Venus Optics just announced the new 12-24mm f/5.6 Shift APS-C lens you can buy for $699 on the Venus Optics Global Store .

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Anhui China, 5 Nov 2024 – Venus Optics announced a groundbreaking Zoom-Shift lens – Laowa 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Shift lens! This extraordinary APS-C lens for mirrorless cameras combines two powerful features in one compact package: an ultra-wide zoom with

Last year Sony officially entered the drone market with the Sony Airpeak S1 ($8999 here at BHphoto) . A bit more than a year after Sony announced they are exciting the market! Rumors has it sales were super low and the competition too strong.

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Sony – Notice of discontinuation of Airpeak S1 sales

Thank you for your continued patronage of Sony products.

Due to recent changes in the business environment, sales of the Airpeak S1 and related products, except for some accessories,

Image translation via PetaPixel . Sony is totally absent here.

The Japanese organization BCN shared new insights on the Japanese fixed lens camera market. Digicameinfo summed up the most interesting points:

• Casio has left the compact camera market, Nikon has stopped development, and Sony and Fujifilm have significantly scaled back their lineups. Some may fear that the category itself will disappear as it is pushed aside by smartphones. The bottom line is that it is not dead at all. Compact cameras still account for more than 60% of camera sales

Tamron USA launched new rebates and we now have some lenses selling at their lowest price ever:

Lenses with lowest price ever:

• 28-75mm f/2.8 for $699 at Amazon , BHphoto , Adorama ($100 lower than previous best price)
• 35-150mm f/2.0-2.8 for $1,699 at Amazon , BHphoto , Adorama ($200 lower than previous best price)
• 50-

The new Sony Holiday Deals are now live on those pages at Amazon , BHphoto and Adorama . And all non-Sony holiday deals can be found those pages at Amazon , BHphoto , Adorama .

Sony camera deals:

• $400 off on the Sony A7IV at Amazon , BHphoto , Adorama .
• $400 off on the Sony A7rV at Amazon , BHphoto , Adorama .
• $300 off on the Sony A7sIII at Amazon , BHphoto , Adorama .
• $200 off

The new Viltrox 135mm f/1.8 FE LAB lens is now available at at Amazon US&CA&EU , BHphoto , FotoErhardt, FotoKoch . In all cases you get 15% off starting from today!

And today a ton of youtuber shared their take on this lens:

SonyAlphaBlog reviewed the lens and concluded:

The Viltrox 135mm f1.8, the Samyang 135mm F1.8 AF and the Sony FE 135mm F1.8

Brightin Star announced a new 50mm f/1.4 APS-C autofocus E-mount lens you can get now at Amazon US&CA , Amazon DE , Amazon UK , Amazon FR , Amazon IT , Amazon ES .

I have only found a few pictures of the X-mount version where the luminous markings can be seen:

The past years I noticed that Amazon doesn’t follow the usual Sony rebate actions. But this time it’s different and all cameras and lenses got a huge discount. Just check out the general search pages at Amazon DE , Amazon UK , Amazon FR , Amazon ES , Amazon IT , Amazon NL . You will notice instant price drops on most cameras and lenses