example is offering a 70-180mm FE lens that cuts 20mm from the tele end in order ot have a very compact size. Now I wondering what Sigma could do. Maybe a zoom that starts at f/2.0? Or go for a constant f/2.8 with more tele?
A Chinese user on Weibo spotted the next Sony camera registration. We now have THREE codes of yet NOT announced Sony cameras:
WW542541 2.4GHz/5.1GHz
WW198387 2.4GHz
WW694956 2.4GHz/5.1GHz (which I suppose to be the new ZV FF E-mount camera)
One of them for sure is the ZV Full Frame E-mount camera which is coming in late March. The other one should be some sort of entry level camera while the third one looks like it may be a nice surprise! ! More about that soon on SAR and on my Youtube channel ;)