This is certainly not a spectacular product announcement but a really interesting one for the mass market. Sony released that nice little new NEX-F3 camera and a new 18-200mm super zoom lens. Here is a list of useful links to learn more about the new stuff:
Preorders:
NEX-F3 is available for preorder at BHphoto (Click here)
Sony 18-200mm NEX lens preorder at BHphoto (Click here).
Previews:
NEX-F3: Dpreview, Techradar, Focus Numerique (French), Imaging Resource, ThePhoBlographer,
Image samples:
NEX-F3: Dpreview, Imaging Resource, Flickr Australia.
Press release:
NEX-F3: Dpreview, Focus Numerique (French), Photoscala (German), DC.watch (japanese).
19 Responses
although no opical different the silver and black 18-200 , but very appreciated that sony introduce the black lens which will good match with the Black NEX-7 , If olympus could introduce a black version of their silvery Prime lens……Then it will be a very good match of their Black E-M5….
Does it have an external mic jack?????????????
Another pointless lens from Minsony. Most ppl who buy nex or any other csc noramlly dont by extra lenses, especially a thousand dollar lens after tax. Sonolta has a hard time even making compact primes, let alone pancake primes. As for black lenses, they are a dime a dozen. The only thing good about nex lenses is the silver chrome look. Black lenses with paint chips all over it…nice. ooooo, it’s black, it looks soooo pro! LOL. Ooooo, it’s balck, it’s so discreet, now i can shoot just like Bresson cause my camera and lens is black. The e mount zeiss 35mm is longer than the kit zoom lens. That tells you how well thought out the e system is….it’s not. Canon would never have that kind of lack of foresight.Sony bean counters decided that their body should be pancake thin, so now the problem will be big long fat lenses, and if they make their bodies thicker, the system gets even bigger in size. Sony wont be able to call their nex stuff csc’s anymore buy bsc’s for big system cameras. Sonolta’s problem is that they do everything but try to make competitive cameras. their nex cameras dont look like a cameras but futuristic electronic cigarette lighters.
right..If you don’t like Sony fine. If you post that opinion, fine. But stop typing nonsense. Looks like you’ve been raped by Sony sometime or where does this hatred come from?
Did you forget to take your tablets today?
Raped by Sony? Se’cuse me? Look who’s the Sony fanboy throwing a hissy fit here. Sony makes tvs and game consoles, they barely knew how to make a decent camera before they bought Minolta..or does your memory only go back a year? You just dont like the truth, that your sony NEX cameras[ made by Minolta] look like toys for women’s purses, and now you pout when someone has a differing oppinion on Sony, walkman maker. Get over yourself Sonyboy.
Luuk, Hi I’m Sony and I like to make cameras for women’s purses. If you use my cameras, you must be a woman too. Also, I like to make cameras that have no mode dial, forcing everyone to go menu surfing. Don’t forget, I also make big ass sausage lenses cause it looks so cool, a big fat lens on a body that’s smaller than a pack of cigarettes.Yeaaaaaahhh. And my fans like Matt love me cause they’re all dolts.
Bahahahahaha! Evjenij! Yeah because everything Canon do is an absolute master stroke of cutting edge design! How is that image stabilized 24-70L going for you, sure is expensive, but I bet that IS is worth it? What’s that?!… And that G1X, what can I say, perfect camera of function over form, wait what? Viewfinder useless? You can shoot how many frames per second, that’s each second right?! The lens is how fast? AF, are you sure this thing even has it because it doesn’t even seem to be moving… Oh no there it goes.
600D wow! They took the 550D and put a tilty screen on it? For the second time in the history of Canon dSLRs!!? Wow, mind blowing. That must have taken YEARS of R&D to come up with a hinge. I mean most doors are only just getting those and boy did they need them.
5D MkIII? 4 years or R&D to search the parts bin to find the AF system from the 1DS and add a micheadphones socket. I want to send those guys a cheese platter because they must be exhausted!
Hey I heard this big big super secret rumor that Canon are going to launch a brand new 650D, that… Wait for it… Has a headphone socket. Wowzer
Well Matt, if you’re so damn smart why dont you have billions of dollars like Canon does? Take a deep breath boy, before you get an asthma attack and your mom has to run to give you your enhaler.
Oh and that Canon 1D-C. OMG! I totally want to pay 8 grand, for a software update… And a headphone socket. Man I sure wish Sonolta were more like Canon.
Again Matt, if you know so much then why dont you have billions of dollars like Canon does? Are you huffing an puffing yet? Wait , let me call Minsony to see if they make enhalers. no sorry, they dont make enhalers, but Sonolta does make good sweep panoramas.HHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
In fact, this year, Canon will bring big big updates to their entire line of SLRs… Headphone sockets all around! (except the 1200D). We should throw a parade! With balloons and streamers and everything!
Matt, you can bet Canon will, and you can also bet many people will buy them, except you, cause you like Sonolta, walkman maker. Your Sonolta cant even make a decent dslr, oh wait, they dont make dslr’s, they make slt’s!LOL
Sony needs the 30mm f/2 samsung pancake, not those huge lenses, totally pointless on tiny mirrorless camera.
Ezio , try telling that to Matt Sonyfanboy there.
This info is just what i was looking for. It would be excellent to see more of your writing on this topic…will come back to see
i’d take my tablets, but sony doesnt make tablets, they just make walkmans