2015年2月16日月曜日

The Sigma 150-600mm A-mount lens gets discontinued before the release :(

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BHphoto marked the 150-600mm Contemporary A-mount lens as discontinued. It’s very strange the lens got announced for A-mount and before the release it gets discontinued. This will again put some fire on the A-mount future discussion. Sony keep saying they will continue the A-mount development but third party lens makers seem to ignore the A-mount system more and more. Also the recently announced Sigma 24mm f/1.4 lens will not come for A-mount yet (and it’s unclear if it will ever come in future).


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One first image sample with the new Voigtlander Heliar 15mm III lens (will ship in March!)

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The Spanish site DSLRmagazine is the first one sharing a full size image sample of the new Voigtländer 15mm f/4,5 III M-mount lens. The lens has a new optical design to get rid of the corner issues when using it on the Sony A7/r/s camera. Here is the full size image samples taken with the A7s (Click on image to enlarge):


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Also Newsshooter posted two image samples again taken witht he A7s:



I got to put the lens on my a7S and was very happy with the lenses performance. As claimed the edge to edge sharpness was very impressive although it does have some barrel distortion towards the edges of frame which is quite noticeable. I really liked the feel and the handling of this lens on the Sony a7S and the images look very impressive whether your taking video or photographs.



And here is also a video they made with it:



Newsshooter at CP+ Tokyo 2015- Voigtlander Super Wide-Heliar Aspherical III VM 15mm f/4.5 Lens First Look from Matthew Allard ACS on Vimeo.


Of course the A7s is the one camera that because of the larger pixels always had less issues with such lenses. That said the picture shows a very improved quality on corners. And let me add that the lens looks quite good on the A7s! I really think that is going to land in my camera bag soon :)


The lens will ship in March according to Australian Store Mainlinephoto.com.au. In Japan it will cost 95,000 YEN. The US price should be a bit higher than that of the current Heliar 15mm II (here on eBay) but it has yet to be confirmed.


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2015年02月15日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

おはようございます。 今週の投稿も、αcafeの写真からスタート! http://bit.ly/1B0yPtG あざやかに咲いた紅梅。 寒い日が続きますが、ひ...

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New Samyang 135mm f/2.0 A- and E-mount lens now shipping. First video review by Patrick Murphy-Racey.

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Samyng on the left and Zeiss on the right. Image courtesy: Tystory.


The brand new Samyang 135mm f/2.0 is now in Stock via eBay Korea sellers (most of them have free worldwide shipment). You can get the lens at BHphoto:

135mm f/2.0 for Sony A-mount (Click here) and Sony E-mount (Click here).

135mm t/2.2 Cine for Sony A-mount (Click here) and Sony E-mount (Click here).

And via Korean sellers on eBay:

Samyang 135mm E-mount (here n eBay)

Samyang 135mm A-mount (here n eBay)


First Samyang 135mm f/2.0 E-mount review by Patrick Murphy-Racey.



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