Curiosity: Zeiss says the new OTUS lenses do not rely on digital lens corrections

The Otus 1.4/55 (ZF2. mount) is next to the Otus 1.4/50 (E mount) on the right. There is a huge difference in size, and the weight also differs by about 300g (via DC.watch )

PetaPixel had a chat with Zeiss manager and he said this about the lens design:

“With the Otus way, we are not relying on any of those. That’s part of the design goal. Of course


Nextorage has announced the first VPG800-compliant Type A cards for Sony cameras

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New 7Artisans 120mm T2.9 2x Macro Cinema Lens announced

7artisans announced a new 120mm T2.9 Macro 2X Cine E-mount lens you can reorder now at Amazon and 7Artisans . Here is the official introduction video:

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Sony says they cannot make the A1 II fast enough to keep pace with demand!


Just announced: New YONGNUO 56mm f/1.4 DA DSM WL PRO APS-C E-mount elns

The lens should be soon available for reorder for $278 on Amazon .

SonyAlphaBlog already published a review of this new lens and concluded:

The Yongnuo 56mm F1.4 (268 euros) is one of the cheapest 56mm. F1.4 and offer very good performances for the price with excellent ergonomics good to excellent sharpness, very good color rendition and very good bokeh balls with a very good AF even if not on par with the Sigma. It will produce very nice


Sony Tidbits…


Lowest price ever: OWC 960GB 4.0 Type A card now for $319 only!

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Full Sony FE 16 mm f/1.8 G review by Lenstip: “outstanding instrument that will be a joy to use”

Lenstip published the full detailed Sony 16mm G lens review and concluded:

Lately we’ve seen a real offensive when it comes to Sony lenses and I have to admit there are plenty of well-put-together, interesting constructions among them. The launch of the Sony FE 16 mm f/1.8 G fits this trend very well. This lens features a long list of very serious assets and just one meaningful flaw – vignetting. Of course, if you take physical dimensions of this lens and


New Sirui 20mm T1.8 1.33X S35 AF Anamorphic Lens on preorder at Indiegogo

You can now preorder the new Sirui 20mm T1.8 1.33X S35 AF Anamorphic Lens on Indiegogo (Click here) .

Here is a review from Kai:

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