This picture on Fuji’s website appears to be the upcoming Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 R lens (35mm equivalent). The new lens will have a distance scale and 62mm filter thread. According to the latest roadmap, the 23mm f/1.4 lens is expected to be announced by the end of the year.
Fujifilm published an updated X-mount lens roadmap that includes a new XC 50-230mm f/4.5-6.7 OIS lens (75-350mm equivalent) that will start shipping by the end of the year. Fuji also officially released the latest firmware update that will introduce focus peaking for the X-Pro1 and X-E1 cameras
It seems that one of the Hasselblad Stellar websites I mentioned yesterday is already online for some regions. You can access it through this proxi (thanks Tinus). Additional screenshots:
The new leaked image of the Hasslblad Stellar shows that the camera will most likely come with a leather strap and a nice (wooden?) box. More images of the Stellar can be found here. There are also several domain names registered by an European company that contain the words “Hasslblad” and “Stellar”:
DxOmark tested the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM A lens for Canon mount ($799) and labeled it as the “best performing APS-C zoom”: “With the introduction of this model, Sigma has the best performing zoom of its type. The DxOMark score of 25 points puts well ahead of both the full-frame Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II […]
Polaroid Socialmatic camera, which was shown as a concept last year, will be priced at $299 and will run on Android OS. New Sony Xperia smart phone is rumored to have a 20MP camera sensor. Toshiba announced world’s fastest-writing SDHC memory cards with writing speeds of up to 240 MB/s and reading speeds of up to 260 MB/s.
Freestyle Photographic Supplies posted on their Facebook page a Fujifilm marketing bulletin announcing the discontinuation of Neopan 400 B&W and Provia 400X slide films. The Neopan 100 is the only remaining Fujifilm B&W film. For slide film your options are: Fujifilm Provia 100F, Velvia 100 and Velvia 50. You can stock up on the soon to be discontinued […]
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