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Think Tank Photo announced a new Test Drive program and the release of a new version of its largest rolling camera case, the Logistics Manager 30. With the Test Drive program you get to try out any of Think Tank’s very popular Retrospective soft shoulder bags for 30 days for free. Currently they are also running free FedEx [...]

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Sigma 60mm f/2.8 DN lens pricing and availability announced

Sigma announced the US pricing and availability for their new 60mm F2.8 DN lens for mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras – shipping will start in mid-May for the street price of $239:

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Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM lens priced at $3,599, will start shipping in early May

Sigma officially announced the pricing and availability for their new 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM lens: shipping in the US will start in early May for $3,599. The new Sigma USB dock is priced at $59 and it will also start shipping in early May. Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM lens MTF charts: Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM [...]

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Sigma rumored to announce 135mm f/1.8 DG OS Art lens

In the past few months Sigma announced some very interesting lenses, including the world’s first f/1.8 zoom. CanonRumors reports that later this year the company will introduce also new Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG OS and 24mm f/1.4 DG Art lenses (the new Art line of Sigma lenses are designed to deliver the best image quality possible). An update for [...]

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Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens sample images

Many sample images taken with the new Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens can be found here. You can see also how the lens performs on a full frame DSLR camera (all images taken with Canon cameras).

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Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens officially announced

Sigma officially announced the previously rumored 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens:

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Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens leaked? *UPDATED*

The Czech website Digiarena published a picture of a soon to be announced Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens. No other details are available at that point. This of course could be just another late April’s fool joke. What do you guys think? Update: this may actually be true, here are some detailed specs on [...]

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Sigma Corporation announces pricing and availability for 30mm f/1.4 DC HSM, 30mm f/2.8 DN and 19mm f/2.8 DN lenses

Sigma Corporation announced today the pricing and availability for three out of the four new lenses that were announced in January this year - shipment will start this month with the following pricing: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC HSM lens: $499 Sigma 30mm f/2.8 DN lens: $199 Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN lens: $199

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Olympus XZ-10 and Sigma DP3 Merrill pricing, shipping dates announced

Olympus finally announced the XZ-10 for the US market with a price of $399 and March 22, 2013 shipping date. Here are the camera’s basic specs: 1/2.3″ CMOS 12MP back-illuminated sensor 5x optical zoom with 26-130mm f/1.8-2.7 lens 40% smaller than the XZ-2 Weight (including battery and memory card): 221 g Touch AF shutter control 920 000 dots [...]

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Japanese magazine Nippon Camera predictions for 2013

The Japanese Nippon Camera published their predictions for 2013. Similar to the article published by the Impress magazine few months ago, those forecasts are often based on information from rumors blogs:

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