Sharif Abdou wrote:
The Indiegogo campaign is live. The early-bird price is $69, instead of the $99 full price. I've never backed any Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign, seems like a recipe for disappointment. But I went for it. For $69 it's worth a shot. Lens ships in October.
Nice, thanks for letting us know. I just bought one as well. It came out to something like $85 but I assume that's due to taxes.
Sonyalpharumors already published a review (and then hid it a couple of hours later). Some guy read it and said the lens supposedly has excellent sharpness at least in the center of the frame. Colors and rendering was apparently pretty good too.