First video shot at 4,5 Million ISO with the Canon ME20F-SH FF camcorder!

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Canon Japan just published the very first video shot with their ME20F-SH Full Frame prototype camera. The camera records up to 4,5 Million ISO. Take that Sony A7s! But in Sony’s defense the Canon has a 2 Megapixel sensor only to make those amazing low light results possible. The image above shows you Zebras walking in the complete darkness. Below you can see one more image of the camera sensor and another 4.5 Million ISO image taken from the video. Full info about the protoype camera can be read at Explora BH.

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The ME20F-SH will ship in December and cost $30,000!

First posted on CanonWatch.

Sigma will soon launch a new 24mm f/2.8 ART lens for Sony E-mount and MFT.

(Medium credibility rumor):

24mm f/2.8 ART Sigma
Image on top shows the current Sigma ART E-mount lens lineup.

There is a rumor coming form the Sigma front. According to one source:

Sigma is readying a new 24mm f/2.8 DN Art lens for APS-C E-Mount. Expect higher sharpness when compared to the 30mm, about the same level of sharpness as with the 60mm. Autofocus is speedier too compared to the 30mm. Announcement will come very soon within September.

We also heard from another source the lens will be available for Micro Four Thirds too!

Sony surprises us all and announces the new Sony A7sII!

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Sony announced the new FS5 E-mount camcorder (expected) and the new Sony A7sII (not expected yet). The A6000 successor has not been announced and is probably coming at Photoplus in 1 month. Here are the full A7sII info borrowed from SAR:

Preorders:
A7sII at BHphoto (Click here).

Key specs:
12MP Exmor CMOS sensor
RAW output 14 bit (real or lossy?)
Internal 4K recording with higher dynamic range
5 axis stabilization
Much improved AF in low light conditions (169 AF points)
The A7SII will be available in November 2015, at 3400€.

Press text, Image smaples and videos:
Full Sony specs on that SonyAlphaRumors page.
Sony A7sII official press text: “Out of darkness cometh light” on that SonyAlphaRumors page.
List fo real world pictures of the new Sony A7sII! (SonyAlphaCameras).
Sample photos at Sony.net Gallery.
?7S II – 4K low-light ISO comparison MOVIE | ? | Sony (Youtube video on Sonyalphacameras).
?7S II – 5x Slow Motion “Landscape” in Full HD | ? | Sony (Youtube video on Sonyalphacameras)
?7S II – 5-axis optical image stabilization | ? | Sony (Youtube video on Sonyalphacameras)
?7S II – S-Gamut3.Cine/S-Log3 and S-Gamut3/S-Log3 movie | ? | Sony (Youtube video on Sonyalphacameras)
?7S II – High quality 4K movie “Takigi-noh” in Full frame | ? | Sony (Youtube video on Sonyalphacameras)
?7S II – Fast Intelligent AF for movie | ? | Sony (Youtube video on Sonyalphacameras).

Full Sony A6100 specs…


Image on top shows the current NEX-6

According to another source the Sony A6100 will be announced tomorrow (Sept 11 at 9am Berlin time).  Specs:

32mp BSI
5-axis IBIS
Much better ISO
4K
285 PDAF points
New EVF
14.5fps
Smaller than A6000, less weight too
No weather sealing
Mic-input
Only comes in black

Zeiss Milvus(!) lenses announced!

Zeiss announced completely new lens line you can adapt on any mirrorless system camera:

Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 21mm f/2.8 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 21mm f/2.8 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/2 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/2 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4 ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/2M ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/2M ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 85mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Canon EF at BHPhoto (Click here).
Zeiss Milvus 85mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Nikon F at BHPhoto (Click here).

Yes we can! What? A f/0.95 in “almost” pancake format!

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The chinese folks at Zhongyi (aka Mitakon) spilled out what could become a real gem for the Micro Four Thirds world. An “almost” pancake sized 25mm f/0.95 lens! A sort of downsized [shoplink 300282 ebay]Voigtlander Nokton 25mm lens (here on eBay)[/shoplink].

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The developer promises the lens price will be on par with the Nokton but the image quality will actually be higher. And to proof that he also shared those (non full size) image samples:

There is no info on when this lens will ship. We only know it comes in Black only…