It’s official: Sirui joined the L-Mount alliance!

Sirui is the ninth company to have joined the L-mount alliance. Sirui writes:

We’re excited to announce that SIRUI has officially joined the Leica L-Mount Alliance! 🎉 As part of this prestigious group, we’re dedicated to working alongside alliance members to further expand the L-Mount lens ecosystem, offering more creative possibilities for photographers and filmmakers.
The first SIRUI autofocus lens to be offered in L-mount will be the full-frame Aurora 85mm f1.4. This will be joined by other SIRUI AF lenses later in the year. This will provide owners of L-mount cameras like the Panasonic LUMIX S5X II and S1R II, DJI Ronin 4D and Blackmagic PXYIS and Pocket Cinema Camera 6K with exciting new lens options.

Welcome to the club!

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Also thanks TechMixr

New Sigma 300-600mm f/4.0 reviews

300-600mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.

Darek Dariuszbres tested the Sigma 300-600m lens and concluded:

Technological masterpiece , a top-shelf telephoto lens, which includes 500 4 and 600 4 class primes. Bright, fast, sharp throughout the entire range, universal, giving plastic frames, stuffed with the latest technologies and… above average sexy!

And this is a review from Seth Miranda from Adorama:

Sigma preorder links:
300-600mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
16-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
Sigma BF L-mount camera at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.

Panasonic S1rII delivery start postponed to 31 March

The shipment start of the S1rII has been delayed to March 31 according to updated info at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. The reason is simple: Panasonic Japan explained it in an official statement released last week:

Thank you for your continued patronage of Panasonic products.

We have received many more pre-orders than we expected for the full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera LUMIX “DC-S1RM2,” scheduled for release in late March. As a result, some customers who have already pre-ordered may not be able to receive their product on the release date. In
addition, customers who pre-order in the future may have to wait some time after the product is released before receiving it. We
sincerely apologize to customers who have been looking forward to the product and to all other related parties for any inconvenience this may cause.

We will make every effort to deliver the product as soon as possible in order to meet our customers’ expectations, and we ask for your understanding.

This is good news for Panasonic, slightly less good news for those of you who have pre-ordered the camera.

DEAL REMINDER: Today is the last day where you get the Sandisk CARD for free when preording the S1rII at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama.

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Lumix S1rII: BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. Fotoerhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK. Clifton. ParkUK.

Sigma 16-300mm f/3.5-6.7 DC OS lens review by PetaPixel


16-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.

The new Sigma 16-300mm lens launch got a bit undermined by the gorgeous 300-600m launch and the curios BF camera. Chris from PetaPixel tested the E-mount version of this lens and concluded:

I expected the optical issues that are inherent to the design of a superzoom and despite them, still had a wonderful time traveling with the 16-300mm lens. All’s well that ends well when you go through your photos and treasure the results.

Sigma preorder links:
300-600mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
16-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
Sigma BF L-mount camera at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.

 

New Sigma BF review by Becca Versace…she loves the camera ;)

Sigma BF L-mount camera at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.

She enjoyed the camera so much that for her the BF stands for “Best Friend” 😉

Sigma preorder links:
300-600mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
16-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
Sigma BF L-mount camera at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.