The Zeiss rebates will end on September 28!
Zeiss for E-mount NEX:
$200 off on the Sony 24mm f/1.8 E-Mount at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Zeiss for A-mount:
$200 off on the 24-70mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the Sony 16-80mm at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$180 off on the 135mm f/1.8 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$140 off on the 24mm f/2.0 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
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Sounds like a bargain! The UK price for the A-Mount is £1322 – equivalent to about 2000 of the alien dollars.
I still can’t believe why, oh, why we don’t get this sort of deal in Europe.
What have we done to the marketing gods?
It’s not just for Sony, its for everybody.
Among other things we have Hendricks who buy their RX1 from Japan and elsewhere without import taxes/duties and then promote it as the best camera ever.
RX1 rulz! Ha ha ha.
I need to shoot a friend’s wedding. What do I want to buy for my A77? The SONY 16-50mm f/2.8 constant aperture or the Sony SAL-1680Z 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T DT Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera. I know that one lens is “faster” and the other has a greater reach on the zoom end – those differences are obvious, but is one likely to yield a higher quality image (sharper, less distortion) than the other. Does anyone have any experience with them both to make a comparison? Any opinions? Anyone have one or the other lens and care to share what you like and/or dislike about each one? Thanks!!
Wedding?
Buy NOTHING. Do not use any equipment that you don’t master perfectly through experience. Never do a wedding with a new camera or new equipment.
Well, that’s just a theory. Do whatever you want.
AT
Agree. Wedding is serious stuff. You need to really be on top of your game for those types of events.
Otherwise the constant aperture for the 24-70 will definitely help in shooting manual.
Do want you want. I and a lot of other photogs in the film days used to shoot weddings at F5.6, 1/60th, 160 ISO film shot at 125.
For a wedding, it’s not about the equipment, it’s about how you know how to use your equipment.
i hope you’re not the main photographer for the wedding, because if you have to ask what would be the best equipment for the event, it already tells something about your experience.
if you really are the main photographer, i wish you the best of luck and hope the marrying couple ain’t too serious about great pictures (otherwise they would’ve asked a professional).
I have been using a SONY 18-135mm lens and have been happy with it for everyday stuff, but I am not always it is as razor-sharp as it should be. I was just thinking maybe a higher quality lens??
I shot a wedding a few years back with one of these (KM version) as my main lens:
http://www.dyxum.com/lenses/Minolta-AF-28-75-F2.8-D_lens33.html
The pictures turned out pretty well but I will never shoot another wedding. There’s just too much pressure if you don’t do this kind of thing on a regular basis.
I know about the too much pressure. It is just a favor for a friend. She and her daughter are not made of money, so this is just a real big favor. Still, I want to do a nice job. My friend says that she’s liked my photos for the past 25 years we’ve known one another and she wanted me to take her daughter’s photos.
On the plus side, I had MAJOR orthopedic surgery seven weeks ago and wasn’t supposed to be walking for three months. I am walking already!! since I am motivated to be ambulatory in time for her October wedding. That motivation did me a world of good.
Hey Bill,
I’ve a lot of friends that cant afford professionals when they should too.
If you hadn’t considered these thoughts you may wish to:
Work with the wedding coordinator to see where different events will happen.
make sure several people know to wait for and go get you if req’d
Scout the location at the same time of day\lighting and plan your shots
get in some intensive shooting days to build up muscle memory and get familiar w\equip
practice bounce and other types of flash
read all you can on the subject
I’ve never done a wedding bug just trying to help. 🙂
Bill
They must have seen the DXOmark scores vs the $150 Canon 22mm f2 and finally realized this is way overpriced despite the name 😉
“end on September 28!”
I just thought is the date implies the launch date of the E-Mount FF…….I guess Sony think they do have few good lens for their new high-end camera for now, so they want people to buy (relatively old)lens at the moment…..maybe they will launch a LA-EA3 at the same time with the NEX-FF? “has a faster engine which support A-Mount lenses’ AF to be used on a E-Mount camera”…..
I’m stilling considering that should I buy an A99 now or wait for the mirrorless A-Mount which may be launched in 2014 Q1…..any suggestions?
I like E-Mount, but i really prefer an A-mount for indoor using…..
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Thanks!