Monthly Archives: February 2011

Samyang 35mm f/1.4 lens to be released in March, possibility for a new tilt-shift lens

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2011

Samyang announced on Facebook that the new 35 mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens will start shipping next month (March, 2011):

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Fuji X100 hands-on (video)

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2011

Hands-on video review of the Fuji X100:

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Tamron patents image stabilizing teleconverter

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2011

Tamron filed a patent for a teleconverter with a built-in image stabilization. This will allow to add image stabilization to any existing/old lens by just adding this teleconverter. The teleconverter range was listed as x0.9 – x1.5. The patent describes also a switch that can turn on/off the image stabilization. Update: this patent was filed back in [...]

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Canon will not be part of Focus on Imaging show in the UK

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2011

AP reported today that Canon has pulled out of the biggest UK photography show Focus on Imaging that will take place in Birmingham (March 6-9, 2011). If I remember correctly, Canon also did not take part of PMA show in the US last year. The future of those photography shows doesn’t look very bright since [...]

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Samsung makes five NX lenses official

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2011

After the leak from last week, today Samsung officially announced the five new NX lenses: Samsung 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 ED OIS Samsung 16mm f/2.4 Samsung 60mm f/2.8 Macro ED OIS SSA Samsung 85mm f/1.4 ED SSA Samsung 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 OIS Press release:

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