The QX100 Lens Camera Comes to Life – A New Look at the Smart Lens
Sony Global Ambassadors programme presentation at Photoclubalpha:
A new global initiative sees Sony working closely with some of the world’s top photographers and industry leaders to celebrate the beauty of photography. Inaugural participants in the Global Imaging Ambassadors programme include William Klein and photographers from the leading international photo agency, Panos Pictures.
Year of the Alpha – 365 days of Sony Alpha Photography’ at Yearofthealpha.com.
Sony RX10 review at Trustedreviews.
Taran: “I recently went to rajastan, new york, and london over the holidays… All my recent shots are NEX in my photostream…http://www.flickr.com/photos/artistwithlight”
Tommy: “I would like to share my joy of being a early adopter of SEL2470Z in China.
Sony China Online Store sent out an email to who registered their A7 purchase to Sony Club, saying only 50 SEL2470Z was available. It looks like to be a nice holiday companion with my A7. Hence I phoned them and set the order immediately.
It arrived last night with a special golden-style gift wrap, a Sony USB2.0 8G thumb driver, a Zeiss lens clean set. The package of the lens is very similar to SEL5518Z As photo below shows:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovenemesis/12116615065/
It comes with a lens hood and case, too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovenemesis/12117254115/
Its main purpose is to replace my A-mount APS-C SAL1680Z because it has very difficulty to find a LA-EA4 adopter in China for at least a month.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovenemesis/12118060276/
You can see it’s a bit taller than SAL1680Z.
Since I’m busying packaging, I don’t have time to extensively test this lens. But here’s a few things I would like to share:
1. It’s probably the heaviest FE lens for A7 now. I feel more comfortable by holding it zoom rings in one hand, rather than area close to the body.
2. Its zoom and focus rings feels just right. After playing for a while, I can zoom to the exact number I want completely blindly. 🙂
3. Lens hood seems to be uneasy to mount. At least not as fluent as SEL55F18Z.
4. The minimum focus distance is 40mm. 5mm larger than SEL2870.
At the very end, I hope European will see this zooming lens very soon on shelf. It could be a very attractive option for A7/A7r users.”
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Wow, more e-mount praise…fantastic.
Wow! More e-mount praise, fantastic! 🙂 (Fixed that last comment)
Happy to have either e mount or a mount news! 🙂
I think the only place you will hear anything about A mount is the History Channel.
Andrea not giving us some lovin´ 🙁
Neither is Sony. 🙂
Sony is preparing a FF A-Mount camera to be launched very soon. I received the email 07 Jan 14, that confirms the name as being SLT-A88V (body). It is neither a replacement for the A77 or A99. It is a replacement for the A850. No specs whatsoever. Oh their is a PPT slide showing it on this web site.
Sony has a 48 month release cycle for good reason, it is to makes/forces us buy more than one camera body, and it works. The cameras are released at 16 to 18 month intervals. (Semi-Pro, Pro, Entry Level Pro)
The A77 (replacing the A700) was released in late 2011, and people bought them like hot cakes for the first 16 months. When sales for the A77 levelled out Sony prepared to launch their next camera the A99.
The highly successful A77 launched artificially increased demand for a A900 replacement, If you read the achieved posts on this sight you’ll see the same complaints, from the same whiners. A900 users felt that Sony abandoned them some had prophetic visions of the A-Mounts demise. This pent-up rage was transformed into pent up demand.
The A99 was then launched, and outsold the A900 by a wide margin (well done Sony by the way) and everyone willing who was willing to drop $2700.00 for one has. Sales then levelled of and the A99, is no longer making the news it once was. Sony is now reading the A88.
Now all of us who own A850’s are now officially pi$$ed off with Sony cause we were essentially forgotten. We are the group (target audience/demographic) that want/demand better performance than the A77, and are unwilling to by the A99 (cause it costs too much/ the price is FN crazy) (and we hate squeakier toys/girly cameras). By delaying the A850’s replacement Sony has once again increased demand/pent-up rage for the new SLT-A88V.
The SLT-A88V will be released soon and all of the A850 owners will upgrade/replace their cameras, (like the sheep we are/BAH BAH Fu(<!nG BAH) and sales will be crazy for the next 16 months. I know cause I found out its name by pestering the Sony Consumer Electronics Rep, who finally gave in, and told me.
Then Sony will ready the A77 replacement, and the cycle will continue.
Because at the end of the day "resistance is futile"
SEL2470Z is shorter and a little thinner than SEL1670Z that is on the left.
I was mistaken the SAL with the SEL1670, sorry!
Tommy: “I would like to share my joy of being a early adopter of SEL2470Z in China.”
I would like to share my NON joy of not being able to be an early adopter of the SEL2470Z 🙁
There are a couple of places selling grey market SEL2470Z’s out of Hong Kong. I sent one of them a message on eBay 2 days ago and got no response back. Guess they don’t want to make a sale …
Gray market in Hongkong? email?
You better come with your gang… 😉
There’s been a few more listed on eBay today, all from sellers in Japan. I could call my Yakuza friends 😉
About Time (Ambassador Program = solid work from the finest photographers)
Good stuff.
Thanks for the shout out admin!
Just get my 2470z from Sony online store, other shops will take another week to deliver. Just in time for my trip. Next day delivery as requested. Good job for Sony.
Not have a chance to test the lens yet. But quick look at the pics comparing to 35F2.8 showing just a bit soft at f4. Still very fast AF on A7r. Very sharp at 50 and 70.
Herrman – “Next day delivery”?!? What country? Japan? Hong Kong? Somewhere else???