I just received triple confirmation about a big Sony announcement happening soon. This is NOT for the successor to this camera …. this will be an epic lens ;)

So I am going to drop the rumor tomorrow or after tomorrow at 3pm London time. I am currently on a short holiday trip with the family so I don’t know exactly when I can post a Youtube video on my channel .

I repeat…this is a lens we have never seen before!

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Sony silently did announce the new Sony HVL-F28RMA External Flash and the new Sony HVL-F46RMA Wireless Radio Flash . Both on preorder at BH now.

Today Sony shares dropped by 10%. Since the start of the “tariff war” Sony shared stropped by over 20%. We now have to see how this will also impact the Alpha camera and lens roadmap…

Nextorage’s launched a new NAB Special Promotion at BHphoto and Amazon . Deals end on April 13:

NX-A2 series (VPG200 and 4.0 generation)

• $140 off on the 2TB card at BHphoto .
• $80 off on the 1TB card at BHphoto .

VPG 400 class (minimum fo 400MB/s the card can write continuously).

• $125 off on the Nextorage 640GB at Amazon .
• $6

Songraw is displaying the new 50mm f/1.2 FE lens at the NABshow. This is the first ever lens from this new Chinese company. Here are the specs:

• 13 aperture blades
• 15 elements in 10 groups
• 0,52m close focus
• 72mm filter size
• Click/Declick aperture ring
• AF/MF switch
• E/Z/L mount versions
• Price around $1,000
• Available end of April

Here is an image from 2nd focus :

In the video above from Fstoppers , you can clearly see the confusion over these tariffs. In fact, prices will go up on every item, including those made in the US, since everyone relies on parts and raw materials made in different countries. And no, the tariffs will not shift any significant amount of production to the US, as in most cases the tariffs would have to be many times higher to make local US production competitive.

And there are also three more problems:

1. In most cases, there is no

The big Lexar, Sandisk and WD storage deals are live on those pages at Amazon and BHphoto . Some examples:

• 18% off on the WD 24TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive at Amazon and BHphoto .
• 15% off on the 1TB Sandisk SD card at Amazon and BHphoto .
• 16% off on the SanDisk 4TB Extreme PRO Portable SSD at Amazon and BHphoto .
• 23% off on the SanDisk 512GB Extreme PRO V90 SD card at Amazon and BHphoto .
• Up

Adorama updated the expected availability of the Sony A1II to “ June “. This of course if you order the camera today. Readers have told me that cameras they ordered in January have now been delivered in the last few days.

And one of our readers (Thanks!) sent me this:

Today, Amazon USA canceled that order and if you check your links to Amazon for the a1 mark ii you can no longer order the camera from the them , the reason they sent was “ Due to a