Sigma CP+ 2024 interview: No E-mount tele converters coming

Phototrend interviewed Sigma CEO Yamaki and here are some key statements:

  • I already have my wish list until 2027, which I have passed on to my engineers.
  • There is no plan to make E-mount teleconverters
  • About more telephoto lenses: “ To be honest, we don’t have this type of goals in our roadmap at the moment, but I think it’s worth considering for the future.
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Sigma 15mm f/1.4 FE lens review by PetaPixelTV: “Wide, Weird, Weighty, and Wonderful!”


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Over half a million reorders for the Fuji X100VI in China only! We need a Sony Full Frame competitor now!

I want a Sony stylish vintage camera and you?

According to CameraBeta Fuji had over 500.000 Fujifilm X100VI preorders in China only! Consider that Fuji officially said that they can produce 15.000 X100VI cameras per month. So it would take them 33 months to cover the reorders they have NOW in China only.

Even if Fuji will be able to increase production it will take them YEARS to fulfill the demand that is coming from all


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New kind on the block: Chinese manufacturer SG-IMAGE announced the 25mm /1.8 APS-C manual lens

SG-IMAGE announced this new 25mm f/1.8. The specs are:

  • 7 elements in 5 groups
  • 7 aperture blades
  • stepped aperture
  • minimum focusing distance of 0.25m
  • 43mm filter interface
  • all-metal lens body
  • weighs about 185 grams
  • Sony E, Nikon Z, Fuji X, Canon R, Canon M, M43, L mount.

No info on pricing yet.

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Today only you get the Rokinon 135mm f/1.8 FE lens for the lowest price ever at BHphoto ($599)

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Sony interview at the CP+ show: “We will be number one in 2024” and “From March 2024, α1, α9 III, α7 S III, and α7 IV will also support Creative Cloud”

The french magazine Phototrend interviewed Mr. Yu Takae, Senior Manager in charge of ILC product planning at Sony Corp. Here is a summary made by Asobinet (google translated):

How was Global Shutter developed? Will more Sony cameras be equipped with this type of global shutter sensor in the future?

  • Global shutter image sensors are already a mass-produced technology for industrial applications.
  • Most of our efforts were focused on product development that achieves high image quality with global shutter image sensors. This is a big difference compared to industrial

Interesting info about CFexpress 4.0: Cooling needed for data transfer and likely no camera will support it for the next 1-2 years

Back in autumn the CFexpress association announced the new 4.0 standard. As you know Current Type A cards used by Sony cameras have a read speed up to 900MB/s and a write speed up to 800MB/s. The new CFexpress 4.0 Type A cards (like the Lexar you see on top) use the new PCIe Gen 4 bus and features read speeds of up to 1800 MB/s and write speeds of up to 1650 MB


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