"A reader just sent me this message. For privacy reason I removed the name
of the store which is one of the biggest in Europe:
I went into (Store name hidden) yesterday to test out a few FE lenses
yesterday and to pick me up a 16-35 f/4. He asked me if I didn’t mind
waiting a couple of months. I said explain.
That’s when he turned his till terminal screen to face me and asked if I
wanted the lens pion their incoming inventory list… It was the Sony FE 16-
35mm F/2.8. Naturally in response i said someone has mistyped put FE instead
of ‘A’ mount. He went off again, came back with management back-up and
stated its accurate even though they haven’t physically seen one yet.
He stated that because of their buying status with manufactures they get
wind of what’s coming and place their orders accordingly… This was one of
them and is due before Christmas…
So far we don’t know for sure what new zoom lens will be announced from
Sony. All we know is that Sony stated many times fast f/2.8 zooms are high
on their priority list. And the info coming in via anonymous sources seems
to confirm that they will make f/2.8 zoom of all their current FE zooms
whcih are the:
16-35mm f/4.0
24-70mm f/4.0
70-200mm f/4.0
Stay tuned on SAR!"
zz from SAR
