The new 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM II lens just has been added on the Sony Europe sites (see Sony UK, Sony DE, Sony IT, Sony FR). The lens will ship from April. The new Zeiss 50mm lens is already listed since yesterday at Sony UK, Sony DE, Sony FR, Sony IT, Sony ES (available in June).
There will be a second US announcement of the same stuff on Monday.
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Is the new version weather sealed? not mentioned in the press release!
No
They also didn’t mention it can’t brew coffee. What does that tell us?
“70-400mm, F4-5.6, G SSMII, white Nano AR coated, telephoto zoom lens for A-mount cameras”
Does that mean outside parts are nano coated or the glass is nano coated? white nano coat sounds like the plastic parts or whatever this lens is made is are nano coated, not the front glass…
Eliminate ghost or flare with Nano AR coating – All optical surfaces have a white Nano AR (anti-reflective) coating so images are clean and sharp with minimal ghost or flare
from Sony UK
Yeah, right… Makes a lot of sense, doesn’t it?
Did they neglect to mention the price?
It’s like a well known make of luxury car. If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.
I really don’t think you want to know. 😛
On the Sony Germany site they mention 2.200,-€ for it.
why to promote sony zeiss 50 on official site http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/lenses/latest sony team uses foto discribed as nikon d700 foto which was taken on September 15, 2012 with nikon 50 f/1.4? http://www.flickr.com/photos/40651232@N04/7997486356
i do love sony colours, but this is weird
Wuh whoa. I wonder how long before it gets pulled? And for that matter, whether the person who shot it knows that it’s ended up on Sony’s website.
Yikes that’s unfortunate.
wow that’s so weird. are that’s mine CZ 50mm/1.4 SSM was have a same quality like cz 50mm/1.4 ZE/ZF? yikssss with the pricy money on this lens i definitely not buy this lens if have same quality :p sony should more more better with the high price or they totally really want to robe us
Nice catch! Wondering what could happen next?
Dear Andrea.. regarding 70400GII, I understand that this lens shares the same internal design (glasses, elements etc) with 70400G and the only difference is the developed SSM which allows a faster response time in focusing. Is that true? Can you comment?
Wasted opportunity, no optical improvements, no weather sealing. Hope there are some bargain prices on the current model.
If you say so 😉
I have owned 70-400 G I, sold it because of slow AF, not because of lacking optical performance. On the contrary pictures were very high quality! Never had problems in sealing although used it mainly in very harsh environments, e.g in winter in cold -10C to -30C and at sea at wet and rainy conditions. Had it two years.
New coating improves quality and new AF-system improves AF-system. I have 30072.8 SSM II and i know what I am talking. Now thinking to buy 70-400 G II to lighter lens for travelling etc!
As usual, whinnnnnne.
Gimme a 70-200G II with full weather seal and more durable white paint please.
My current 70-200G can’t cope with a bit of rough outdoor uses as white paint will chiiped of slaowly. Maybe it is me, or maybe Sony will have to do a better job at the paint job~=)
But don’t get me wrong, IQ is awesome and very sharp, but a bit of soft at 200mm on an A850. But then, most 70-200 has that kind of issue though.
Hey Andrea, did you notice that a new flash (HVL-20 with new hot-shoe) and a new cable release have also been released?
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/sony_70-400mm_carl_zeiss_50mm_f1.4_18-55mm_lenses_hvl-f20m_flash_rm-vpr1_re/
Is a longer emount zoom ever comming?
NEX isn’t m43.
Which is the price in euro of the CZ 50?