7 Artisans 60mm F2.8 Macro II available on Amazon (and first review by SonyAlphablog)

The new 7Artisan 60mm f/2.8 Macro II APS-C E-mount lens is now available at Amazon US , Amazon DE , Amazon UK .

SonyAlphablog published the full lens review and concluded:

The 7 Artisans II is a significant upgrade from the 7Artisans 60mm F2.8 Macro in term of ergonomics, color rendition, level of Ca and flare but not very much in term of sharpness. Globally results are very good in macro but a bit less for portraits. The


First unboxing images of the new Laowa Argus 35mm f/0.95 II Full Frame E-mount lens

Here are the first unboxing images of the lens that will be announced very soon:

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Dave Holland shares pics of the Sony Pro Services at Tokyo 2020

Sony photographer Dave Holland shared a couple of pics of the Sony PRO Service at the Tokyo Olympics in this blog post (Click here) . And his Olympic images can be seen here: daveholland.ca/index

via Dpreview

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Sony Tidbits…


Today only: $90 off on the VILTROX AF 56mm f/1.4 E Lens for Sony E at BHphoto (and last day of the Luminar deal)


RUMOR: New II version of the current 24-70mm and 70-200mm GM lenses to be announced second half of this year

A source told me this:

New mark two versions of the 24-70 and 70-200 f/2.8 GM lenses are in the hands of artisans being tested. Look for announcement Q3-Q4 2021 and a release of Q4 2021-Q1 2022

Makes a lot of sense for Sony to update these lenses.

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Tamron 11-20mm F2.8 RXD Review by DpreviewTV

The new lens is now shipping out and mostly in Stock at BHphoto . Adorama . Fotokoch DE . Parkcameras UK .

Chris and Jordan tested the new lens:

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New Barner Valley bag with quick camera gear access on Kickstarter


Sigma 150-600mm FE lens will be announced on August 4th and start shipping out on August 27th

On August 4th Sigma will announce the new 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3 lens. The latest info from Nokishita says this lens will start to ship out on August 27th.

Specs:

  • lens configuration of 25 elements in 15 groups
  • minimum shooting distance of 58cm-280cm
  • maximum shooting magnification of 1: 2.9 (at 180mm), and 9 aperture blades (at 180mm).