New Zeiss Touit 50mm E-mount macro lens to ship on May 27.

Current APS-C E-mount camera owners will soon be able to get the next new native E-mount lens. The lens will ship on May 27 according to BHphoto (Click here).

Photographyblog tested the lens (X-mount version) and writes:

For macro photographers who absolutely need 1:1 recording along with and stellar image and build quality, the Carl Zeiss Touit Makro Planar 2.8/50mm T* lens certainly won’t disappoint. More casual users would be better served by the significantly cheaper Fujifilm and Sony equivalents.

50mm macro Touit at BHphoto (Click here) or Adorama (Click here).

Lens Hood at BHphoto (Click here) or Adorama (Click here).

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2014年05月19日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました！

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel praises historical significance and successful f...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel praises historical significance and successful future orientation



Physicist and entrepreneur Ernst Abbe founded the Carl Zeiss Foundation in Jena exactly 125 years ago. German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel delivered the speech at the ceremony in the Jena Volkshaus, which was attended by over 300 guests. She praised Abbe's tremendous importance: "Ernst Abbe was way ahead of his time. His Foundation statutes from 1896 served as a model for responsible entrepreneurship. To this day, together with its companies, the Carl Zeiss Foundation is a pioneer of the social market economy. ZEISS and SCHOTT stand for leading-edge technology 'Made in Germany'."









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A7s gets pricing in UK (preorder). And first English FE lens roadmap.

This is the first (very glossy) image of the english FE lens roadmap shared by Fotosidan.se. I am still a bit surprised this news hasn’t been shared to all websites. Anyway, like we told you before you see the two new 16-35mm f/4.0 OSS Zeiss and 28-135mm f/4.0 OSS PZ G lenses. Three more FE lenses will be announced in late summer (inlcuding the first very fast Zeiss prime).

We also still don’t know the price of the A7s in Euro but at least you can have it in UK: It’s priced at 2499 pounds at CameraCenter on eBay (Click here).

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A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:

Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here), Sony Canada.

RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here).

RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.

RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan.

Sony A7s EU pages (no preorder yet): Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.

A77II Preorders:

Sony A77II body in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

Sony A77II with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

Sony A77II body in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, PT, NO, SE, FI.

SonyAlphaRumors support note: If you use these store links to preorder the camera I will earn a small commission that will help me to cover the cots and if preorders are high also reward me a bit for the daily work I do on SAR. Thanks for your help guys!!!!

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Sony Japan FE lens roadmap confirms the new 16-35mm Zeiss FE lens launch.

Alsong the A77II, A7s and RX100M3 Japan presentation Sony also confirmed the launch of the new Zeiss 16-35mm f/4.0 OSS FE lens (Source: DC.watch). Still weird that the lens hasn’t been announced in other countries too (a part of Germany).

There is no info about the pricing and final release of the lens although I have been told price will be on the same range of the Zeiss 24-70mm FE lens. Price check in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, SonystoreUS. And in Europe at Sony DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, SE, PT (Click on country name to see the lens site).

Sony Japan also showed that image of the 28-135mm G OSS PZ zoom prototype (price unknown). And here is the question:

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:

Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here), Sony Canada.

RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here).

RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.

RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan.

Sony A7s EU pages (no preorder yet): Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.

A77II Preorders:

Sony A77II body in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

Sony A77II with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Sony Store (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

Sony A77II body in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony IT, ES, NL, BE, AT, CH, PT, NO, SE, FI.

SonyAlphaRumors support note: If you use these store links to preorder the camera I will earn a small commission that will help me to cover the cots and if preorders are high also reward me a bit for the daily work I do on SAR. Thanks for your help guys!!!!

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Next Quiz Round now Available! The questions on the next round of the Carl Zei...

Next Quiz Round now Available!



The questions on the next round of the Carl Zeiss Foundation Quiz are now available for answering here on Facebook (http://bit.ly/125CZSQuizApp).

Have fun and good luck in the drawing at the end of the quiz! :)









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