2014年9月11日木曜日

Sony USA promises a “WOW” in glass! Announcement around 7am London time.


Like I told you before Photokina is definitely a Sony “Lens” announcement place. And Sony US just remarked this once again with a proper teaser posted on their Twitter account. Tomorrow Sony will announce the new E-mount 4K camcorder and the already known 28-135mm f/4.0 powerzoom lens. But they mat announce all other E-mount lenses too: The 16-35mm f/4.0 Zeiss, the 90mm macro and likely show an updated roadmap with 85mm fast prime lens included.


Announcement should be at around 7am London time (Sept). As usual you can follow the event live here on SAR as I will continuously update you with previews, hands-on links and so on!






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Happy 198th Birthday, Carl Zeiss! 198 years ago today, our company’s founding f...

Happy 198th Birthday, Carl Zeiss!



198 years ago today, our company’s founding father Carl Friedrich Zeiss was born. The fifth of 12 children, he grew up in Weimar, Germany, and went on to attend the University of Jena.

As a young student, Carl Zeiss showed a keen interest in technology, and after passing the required exam of the grand ducal office for above ground infrastructure, he was granted a license to manufacture and sell mechanical and optical instruments and to set up a mechanical workshop.



On 17 November 1846, he opened a small workshop in Jena with a fund of 100 Thalers, laying the foundation of our company's great technological history and heritage. #TBT



Picture: Carl Zeiss and the "Stativ I" (Stand I) microscope, built in 1884 based on Ernst Abbe’s discoveries.









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2014年09月10日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

$300 off on the refurbished 24mm Zeiss A-mount lens.


Sony is clearing their Stock of refurbished Zeiss 24mm f/2.0 A-mount lenses and you can get them with a $315 discount at Sony eBay (Click here) or SonyStore (Click here). And do not forget to check out the triple Sony eBay deal:


Sony A6000 with kit lens with a $100(!) discount at BigValue eBay (Click here).

$349 only for the Sony RX100 (Click here).

Sony 32GB SDHC Class 10 UHS-1 R40 Memory Card – 2 Pack for $34 only at FocusCamera eBay (Click here).






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2014年9月9日火曜日

Matt Granger posts first full Zeiss Otus 85 video review and RAW samples.


Matt Granger posted that great Zeiss Otus 85mm video review you can watch on top. And plenty of image samples including RAW files can be downloaded on his page: http://ift.tt/WDz7nF.


And if you read my previous post about the high resolution cameras from Sony this may be one of the few lenses capable of resolving a 50MP resolution on a Full Frame E-mount camera. But well, it comes at a high cost :(


Preorders:

BHphoto with Nikon mount (Click here) or Canon mount (Click here) version.

Adorama with Nikon mount (Click here) or Canon mount (Click here) version.






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