The $199 Double Sigma E-mount lens deal is back in Stock at BHphoto (Click here). I know Sigma announced new versions of these lenses but the optical design is the same, only the the exterior design changed!
US deals reminder:
Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here) are offering a 6% Back In Reward on the A99!
500 savings on Sony Camera+Lens combos at BHphoto (Click here).
Up to $200 savings on NEX cameras at Amazon (Click here).
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Was there a 100€ for both deal sometime?
Nope.
WOW – It is time for SONY LENS OPTIONS TO DELIVER to their dedicated users
This is a great service – competitive platform service
DO YOU THINK SONY WILL EVER OFFER THIS OPTION ? WOW
FROM DPREVIEW – Canon Singapore launches a ‘Try and Buy’ service for EF and EF-S lenses – Canon Singapore has launched a ‘Try and Buy’ lens scheme allowing customers to borrow more than seventy of the company’s EF and EF-S lenses at a fee for 48 hours. While a similar service is currently available globally to Canon Professional Services (CPS) members, Canon Singapore has opened this up for non-members as well. The service will start from March 28, 2013.
LENS NEWS Comments 0 Published: Mar 25, 2013 at 18:57:09
Or you can purchase a lens and try it out… if you’re not happy, return it to the store within 14 days (or whatever the stores policy is) for a full refund.
This deal never went away there was always a camera store selling them for this price. They are both awesome. I get my 24mm 1.8 cz tomorrow and plan to see how much better it is than the 30mm and if its not that much I will just return it and get this really nice rokinon 85mm for E-mount.
color, contrast and bokeh are that much better on the 24 cz, you will never regret it.
I always use some kind of lightroom & PS on all my photos so the difference in color and contrast may not matter as much. I always shoot raw unless I am listing something on ebay. I am a bokeh addict but I have longer lenses for that. It really all depends on how the pics look after I process them. when I had my A850 I found the CZ lenses look better and process better but for the work I will be doing I don’t think the client will notice the difference but I plan to do a photo shoot with both and see.
hey guys, do you think this is a good deal?
I am NEX 7 user but hasn’t really got chance to buy new lenses for my gear. How is the performance of these lenses? Are they great? Fantastic for the price? How if we compare to the current SONY e-mount lenses?
Pretty tempted but still considering to get it or not. Wanna hear from you guys. Cheers.
its a sick deal.. i have the 30mm:) if u cant afford sel35f18 or the zeiss, get this one!! hopefully sigma will come with f1.8 and IS version!!
>but the optical design is the same, only the the exterior design changed!
Wait… I hadn’t heard this before. Do you have a source I could look at? It’s good to know.
Chris i have the 30mm since it came out and its a cracking lens very capable of 3d look contrasty and sharp at f2.8 all the way to the corners i reallly like mine detriments the camera seems to take a second or two more to start with lens attached
Here are some samples for you check the ones in the pub no flash and taken at f2.8
http://forum.mflenses.com/sigma-30mm-f2-8-af-for-sony-nex-1st-shots-t48466.html
I have the 30mm 2.8 from Sigma. Very nice image. The only drawback for me is that the AF system rattles when the camera is not on. Not sure why. Worse yet, what ever is in there that rattles gets “stuck” sometimes, causing a loud clicking noise and i have to shut my camera off. This is on the FS700. I assume the same could happen on any NEX.
I was going to get the 19mm, but i might wait for the new version to see if they’ve changed the AF system at all to get rid of the rattle, and mostly the glitches i’ve run across.
Hard to complain though, when you get TWO lenses that give great results for $199!
Looking forward to comparisons of the older versions against the newer ones. Might be the same optics, but Autofocus could have changed and handling should definetly. Also the new 30mm comes with a lens hood this time and in silver more suitable to my camera – I only wish limited to f/2.8 it would be usable for Macro photography, so I wouldn’t need the SEL-30M35 in addition.