Preorders:
USA at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama
EU at FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, Calumet, WexUK, Amazon.

My take on this lens:
It’s a much more interesting lens than the 24-50mm f/2.8 G announced a month ago. This new 16-25mm G lens makes sense because:

1. First of all it’s almost half the price of the 16-35mm GM.
2. It’s much lighter and compact (perfect for gimbal shooters, vloggers and travel photographers)
3. And if you think about it…most of us do own a 24-70mm GM lens and you will not miss the 35mm focal length anyway.

One more news: Today Sony Japan also announced that reorders were much higher than expected:

Orders for the FE 24-50mm F2.8 G “SEL2450G” for digital single-lens camera α [E mount], which we started accepting orders for from Thursday, February 29, 2024, have far exceeded our expectations. , it may take some time for the product to be delivered.
We are currently working hard to respond to customer requests as much as possible, so we appreciate your patience.

Preorders for the new 7Artisans 50mm f/1.4 APS-C Tilt Shift Lens:

Amazon US (10% OFF with code “101EATIJ“. Amazon CA (10% OFF with code “RTQV7UHQ“. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon FR. Amazon IT. Amazon ES. And on Pergear store (10% OFF with ” 7AR50MMF1.4TILT“)

Features:

•  7 elements in 6 groups, Only 364g, Metal material, De-clicked Aperture ring, 46°Angle of view.
• Special Tilt-Shift lens compatible with mirrorless cameras, allowing you to create charming Liliputian visuals that resemble miniatures.
• Wide F1.4 aperture and shift axis is unparalleled, allowing you to explore new dimensions in photography.

You can now preorder the 200x Excope DT1 on Kickstarter (Click here).

Beaverlab Excope DT1 remotely catches the distant moment with your smartphone.

Excope DT1 is an lightweight innovative optical device that combines leading-edge optics and high-performance digital technology with ultra-telephoto lens. You capture distant subject, edit images and share the screen with your friends through a smartphone. You’ll take photos in ways like never before.

Excope DT1 gives you an eagle’s eye view of infinite distance. Observe lunar craters, photograph delicate birds, and record the activities of dangerous wildlife – all from thousands of miles away that would otherwise be out of reach. Featuring a 400mm focal length lens, Excope DT1 magnifies distant objects up to 200 times to present them on your phone screen.

CineD writes:

On the show floor at NAB 2024, we stopped by Blackmagic Design’s booth to learn more about their upcoming URSA Cine 17K from Business Development Manager Stuart Ashton. The camera is still under development and won’t start shipping before the end of this year, but we could still get an idea of what is all about. Let’s take a look!

I am impressed Blackmagic did this kind of effort. it might force the hand of the big guys like Sony to also make truly large sensor “affordable” cameras!

You can get it now on Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Insta360.

Dpreview had a chat with Sigma CEO Yamaki. They main topic was the Full Frame Foveons sensor development. Yamaki stated that:

Unfortunately, we have not made any significant progress since last year.

So it will still take a couple of years before (if ever) we will see a real camera using this kind of sensor. For Yamaki the upsides of this sensor (like color accuracy) are worth the effort and struggle to develop this technology.