
This week’s recap from the rumors and addicts blogs:

A reader recently talked to a Sigma rep who unofficially confirmed that Sigma will not produce any Sony A-mounts lenses in the future. B&H currently lists 21 Sigma lenses for Sony A-mount. I was also told that Tamron may also stop releasing A-mount lenses unless that segment picks up (so far there is no A-mount version […]

A known clickbait site today “debunked” a “fake rumor” about a new Sony camera with a 36MP APS-C sensor. The only problem here is that this same site reported that exact same rumor last year, twice: So yea, don’t believe everything you read on the Internet, especially when it’s coming from clickbait sites with a well-established history […]

Update: the lens is now officially announced. This week a new German startup company will launch the pictured above C.P. Goerz Citograph 35mm f/8 lens on Kickstarter. From the leaked picture it appears that the lens will not have any focusing mechanism. The new lens will be available for almost all available mounts. Stay tuned for […]

A reader sent me this teaser that was posted on a Chinese message board – reportedly, this is a new full frame interchangeable lens camera from Sony that will be called a5 (I think the translation should be “world’s slimmest“). I would take this leak with a grain of salt – valid Sony rumors are really hard to come […]

→ After we had several new lenses introduced last week (Zeiss, Tamron, Sigma), we are getting ready for Canon’s big announcement next week – expect a new 6D Mark II, Rebel SL2 DSLR cameras and maybe a new EOS M mirrorless camera. → Sample photos from the Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art lens be […]

Samyang announced a new AF 35mm f/2.8 FE full frame autofocus mirrorless lens for Sony E-mount. This lens was first displayed at the 2017 P&I show in April. The US price of the new lens is $399, which is half price of the Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA lens. Update: the lens is now available […]