7Artisans 15mm f/4 Announced

New 7Artisans 15mm f/4 announced on weibo should be available on Amazon soon.

  • 9 groups of 13 elements
  • 10 aperture blades
  • the closest focusing distance is 0.4m
  • stepped aperture design
  • all metal material
  • 77mm filter interface
  • detachable design hood
  • weighs about 550g
  • 1699 for sale

First review on Sony Alpha Blog.

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TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 Coming to E-mount


The TTArtisan 27mm f/2.8 has been announced for E-mount and should be available on Amazon soon.

New collection!
E/Z Mount for TTArtisan 27mm f2.8
Key features
-Compact and lightweight
-Autofocus & Clicked aperture
-Metal-built body
-$149 for X/E/Z Mount
Time to market to be determined

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Viltrox 75mm f/1.2, 16mm f/1.8, and 28mm f/1.8 Coming Q2 2023


Viltrox is teasing the excellent Viltrox 75mm f/1.2 is coming to E-mount soon in addition to Viltrox 16mm f/1.8 and Viltrox AF 28mm f/1.8.

  • Viltrox AF 16mm f/1.8 FE (full-frame, Sony E)
  • Viltrox AF 28mm f/1.8 FE (full-frame, Sony E)
  • Viltrox AF 75mm f/1.2 E (APS-C, Sony E)

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VILTROX 85mm f/1.8 II: B&H Photo / Amazon
VILTROX 56mm f/1.4: B&H Photo / Amazon
VILTROX 33mm f/1.4: B&H Photo / Amazon
VILTROX 23mm f/1.4: B&H Photo / Amazon
VILTROX 13mm f/1.4: B&H Photo / Amazon

Viltrox 50mm f/1.8: B&H Photo / Amazon
Viltrox 35mm f/1.8: B&H Photo / Amazon
Viltrox 24mm f/1.8: B&H Photo / Amazon

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Zhongyi Optics 200mm f/4.0 Coming to E Mount


The Zhongyi Optics 200mm f/4.0 will be coming to E mount soon. Zhongyi Optics lenses can be found on Amazon.

  • 11-element 7-group optical structure
  • 9 aperture blades
  • minimum focusing distance of 0.48 meters
  • filter interface 67mm
  • size: 75 x 186mm
  • weight about 1300g
  • Sony E, Canon EF, RF, Nikon F, Z, Fuji X, GFX, Hasselblad XCD and L
  • price 3980 yuan ($578.53 USD)

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Potential Sony a7000 and a5500 Specs Leaked

ILCE-7000:
26M BSI (FX30 same IMX584)
A7M4 body (including EVF) + A7R5 flip screen
Super 35mm 4K/60p (6K oversampling)
IBIS 8.0
BIONZ XR + AI processing unit
The mechanical shutter finally has 1/8000s

ILCE-5500:
24M FSI (A6600 same IMX284)
No IBIS, pop-up EVF
Super 35mm 4K/30p (6K oversampling)
Point-to-point 4K/60p
BIONZ XR + AI processing unit
The mechanical shutter is still 1/4000s

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E-mount Tops BCN Lens Sales Report – Sony, Sigma, Tamron Did Well


BCNreport shared lens manufacture and mount sales details in its latest report. Considering Sigma and Tamron outsold Sony, they probably made up a substantial amount of E-mount sales since Sony is only 4th in manufacture sales.

Lens Mount:

  • E-mount 32.6%
  • MFT 13.8%
  • Canon EF 11.4%
  • Nikon F 9.3%
  • Fujifilm X 8.8%
  • Nikon Z 8.5%
  • Canon RF 7.7%

Lens Manufacturer:

  • Canon 17.1%
  • Sigma 16.0%
  • Tamron 15.1%
  • Sony 14.2%
  • Nikon 13.8%
  • OM Digital Solutions 8.6%
  • Panasonic 4.6%
  • Fujifilm 4.2%

via DigicameInfo

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