The Zeiss 55mm f/1.8 FE lens is right now in Stock at BHphoto (Click here). This is the first time the lens is in Stock in USA! On the other side Amazon (Click here) removed the preorder option for unkown reasons.
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Specs and Preorders in US and Canada:
Dedicated Sony announcement page at Amazon US (Click here).
Sony A7r body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. TheCameraStore Canada.
Sony RX10 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 24-70mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 35mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Zeiss 55mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
70-200mm A-mount at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Sony A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony A to E adapter with mirror at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
A7/A7r leather case at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
A7/A7r vertical grip at Amazon, BHphoto, SonystoreUS.
Sony W Series Battery Charger at Amazon, BHphoto.
Sony FA-CS1M Off-Camera Shoe at BHphoto.
Semi-Hard LCD Screen Protector for A7-A7r at Amazon, BHphoto.
Specs and Preorders in Europe:
Sony A7r body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.
Sony A7 body at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony A7 with 28-70mm kit Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE, Amazon UK, Amazon DE, Amazon FR.
Sony RX10 at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT, WexUK, WexDE.
Zeiss 35mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT,
Zeiss 55mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT
Zeiss 24-70mm at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, SE, PT
Sony G 28-70mm lens at Sony DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO.
Asia:
A7r at Digitalrev.
A7 at Digitalrev, Amazon Cina.
A7 with 28-70mm lens at Digitalrev.
24 Responses
I cancelled my preorder. Hope the next ‘fella enjoys “mine”!
I just placed my order, and hoped that it gets shipped out today.
Got a Shipping confirmation not too long ago. Expecting delivery tomorrow! 😀
Thanks, ordered mine!
Do let us know once yours shipped. 😀
My pre-order with B&H shows order shipped to warehouse…sweet!
Mine too. Only I go on vacation Thursday morning. I didn’t think I’d get it till I got back. So I just called and had them change the shipping to overnight.
Hope I get it before I leave!
I ordered mine when I saw this post. I was going to wait until after the holidays because of travel. Now my lens gets to go with me! My order status is: “In stock, order sent to warehouse,” and I have next day shipping.
I’m a full-time pro, and I’m selling off all of my pro Canon gear (1D Mark IV and so on) to switch to Sony. I couldn’t be more excited!
The entire Sony community didn’t go full frame. Why aren’t you listing any deals on NEX or APS-C lenses or anything except full frame? It’s a disservice to those of us that aren’t interested in full frame.
APS-C? Is that like film or something? Where do you even get it these days? Film takes so long to develop.
Full frame for me. APS-C is so last week.
I’m sure the admin knows what generates the most unique hits and that is the bottom line.
And it reads much better than, “absolutely no news to report”.
Too bad I ordered mine from Adorama…
Anyone’s order from Adorama got shipped yet?
Have been told UK shipping (not amazon) will hopefully start Monday.
Bet Amazon will be well behind that date!
Aden Camera in Toronto (Canada) is showing stock.
Amazon updated the expected delivery date of my preorder to be the 24th. That’s with next day delivery.
Placed my order with B&H today after seeing this post.
Called up B&H and they confirm my order will ship later today.
Still awaiting shipping email notification.
Just got shipping notice from B&H.
got my email verification from B&H saying my 55mm f/1.8 zeiss has shipped! UPS tracking # included. can’t wait!
Haven’t got my email notification, but I just checked and the status marked as shipped with a tracking number that apparently happened in the last few minutes as the UPS website doesn’t recognise it yet!
I called and asked them to expedite mine so I get it tomorrow. He said it would be here tomorrow, but hre it is 9:30pm their time and still says ‘order sent to warehouse’ or whatever. Grr. I leave on a trip Thursday. Need it tomorrow.
Just got the email from B&H. If UPS does their job, I’ll have it by 10:30 tomorrow!
Ordered via BH earlier when I saw this post 3h after it was tweeted. Now FedEx has my lens in hand and it’s on its way. Woo! I’m hearing Amazon (I had a pre-order there for this lens that I canceled today) is saying 24th for earliest delivery. If I wasn’t so certain I won’t be returning this lens (unless it’s broken or something) I would’ve probably stuck with Amazon as their returns are so effortless.
Damn glad I noticed this post when I did as the BH listing now shows out of stock expecting delivery end of December with a pre-order option again.
I can’t wait to get this lens on this camera. It’s one of my favorite focal lengths on full frame.
Oh and as an aside, the calculated depth of field of a 55/1.8 is indistinguishable from a 50/1.4. To give an actual example: at 5 meters 55/1.8 DoF is 88cm, and 50/1.4 DoF is 85cm. So no real reason to worry about 2/3rds stop difference if DoF was your concern. While it’s also true the 55mm has a slightly smaller angle of view, it’s so similar you really have to do a side-by-side to tell, particularly if you came from APS-C and used 35mm lenses as “normal.”
What? 1000 bux for a 1.8/50? Pass.
But maybe my excellent manual lenses will fit on the A7? No, the mount is too tight, I’ll need to crop.
So what’s the point here really? Poor Sony.
Anyone get their lens? If so, how do you like it.