Camera Labs: Six Discounted Sleeper Lenses For E-Mount

Gordon Laing from Camera Labs posted his six sleeper lenses for Sony that you should consider video and he has some interesting pics, but I do not think you can consider the 24mm lenses as being overlooked.

Sony FE 24-105mm f/4G OSS

  • Best value
  • General-purpose lens
  • You can still get bokeh at f/4
  • Reaches further than most and it has a good price point

Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM

  • If you desire an f/2.8 zoom kit to cover everything then Sony has the holy trinity on sale atm
  • Covers ultra-wide to wide
  • Good close up performance

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

  • The second lens in the holy trinity of lenses
  • This lens is a workhorse
  • Works wide to telephoto
  • Great general-purpose zoom with really high-quality results

Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS

  • Completing the trinity zoom
  • One of Sony’s first GM zooms
  • Covers your telephoto zoom
  • Mark 1 is still very good and you do not need mark 2

Sony FE 24mm f/2.8 G

  • Gordons favorite focal length
  • Great for drama with minimal distortion
  • Good for smaller bodies
  • Sharp
  • Has a focus hold button and de-clickable aperture ring

Sony FE 24mm f/1.4 GM

  • A modern classic
  • Best performer in its class
  • Not large or heavy
  • Sharp near and far even wide open
  • Faster aperture than the 24mm G
  • If you love 24mm you will love this lens

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Sony Stops Accepting Orders For a6600, a7C, ZV-E10, a7II, a6400 and Stops Producing a7II, a6100


Dear customers

Notice and apology regarding temporary suspension of orders for digital imaging products

Thank you for your continued patronage of Sony products.

Currently, with regard to digital imaging products, parts procurement is delayed due to the effects of global semiconductor shortages.

Therefore, we will suspend the acceptance of orders from our distributors and customers at the Sony store as follows for specific models with tight supply.

In addition, we will inform you as follows because there is a change in the supply status of some products that are subject to suspension of order acceptance.

Suspension of order acceptance We will consider resuming order acceptance of the target product while observing the status of parts supply, and will separately inform you on the product information page.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused to our customers.

We will do our utmost to deliver the product as soon as possible, and we appreciate your understanding.

Record

Update date and timeproduct nameAbout supply status
December 23, 2021
Stop accepting orders
Digital SLR camera: α6600 series / α7C seriesAfter December 23, 2021, we will suspend the acceptance of orders from our distributors and customers’ orders at the Sony store.
Production completed on December 23, 2021Digital single-lens camera: α7 II series / α6100 seriesAt the time of the announcement on November 19, 2021, the α7 II series / α6100 body (black) was designated as a “product subject to suspension of order acceptance”, but since there is no prospect of future parts supply, 2021 Production will be completed on December 23rd.
December 3, 2021
Stop accepting orders
Digital single-lens camera: VLOGCAM ZV-E10 seriesAfter December 3, 2021, we will suspend the acceptance of orders from our distributors and customers’ orders at the Sony store.
November 19, 2021
Stop accepting orders
Digital single-lens camera: α7 II series / α6400 series / α6100 body (black)
Shotgun microphone: ECM-B1M
Professional camcorder: PXW-Z190
After November 19, 2021, we will suspend the acceptance of orders from our distributors and customers’ orders at the Sony store.

[Click here for information on product supply due to the impact of past semiconductor shortages, “Products subject to suspension of order acceptance”]

・ Digital single-lens camera: VLOGCAM ZV-E10 series
https://www.sony.jp/ichigan/info2/ 20211203.html
https://www.sony.jp/vlogcam/info2/ 20211203.html

・ Digital single-lens camera: α6400 series
・ Shotgun microphone: ECM-B1M
・ Professional camcorder: PXW-Z190
https://www.sony.jp/ichigan/info2/ 20211119.html

that’s all

via Sony.jp

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Sigma 20mm f/2 DG DN | Contemporary Coming


Nokishita leaked that the Sigma 20mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary is coming to L-mount soon, but it should also be coming to E-mount like other Sigma L glass.

Sigma “20mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary” L mount version has 13 lenses in 11 groups, minimum shooting distance 22cm, maximum shooting magnification 1: 6.7, filter diameter 62mm, size φ70 × 72.4mm, weight 370g, magnet. It seems that it will be compatible with the type lens cap. Is the suggested retail price the same as the 65mm F2?

via Nokishita

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DPR: Sony a7IV Studio Scene Test


The Sony a7IV has been added to DPReview’s studio scene test which you can view for yourself here. It looks like Sony’s new 33MP sensor has pretty good noise performance, but sensor performance has started to equalize in the noise department this year with almost all sensors above 24MP performing very similarly to Sony’s best 24MP sensor when scaled to similar dimensions. This isn’t a bad thing, but unless you’re shooting around base ISO you’re camera’s additional megapixels are kind of wasted.

Sony a7IV: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a7III: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony a7RIVa: B&H Photo / Amazon / Momentum / Adorama
Sony A1: B&H Photo / Amazon / Moment / Adorama

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Optical Limits: Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Contemporary Review – A Value King


Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS:
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Optical limits posted their review of the Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Contemporary and you can read the entire review here or read the excerpts below.

The Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Contemporary is a subtle improvement over the older DSLR version – both optically as well as mechanically. The image quality is primarily better at the wide end of the zoom range with a much higher sharpness in the outer image field. The high quality is maintained in the middle range. At 400mm, the center sharpness remains very good but there’s a drop in corner performance. Stopping down helps to broaden the really sharp zone. Keep in mind that the resolution has its limits because of the inevitable diffraction at f/6.3. Lateral CAs are low. Uncorrected image distortions are fairly high for a tele-zoom lens with a peak of 2% (pincushion style) at longer settings. This is, of course, not a drama with activated auto-correction. This also helps with vignetting which otherwise would be very visible at the long end as well. The quality of the bokeh is decent for a zoom lens albeit primes still rule the scene in this respect.The build quality of the Sigma lens is quite impressive for a consumer-grade lens. Plastics have been replaced by metal near the mount and there’s at least a mount-gasket providing some shielding against dust and moisture. Few will probably take advantage of this but it’s nice that Sigma provides the option of attaching a tripod mount. The AF is snappy and combined with the effective image stabilizer, it’s fun to use in the field – also because it’s relatively compact and lightweight for such a lens reaching 400mm.

The decent optical- and mechanical qualities don’t even cost a fortune either and, as so often with Sigma lenses, the 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Contemporary is an obvious value king. If you want higher quality, you’ll have to invest quite a bit more.

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Sony Holiday Savings Sunday


General Holiday Links
B&H Photo
Amazon
Adorama
Momentum

Sony Cameras Save up to $800

Sony FE Lenses Save up to $400

Sony E / NEX Lenses

Sony TV’s Save up to $700

Sony Other

Sony XQD/CFExpress/SD

Sigma Savings

Samyang Savings

Tamron Deals

SLR Magic Deals Save $150

LensBaby

Lighting

Atoms Save up to $500

Other Savings

Other Deals
Pelican Cases Discounted
Memory Card Savings
Power Banks

Battery Banks
Anker PowerCore Speed 20000 PD
PowerCore+26800 PD
other more affordable options

New Apple Mac Pro: B&H Photo
New Apple iPad Pro and More: B&H Photo / Adorama
New Apple iMac Pro: B&H Photo / Adorama
New Apple MBP: B&H Photo / Adorama
New Apple M1: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
MacBook Pro (Savings still available): B&H Photo

Limited time iPad Pro Savings
iPad Pro Bundles: B&H Photo

Software Deals
Luminar Neo & Luminar AI & Luminar 4 & Aurora HDR 2019 (Savings code FUJIADDICT)
ON1 Photo RAW 2022
Photolemur
Picktorial
TopazLabs
Capture One

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