Sony promises to launch new FE lenses very soon!

Well, this isn’t a big surprise but at least it got confirmed by Sony itself. In a long interview session with BHphoto Mark Weir from Sony confirmed that new FE lenses would be launched very soon. And as we all know Sony has a big announcement scheduled for early May I guess these lenses will come in little bit above one month from now!

And the next good news is that Mark Weir promised Sony would release very fast FE lenses too!

Now we can dream :)

Samyang announces plenty of new lenses for mirrorless systems!

Samyang today announced plenty of new lenses! Here are all of them with links to BHphoto preorders (Just click on the blue linked text):

8mm f/2.8 UMC Fish-Eye II

Canon EF-M mount, Fujifilm X mount, Samsung NX mount, and Sony E mount.

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10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS

Canon EF, Pentax K, Sony A, Canon EF-M, Fujifilm X, Samsung NX, Sony E, and Micro Four Thirds mounts.

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12mm f/2.0 NCS CS

Canon EF-M, Fujifilm X, Samsung NX, Sony E and Micro Four Thirds mounts.

8mm T3.1 Cine UMC Fish-Eye II Cine Lens

Canon EF-M, Fujfilm X, Samsung NX, and Sony E mounts.

New 24mm and 35mm mounts:

24mm as Sony E-mount and Micro Four Thirds mount. 

35mm as Sony E-mount and a Micro Four Thirds mount

Sony releases major update for the A7 series!

Sony released a major update for the A7 camera series and a smaller update for the NEX-5t, NEX-5r and NEX-6.

The A7 cameras are now reported to startup faster, focus faster with FE lenses and show an improved image quality at High ISO (Jpeg images). Sounds great!

Firmware download links:

A7R

Mac – Sony US, Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony Spain, Sony Italy, Sony Holland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Finland, Sony Sweden, Sony Norway, Sony Portugal, Sony Australia

Windows – Sony US, Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony Spain, Sony Italy, Sony Holland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Finland, Sony Sweden, Sony Norway, Sony Portugal, Sony Australia

A7

Mac – Sony US, Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony Spain, Sony Italy, Sony Holland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Finland, Sony Sweden, Sony Norway, Sony Portugal, Sony Australia

Windows – Sony US, Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony Spain, Sony Italy, Sony Holland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Switzerland, Sony Finland, Sony Sweden, Sony Norway, Sony Portugal, Sony Australia

NEX5R

Mac – Sony US, Sony Australia

Windows – Sony US, Sony Australia

NEX5T

Mac – Sony US, Sony Australia

Windows – Sony US, Sony Australia

NEX6

Mac – Sony US, Sony Australia

Windows – Sony US, Sony Australia

Samsung NX mini officially announced!

It’s here! The new Samsung NX mini with 1 inch sensor (same size as the Sony RX100 and Nikon 1). It’s the smallest system camera ever! It has a very clean and Panasonic GM1 alike design. Specs, price and preorder info can be read here:

Preorders:

Brown: Amazon, BHphoto.

Green:  Amazon, BHphoto

Pink: Amazon, BHphoto

White: Amazon, Bhphoto
 

Press releases and previews:

Preview at Dpreview. Spanish presentation at DSLRmagazine,

 

Images:

Samsung NX mini leaked at European Press Event!

Images of a Samsung NX mini press event somewhere in Europe have been leaked on dpreview forum. The poster writes:

Sorry about the photographs were looks blurred & indistinct.

The new Samsung NX mini was adopts with the 20.5MP 1″ BSI CMOS Sensor,180 degrees Flip & Touch display.

– 22fps continuous shooting / Full HD Video 1080(30fps) / Fast shutter up to 1/16000 / ISO Range up to 12800 / microSD slot

– Integrated with NFC & WiFi connectivity,Built-in flash & hotshoe for the external flash(Perhaps for the external viewfinder too[TBC])

-Longer battery life with the 2330mah battery

-Compatible with the all APSC size of NX Mount Lens,thanks to the Samsung mount adapter(ED-MA4NXM)

-9mm f/3.5 prime lens will be bundle with the sales package(Market dependant)

*Since it only the prototype unit,So i couldn’t show more about the performance of this camera,Sorry.

New Sigma lens patent. Samyang autofocus lenses soon!

Egami spotted a new Sigma patent for a 28-85mm f/3.5-5.6 lens designed for APS-C and MFT mirrorless cameras. Not really an exciting lens.

Much more interesting is the news hat Samyang will announce on March 21. They will likely introduce their first autofocus lenses and if we are lucky some of them will be designed for mirrorless system cameras!

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Sigma lens design: