Sony announced many new products and some of them are now in Stock. After the Sony A33 now the new Sony 85mm f/2.8 is in Stock. Click on the store name to get the lens:
Amazon US
We have some news regarding the Sony A55. The camera will be in Stock next week! You can preorder the camera now:
Amazon
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Coming next week? I saw the A55 in stores already two weeks ago…
Where, if I may ask?
In Europe.
In Sydney’s Sony Centre and almost all camera retailers.
I hope to hear 85/2.8 reviews soon. Perhaps I won’t even need 85/1.4 🙂
Strange, Amazon shows 374.00 and B&H shows 249.00 for the 85mm.
Apparently the $375 one on Amazon is a Japanese import.
hmm.. the sony might be a interesting choice for studio work when you dont need a very shallow dof. but the the nikon 85mm f1.8 is 370€ and the canon only 330€..
f2.8 primes just seem kind of slow.. maybe they should have made it f2..because after this release it is very unlikely they will bring out another 85mm lens. now we have a great zeiss but expensive and a cheap f2.8 .. f2 would have been a good compromise.
chris – personally I would agree but looking at it from Sony’s POV an 85 2.0 wouldnt have fulfilled the brief.
The ‘easychoice’ range has a pretty well defined place in the Sony line-up. Sub $us250, 55mm or smaller filter, the first primes a newcomer will ever buy.
So does it make sense to pre-order the A55 today and I will get it next week?
I didn’t count myself as newcomer, but seriously consider to buy it for A55 especially for small size. According to MTF charts it is perfect for APS-C even wide open and very usable for portraits. Apertures 2.8-4 for portraits I like much more than supershallow DOF.
2.8 on a 85mm lens? not my kind of thing..and i was also never keen on the SAM system..
Some people want small, light, sharp and cheap.
That’s me.
Let’s just wait and see if it offers up stellar performance wide-open. 🙂
BTW, when A580 will be in stock?
Guys, this is a cheap (!) full-frame (!) prime. I don’t think, Sony’s primary intention is to sell it to a900/a850 users. May we expect a cheap (!) full-frame body for the lens?