Preorders are now open for the ultimate bokeh lens: The Voigtlander 50mm f/1.0 FE is available for $1899 at BHphoto and in Europe for 1799€ at FotoErhardt , Calumet , Fotokoch .

Just my two cent: This is probably one of the sexiest lenses you can use on your Alpha camera:

The Amazon Spring deals are now running at Amazon US&CA , Amazon DE , Amazon UK , Amazon FR , Amazon IT , Amazon ES , Amazon NL/PL/SE . Some special mentions:

Hot deals at Amazon US :

• 23% off on Adobe Creative Cloud
• Save on Lexar Drives and Memory
• Save on PNY storage
• Save 15% when you buy $50 of select items
• Curiosity: $20 off on this Minolta camera (didn’t know we have still Minolta compact cameras on sale)

I am now 100% sure that Sony will have a new product announcement event in April. I am working to get a final confirmation on the date and product(s) announced. But for sure you should NOT expect to get a new A7sIV or A1II…

The most exciting thing we can hope for is to get the 24-70mm f/2.0…but I am not sure this lens is coming yet or before summer.

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The European Amazon “WOW” deals are now running at Amazon DE , Amazon UK , Amazon FR , Amazon IT , Amazon ES , Amazon NL/PL/SE and soon in too at Amazon US&CA . Some special mentions:

Hot deals at Amazon DE :

• All photography deals on this page (lots of Sony and Samyang deals) .
• 30% off on reconditioned photo gear!
• Save big on SD cards and storage .
• 100€ AirBnB Geschenkkarte / Guthaben + 10€ Amazon Gutschein
• Apple Gift

Viltrox will announce those two new lenses in April:

• 40mm f/2.5 Full Frame autofocus lens for Sony E, Nikon Z and Fuji X
• 56mm f/1.7 APS-C autofocus lens for Sony E, Nikon Z and Fuji X

According to PetaPixel, Sony cannot have in-camera image stacking or electronic LiveND because OM System owns the patents. If this is the case, I hope Sony can come to an agreement with OM Digital, because it is really annoying not to be able to use some functions directly in the camera. I know OM Digital is not doing very well financially, so maybe they would be happy to collect some money for licensing their patents?

Starting from tomorrow (March 20) Amazon will post their “wow” deals on those special pages:

• Amazon US (teaser will go online in a few hours)
• Amazon DE
• Amazon UK
• Amazon FR
• Amazon IT
• Amazon ES
• Amazon NL/PL/SE

Sorry for the confusion guys. But a trusted source told me the previously “leaked” image was fake. He was fooled too because indeed the new Sigma 50mm f/1.2 looks nearly exactly like the current Sigma 50mm f/1.4 . He shared an image of the real lens (see the small “crop” image above). It has the same 72mm filter size like the f/1.4.

Sigma 50mm f/1.2 lens

Sigma just posted the youtube live stream teaser for a new event on March 26 at 21 JST time. Like I told you in my previous posts you can expect to get the new 50mm f/1.2 E and L-mount lens!