WILD RUMOR: Tamron 18-300mm APS-C E lens to be coming soon?

Preorders: 11-20mm E at BHphoto . Adorama . Fotokoch DE . Parkcameras UK .

We just got that very nice new Tamron 11-20mm f/2.8 APS-C lens from Tamron. And it looks like we might get another APS-C zoom lens soon. A source told me this:

there will be an new Tamron 18-300mm lens for Sony APC in the near future. i have already seen sample lenses.

Sounds like a great


Sony Europe launches the up to 400 Euro cashback

European readers can enjoy this cashback:

In Germany at Fotokoch and Calumet .
In UK at ParkCameras and Wexphotographic .
In the Netherlands at Calumet .

The strange thing is that Amazon offers it’s own cashback offer on Sony cameras. Here is how to find the deals:
On this Amazon DE page watch for the products marked with “Amazon.de-Aktionsgutschein”
On this Amazon UK page watch for the products marked with “Save xxx with voucher”
On this Amazon FR page watch for the products marked with “É


Sony Electronics Announces New Airpeak S1 Professional Drone

This drone costs $9,000 and will be soon be available for preorder at BHphoto .

Videos:

Press text:

SAN DIEGO, CA – June 9, 2021 – Sony Electronics Inc. today announced their first-ever professional drone, the “Airpeak S1” [i] .  An introductory model in the new Airpeak line, the S1 is the world’s smallest [ii] drone that can be equipped with a full-size mirrorless interchangeable-lens Alpha camera, opening

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Sony Electronics Launches Nationwide ‘Create Action’ Initiative to Support Local Non-Profit Organizations

Sony Electronics Launches Nationwide ‘Create Action’ Initiative to Support Local Non-Profit Organizations:

SAN DIEGO, CA – Jun 9, 2021 – Sony today announced the launch of ‘CREATE ACTION’, a new $1 million grant program designed to support underserved, underrepresented communities by amplifying the efforts of local, non-profit organizations embedded within these communities. This program is part of Sony’s broader social justice efforts, with funding sourced from the company’s Global Social Justice Fund .

Why CREATE ACTION


Sigma CEO says we should expect more lenses like the 100-400mm FE

Sigma CEO Yamaki said in a Dpreview interview :

We need to develop more super telephoto zoom lenses for mirrorless in the future. We already have the 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary. There are relatively few lenses of this type in the market for mirrorless, so we’d like to introduce such lenses soon.

And:

From a business perspective, Canon EF mount and Sony E-Mount. In terms of revenue and volume. However, the sales


CIPA data for April: System camera sales nearly twice as much as in April 2020

It was hard to make it worse than in 2020.  Still we are way under the 2019 performance. For now the 10 year long downtrend has been stopped and we have to see if in the next years the market will definitely stabilize.

Dear Sony, just give us a proper A7000, A7IV and we will make sure those shipment numbers will go up ;)

Source CIPA

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WILD RUMOR: First specs of the new 100mm f/1.4 GM?

I still got no confirmation from trusted sources that the rumors FE 100mm f/1.4 GM is a real deal. All I got is this from a new source:

100/1.4 gm come with quad xd motors / super ed + xa *3 + super ed *1 / nano ar ii / 82mm / 875g

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