We still have to wait til July to get the Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 lens. But there is already a 220 pound savings at Powerdirect UK. The same lens is priced 1300 pund at Amazon UK. By the way, Amazon UK says they ship on may 30 but that has to be a mistake. Anywya, would be glad if some UK reader can give us some feedback about the store. Thanks!
One more UK lens news: The Sigma 35mm f/1.4 is now shipping to Europe via [shoplink 18624 ebay]eBay UK sellers (Click here)[/shoplink].
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Andrea: Sony DE says, that 50z will be available from June (local dealers) and from July (sony webstore). Shipping May 30th may be possible to get the lense in June?
Incomplete until the entire line of ZA is SSM. Nobody wants half their lenses screw drive, and half SSM.
Finish the series and kill all competitors.
ZA = No Focus Shift. Combined with EVF, Sony can easily have the most accurate shooting solution available.
CaNikon glass notorious for focus shift. Unacceptable in 2013.
Finish it Sony.
What you mean by ZA = no focus shift? You mean ZA w/ SSM = no focus shift?
And how do you know if it’s half SSM?
I think he means to say that the other Zeiss primes (85mm, 135mm) plus the APS-C 16-80 are all screw drives. It would be nice if Sony updated those lenses with the SSM motors, plus weather sealing, at least in the primes.
1499 pound??? i taught it is 1499 USD…
Screw drive is so loud, one wonders that it has not already been forbidden for environmental protection.
30+ mp.
If its 32mp then it would match the 8k video format and also allow 2xthe downsampling for 4k video.
This size sounds like it is desighned for video primarily.
For still pictures it will not convince anyone that sony is better.
Sony will be asking people to believe sony is better than anyone else even though theirs are higher resolution
No one will believe unless the top end model demonstrates a higher rezolution than the competition.
No one believes therefore sales do not increase.
It’s not enough to know what you are doing gou have to look like you know what you are doing.
Sony needs one of thier new cameras to be much higher resolution.
Not all of thier cameras but at least one.
A camera system must have something for every need or pros will never consider it.
Barry, with all due respect, I’ve always found your obsession with megapixels rather misplaced (even after reading your justification for the need) and tedious. But commenting on an article about a price decrease on a lens, going on this tirade about megapixels again, and never once mentioning the lens in question or anything even remotely related to it; I’m sorry, but that’s bordering on hysterical.
On that note, please get it into your head that people who absolutely need more megapixels are in a minority and so there’s not much purpose in moaning about it on the internet. Sony is not going to change their strategy just to please you. That said, they may very well be planning to release a high megapixel body for those who want it. I assure you that this crusade of yours is not going to have any effect either way. Why not just give it up and enjoy photography with what you have?
Now available (regular channels!) in Netherlands! Just ordered it, pick up tomorrow.
(The Sigma 35/1.4)
I have a question:
Half my life I have used Nikon (F , F2). The other half Canon (5D, 5DmkIII). Had a bunch of lenses and DID try Tamron, Sigma etc whatever they were namned.
Quality were NEVER good! Not optically and certainly not mecanically?
After that I NEVER buy these brands but stick to camera makers own lens line?” I am starting with NEX 7 and waitong for NEX FF.
What do you guys say about todays “pirate”/open lensmakers”?