For a limited time only you can save $300 on that exclusive A6000+16-70mm Zeiss lens kit at BHphoto (Click here). That’s the first (and really great) A6000 deal.
And here is the next big US deal:
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RX100 for $399 at [shoplink 26084 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. It’s an official eBay deal of the day!
P.S.: Keep sending me your A6000 first impressions and reviews. Will post them in a roundup post soon!
Sony A6000 store link list with US and Europe links:
Sony A6000 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT, WexUK.
Silver A6000 at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK.
Sony A6000 with lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonyStore, Sony Canada, WexUK.
Silver A6000 with lens at Amazon US, BHphoto, WexUK.
Sony 70-200mm FE at Amazon, BHphoto, SonyStore. In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, AT, NL, BE, CH, FI, SE, PT
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On the A6000 + SEL1670Z deal, cancelled an A6000 + kit lens order.
Small cherry on top of the sundae is the fact that you’ll get a rear lens cap + a body cap where you wouldn’t have gotten one otherwise.
Thought about canceling my order and going with this but I got a big $250 discount on a6000 kit with additional 55-210 lens through a friend. I like this lens even though the reviews on quality control are mixed at best. Next lens for me is 50mm. This kit is for the wife so she should be good as she will only shoot jpeg but has a good eye for photography.
Is there any place to get info on the 16-70 SEL. I like it’s spec and look.
Like always, Kurt Munger has a sophisticated review of the lens: http://kurtmunger.com/sony_zeiss_16_70mm_f_4id354.html
However, Kurt gives his recommendations mainly for budget-oriented buyers and does not focus so much on compactness or OSS.
I, myself, own the SEL1670Z as well as a SAL1680Z with LAEA2 adapter.
So far, I’m happy with the 1670Z: more compact, better built (IMO), slightly faster on the long end (and no light loss through SLT, that I otherwise get on my NEX7 only with LEAE1 for A-mount lenses), and OSS … which is probably the biggest plus for me.
Bokeh is fine for a zoom, comparable or better than 1680Z (IMO), however – it has a little less reach on the long end and from my experiences far stronger distortions on the short end. The latter might get corrected in camera when you shoot JPEG, but I only shoot RAW.
For me, together with the SEL24F18Z and SEL50F18 it forms a nice combo for traveling light, when I will leave my big bag with A99 at home.
BTW: usually don’t do excessive lens tests and probably not that good at it, but just checking the interest here: would anybody like to have a set of “brick wall tests” of the SEL1670Z, compared to SAL1680Z, SAL2470Z, some primes and probably also a SEL1855 kit lens that I might lend from a friend? If so, please let me know and I might do it during the next weeks…
Waiting for Buck to complain about the colors three days in a row, where are you Buck?
Buck you.
I’m gettin out of dodge.
SAR – deals to deals, here we wanna rumors without this marketplace
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/category/rumors/
SAR is reporting on rumors and deals can be an indicator of product changes.
I appreciate the heads-up on deals. It’s a nice place to see everything new about Sony.
Plus, people comment on a particular product may be helpful.
Pricing is very much a part of product marketing. It can indicate merely a new product in the wings, or it can indicate a new strategy to sacrifice price for market share, or to completely kill competition. Or it can indicate a company in trouble desperately trying to goose numbers.
All ripe for rumors that answer the questions: why this, why now, why so much, why for highly rated products, why for highly priced products?
For all the great work that Andrea did, he’s got bills to pay to run this site.
I just cancelled my kit lens order and place an order for this deal through his link.
Thanks Andrea! Great site and keep up the good work! More SR3 rumors please!
My problem isn’t with this site posting good deals. I question some of the specific merchants. 6save is gray market. Apparently, there’s no factory warranty as they ask you to call for details on the warranty they offer and they admit to breaking up kits and selling the pieces/parts.
I know there are reservations about DxOmark but it would be interesting to see their evaluation of the 16-70. There are still nearly no reviews out there. It’s an expensive lens and better be worth it.
Just read the handful of reviews showing up on Amazon. Not encouraging.
or look at examples on flickr; some look great. reading anonymous reviews of a 1000$ lens on amazon is not the best way to judge.
Sa-weet! I just bought 8 of these kits for my photo classes!
Thanks for the heads up!
Where do you teach? I want to go there! 🙂
That is a nice deal. I had the 16-70Z before switching to M43 and it is a great lens, stabilized and really has that Zeiss micro contrast, I could easily live with a NEX body and that one lens.
I have a 16-70, used on Nex 7. It’s really a decent lens, my copy is great. I even used it on my A7 after I had mixed views about the 24-70. The A7 with my primes, and I’ll use the 16-70 match with the A6000. Should be very interesting to see if that combo will keep up with my 5 yr old grandson. Have a good one!
It’s quite a good zoom when stopped down to f8. Hard to see differences to primes except for the wide end.
However, at that price and starting aperture, I would have expected good performance wide open. Another problem is field curvature. Also, there are probably QC issues. Had to send one back to Amazon before I got a good one (which still isn’t perfect though). This lens shouldn’t be more expensive than the Fuji kit lens. The lens with the best price/performance ratio in the E system is the 18-55. My copy is better than the Zeiss at some FLs.
almost the same problems with Sony FE 24-70 f/4 .. distortion and glare .. the two lenses have the same design too