New Sony f/2.8 FE Lenses Coming Soon?

We already reported that Sony will make a surprising announcement soon. The details are still unknown, but it seems to be E-mount related.

According to the latest rumors from SAR, Sony will announce the very first f/2.8 FE zoom lenses just after the Sony A68 announcement (scheduled for November 5th). So, does this mean that we will see the Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 FE lens and Sony 24-70mm FE GM lens.

The news we can confirm now are:

1. The new Sony A68 APS-C A-mount camera will be shown by Sony at Salon de la Photo in Paris (November 5-9). And the shipping is scheduled to start in Early 2016.

2. Sony will add additional 8 new lenses to its FE full frame lineup by early 2016.

The latest rumors:

1. Sony A6000 successor will be announced in mid November, 2015.

2. Sony f/2.8 FE Lenses Coming! Just after the Sony A68 announcement. One of the upcoming FE Lenses should be the 70-200mm f/2.8 FE lens.

Stay tuned for more info.

Reminder: $170 off! The new Sony A6000 with 16-50mm Lens is on sale at Amazon US for $628 as the very first (and very early) Black Friday deals. And all the different kit version are selling so well that they are all on top of the Mirrorless camera sales ranking.

Sony A6000 with 16-50mm Lens: $628 at Amazon.

Currently, there are 15 Sony FE lenses in the market.

Prime Lenses:

  • Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 (B&H)
  • Sony FE 28mm f/2 (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA (Amazon | B&H)
  • Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA (Amazon | B&H)
  • Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA (Amazon | B&H)
  • Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 (B&H)
  • Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS (Amazon | B&H)

Zoom Lenses:

  • Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE PZ 28-135mm f/4 G OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE 70-200mm f/4.0 G OSS (Amazon | B&H)
Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 G SSM II Lens (A-mount)

via: SAR

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