Monthly Archives: February 2013

Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 1,4/55: “the best fast 50mm ever”

Carl Zeiss published a new interesting video on their upcoming Zeiss Distagon T* 1,4/55 lens which is supposed to be “the best fast 50mm ever”. The lens is specially designed for high resolution, full frame DSLR cameras and is expected to costs around 3,000 EUR. The new Distagon will be available in both Nikon and Canon mounts. Some more images of […]

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Olympus ensures again that they are committed to DSLR cameras

After several Japanese websites reported that Olympus will be scaling back their investments in future DSLR cameras and concentrate on mirrorless products, Olympus Japan published a statement denying the withdrawal from the DSLRs market. The truth is that the Olympus E-5 DSLR camera was announced in 2010 and has not been refreshed yet. Olympus have indicated on several occasions that […]

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2013 NAB show: new Canon and Leica products

For the 2013 NAB show, Leica is expected to announce new line of Summicron-C cinema prime lenses which will be priced under the current Summilux-C series. Canon is rumored to announce a new cinema camera that will be placed between the EOS C100 and EOS C300 models and it will be available with both PL […]

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Samyang 50mm f/1.2 lens on the roadmap for 2014

Few weeks ago Samyang confirmed that they are working on a new 50mm lens. In a recent post on their Facebook page Samyang Asia mentioned that a new 50mm f/1.2 lens is on their roadmap for 2014. The lens will be available in Canon, Nikon and Sony mount.

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The latest savings on photo gear

Those are the latest savings on Fujifilm camera and lenses from B&H. The Bower 24mm f/1.4 wide angle lens for all mounts is now $200 off: $499 vs. the regular $699.

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What else is new?

New book from White Knight Press: Photographer’s Guide to the Panasonic Lumix LX7 (available also for Kindle). Nauticam announced NA-NEX6 underwater housing for the Sony NEX-6 camera. Specifications: Depth Rating: 100m Dimensions: 183mm x 133mm x 81mm Weight: 0.88 kg (1.9 lbs.) Model Number: 17407 USA Retail Price: $1650 Estimated shipping date: 15 Feb, 2013

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The latest patents from Konica Minolta, Sony, Canon and Olympus

Konica Minolta patented (2013-15778) 12-42mm f/3.5-5.6 lens designed for Micro Four Thirds sized sensors. Another patent (2013-25202) describes a several other lenses for MFT: 26mm f/1.8, 19mm f/2.8, 17.5mm f/2.8, 16.6mm f/2.8; for APS-C: 23mm f/2.8, 18.7mm f/2.819.6mm f/2.8 and even a 28.7mm f/2.6 full frame lens. Sony filed patents 2013-15712 and 2013-15713 for a 100mm […]

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The upcoming Sony a58 camera will have a new 20MP APS-C sensor

Some more details emerge on the upcoming Sony products: Sony SLT-A58 (α58), new 20MP APS-C sensor, priced around $600 Sony NEX-3N, 16MP, priced around $500 Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 lens (SAL50F14Z), priced around $1,500 (pictured here) Sony 18-55mm II lens for A-mount (SAL18552), priced around $220 Sony 70-400G f/4.5-5.6 II lens (SAL70400G2), priced around $2,200 (previous version […]

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