Zeiss will announce a new OTUS Full Frame lens series on February 25
Zeiss posted a second teaser for an announcement happening on February 25. Like I told you last week I am near certain we are getting a newly designed OTUS series for Full Frame mirrorless system cameras. This will certainly include the E-mount, but I’m not sure if there will also be an L-mount version. As these could be manual focus lenses…. there’s a good chance they will!
The original OTUS series for DALR cameras had four lenses:
It is possible that Zeiss will keep the same basic specifications but make the lenses much more compact.
Meike will soon announce a new 35mm f/1.8 Pro L-mount lens
Meike currently offers two PRO E-mount lenses, the 55mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/1.8 L-mount. There is now a third lens coming. Meike global confirmed via chat (Source: Reddit) that they will launch the 35mm f/1. 8 Pro L-mount lens at the Cp+ show:
Sigma officially teases the launch of new products at CP+
Sigma Japan has officially confirmed that they will be launching new products at the CP+ show. They have released the list of their events and it includes the following:
- February 27th 14:00-14:45 … “Behind the Scenes of SIGMA Product Development” SIGMA Development Staff #Product Development
- February 28th 12:00-12:45 … “A little bit from Ozone” Yasuhiro Ozone (SIGMA employee) #Product development
- March 1st 12:00-12:45 … “Content TBD” Kazuto Yamaki (SIGMA Representative)
- March 1st 16:10-16:50 … “About SIGMA’s new products” U-Tobi #NewProducts
Two products are “rumored” for now:
- Full release of the previously teased Sigma 28-45mm T2 Cine L mount lens (listed here at BH).
- New Sigma 800mm f/6.3 E and L-mount lens
But maybe something completely different is coming? Sigma CEO Yamaki has promised that this year they will be launching a telephoto lens that nobody has dared to try before!
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7Artisans 50mm f/1.8 AF lens announced and available on Amazon
The 7Artisans 50mm f/1.8 AF L-mount lens has been announced today and it’s already in Stock at Amazon.
Panasonic S1 officially labelled as ‘discontinued’ in Japan
Asobinet reports that major Japanese retailers have labelled the Lumix S1 as ‘no longer available’. This is no surprise…. the real question is whether Panasonic will announce a new S1II in the near future…
Zeiss will launch a new Full Frame lens series for mirrorless system cameras
After posting this video on SAR I received an update from a source confirming that Zeiss will be launching a new series of full frame lenses for mirrorless cameras at the Cp+ show. The source has not yet been able to confirm whether this series will also include the L-mount. But I hope to get more information on this soon.
If these lenses are manual focus like the original Otus series for Nikon F/Canon EF, it should not be too much of an effort for Zeiss to make them in a native version for the L-mount.