Dicahub spotted that Sony Korea teaser! It says: “2013.12.04. What is visible, experience more. Coming Soon“. UPDATE: This is definitely an event related to some new Lens. The question is: Is it for a new lens or is this just a teaser for the official first shipment of the Zeiss 55mm FE lens?
At that point I need all the help I can get from my sources. Tell me, what is that teaser for? 🙂
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Maybe the launch date has moved earlier? Christmas shopping…
Nice looking forward to A-mount news
A-mount, pleeeeeease!
4K video.
Maybe uncompressed 1080p before?
lens
Imagery might suggest new lenses
Maybe there is a silver version coming…..
I hope it’s some new more affordable FE lenses.
Maybe they are updating an A mount lens by launching a version with the exact same optical formula, changing the name of the AF technology and the color of the shell and doubling the price?
And they adopt the Olympus practice of not including a lens hood since they can sell that separately for $99.
Look like a lens announcement
I heard it’s an entry full frame A3
It’s just the 70-200mm G lens. Haha
Probably just another 18-200…
we need at least two new ones of them!
Hopefully a wide-angle FE lens?
I’m sure it’s a 12-300 F1.2 FE Zeiss for 299$
what a pitty … we would need a 0.95 pocketsize 13-300 : (
It’ll be a new Sony technology called ‘super interchangeable modular dimensional lens’ where you can interchange extra lenses on the end of the lens (like they did for that first NEX pancake). It’ll be a set of 5 modules you can screw onto the end of the Zeiss 55/1.8 to go wide angle, fish eye, telephoto, macro and super telephoto. All in one kit! Only has 6 different assemblies and weighs a scant 3 lbs.
But seriously… what we a7r users need (so we can sell the Nikon Stuff):
– 14-24 F2.8
– 24-70 F2.8
– 70-200 F2.8
Oh, you! Just use the Nikon 14-24mm. An FE native one will be just as big. If you want giant AF lenses, you can use them on the A7r.
Meanwhile, let’s work on native lenses that suit the system best… some very high image quality lenses that can match or out-resolve the sensor (i.e. NOT a bunch of f/2.8 zooms that are an exercise in compromise)
24 (f/2.8), 85 (f/1.8?), 135mm (this is a hard one for FE. Not expecting much here) all come to mind.
You’ll see your f/4 OSS wide angle zoom soon enough.
You are right I do not think high quality fast FF lenses with fast AF etc will be substantially smaller than the Nikon trio which I already have Small reasonable speed high performance primes are what I am looking for .
Compared to the A7 body, even the f4 zooms are quite big so it’s very unprobable that Sony will produce f2.8 zooms with FE mount…
maybe time to shift focus towards f/5.6 lenses -> they should be smaller 😀
YES! +1
FE 28mm 1.8 please
+1 on the 28. It’s my favorite lens on the Nikon.
+1, I shoot 80% of my work on 28mm.
Is it a white version? 🙂
“Black” Kiss? 😉
FE Zeiss 16-24mm f4? – It’s Completed
If they follow Canon, it will be a 16-35mm. If they look at Nikon, it’s gonna be a 14-24mm (much better option). F4 that’s for sure!
Looks like a new lens? The 55 is already announced, no reason to tease more about it.
But then again, it’s probably too good to be true.
Oh, but it also says “it’s completed”, so I guess that could be referring to the delayed release of the 55.
LEAF SHUTTER LENSES!! — dayum!
+100
that would convince me to think about FE mount for my soon to be a7
That would be truly great!
leaf shutter at 1/1600th – This would make me buy two of these cameras straight away, one for work and one for home.
In the meantime has anyone tried these cameras out with the Phottix Odin triggers to see how the Hypersync behaves on the two different shutter types?
Second that, and I am glad there are so many people agreeing with me!
Why not just have electronic shutter in the body like some recent M43 bodies (and maybe throw in IBIS as well)? That way owners of existing FE lenses will also have the option of silent shutter.
and to add to that, ALL lenses mounted on will be silent shutter.
If I’m not mistaken, electronic shutter reduces the sensor light gather capability, so for now it’s a technical limitation.
85/1.8 FE is my guess. 9 aperture blades
It probably just more lens announcements. Probably the new 85mm G-Series lens. It’s too late in the season for a new camera body especially after the A7r launch. There were rumours of a new 85mm f/1.4, and a 120mm f/2.8 a-mount lenses on all of the web sites in september. These rumours appeared at the same time the new 70200, and 70400 were rumoured but quickly dismissed. A new 85mm G-series lens based on the minolta 85mm G (d) would be excellent. It would cost $500.00 bucks less and probably perform as well as the Zeiss. Sony’s margin would be larger because it wouldn’t have to pay Zeiss royalties.
RX2 surprise?
Could just be announcing the rest of the FE lineup for 2014
A & E road maps
I’m in korea..
sonykorea says to me that “Just 55mm FE” 🙂
Multiple credible news sites confirmed in their articles that the is a teaser for FE 55mm F1.8 ZA, whose pre-order will beging on November 4th.
Furthermore, E 18-105mm F4 G OSS lens will also be released on December 10th, according to the local news sites.