Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Lens and Silver Sony a6300 Announced

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Sony today officially announced the new 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS APS-C E-mount lens and the silver version of Sony a6300.

Preorders start at 11am ET, Wed Jan 10:

Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Lens: $598 at B&H.

Silver Sony a6300: $898 at B&H.

Press Release:

Sony Adds High Magnification, High Quality 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 APS-C Zoom Lens to E-mount Lens Line-up

Sony, a worldwide leader in digital imaging and the world’s largest image sensor manufacturer, today announced its 46th E-mount lens. This new APS-C lens features a versatile 18-135mm focal length, aperture range of F3.5-F5.6 And Optical SteadyShot™ stabilisation.

The new lens (model SEL18135) features a compact, lightweight design measuring only 67.2mm x 88mm and weighing in at a mere 325g, as well as a high magnification 7.5x optical zoom that covers the wide-ranging focal length of 18-135mm on APS-C or 27-202.5mm in 35mm equivalent focal length. The lens is an ideal fit for Sony’s popular APS-C sensor cameras including a6500, a6300 and a6000, and is an extremely useful tool for a wide range of shooting situations ranging from daily life to portraiture, landscape, nature and travel photography.

The E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS produces outstanding corner-to-corner sharpness throughout the entire zoom range thanks to its advanced design featuring one aspherical lens and two Extra-low Dispersion glass elements that minimise aberrations. This lens also allows photographers to produce close-up images with pleasing ‘bokeh’ or background defocus as a result of its maximum magnification ratio of 0.29x and minimum focus distance of 0.45m. It also offers built-in optical image stabilisation to support handheld shooting.

Additionally, the 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 Zoom lens offers fast, precise, quiet AF performance thanks to a linear motor, making it a perfect complement to the high speed shooting and impressive video capabilities of many of Sony’s mirrorless cameras.

Pricing and Availability

The SEL18135 will be available in Europe in February 2018, priced at approximately €650.

Sony a6300 Now Available in Silver

Also announced today, Sony will be releasing a new silver colour option for the popular α6300 camera. The sleek new silver camera body will be available in February 2018 at select retailers.

Via: Sony EU