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What 3rd party lenses are available for Sony Mirrorless (October 2018)

I've been looking for a few small but sharp lenses for a travel kit for my Sony A7r IIs. Finding what's out there was surprisingly hard. The criteria for my search: 3rd party (non Sony branded) Native mount (no adapters) Autofocus and fully electronically compatible Full Frame So here's what I found: Rokinon/Samyang 14mm f2.8 24mm f2.8 35mm f2.8 24mm f1.4 35mm f1.4 50mm f1.4 Sigma 14mm f1.8 "Art" 20mm f1.4 "Art" 24mm f1.4 "Art" 50mm f1.4 "Art" 70mm f2.8 Macro"Art" 85mm f1.4 "Art" 105mm f1.4 "Art" 135mm f1.8 "Art" (also announced but not yet available 28mm & 40mm f1.4 "Art" lenses) Tamron   28-75mm F/2.8 "Di III RXD a036" Tokina 20mm f2 Firin Zeiss 16-35mm Vario-Tessar T* ZA 18mm f2.8 "Batis" 24-70mm f2.8 Vario-Tessar T* ZA 25mm f2 "Batis" 35mm f1,4 "ZA Distagon T* FE" 50mm f1,4 "ZA Planar T* FE

Frugal Photo Friends Newsletter (Edition 1, 17 October 2017)

Just wanted to let you all know of a fun resource for creative stuff including photo related items..... In Oakland there's a place called the  East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse . There's usually a little bit of photo related sludge in a designated area, but also interspersed throughout the jumbles of  junk   treasures. On my last visit I picked up: a mostly full case (500x) of those  old airmail envelopes   a few dozen sheets of  letraset a bunch of 35mm and 4x5 negative sleeves (ca. 50-100) various laser labels a seemingly unused cable release (for conventional film cameras) a couple of old maps a roll of old Kodachrome (I know I can't develop it!)  multi-colored sheet feed paper for impact printer (dot matrix) and some other miscellany.  Box of Misc Crap in the "Camera Corner" (not really in a corner, and not all cameras) In the end it  all fit in a medium size moving box and cost about $28 out the door. There were a few 35mm SLRs