Monthly Archives: February 2014

Images from the 2014 CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan

The 2014 CP+ expo is now over. Here are few pictures from the show courtesy of Glenn (see also his flickr stream):

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Pentax 645D II specifications and price report from CP+

DC.Watch published another report from the CP+ show in Japan on the specifications and price of the new Pentax 645D II medium format camera:

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First pictures of the Hasselblad H5D-50c camera

DC.Watch spotted the 50MP Hasselblad H5D-50c medium format camera on display at the 2014 CP+ show in Japan. The official release should be in March:

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Tamron planing to announce a new wide angle zoom and a standard zoom lenses

In addition to the recently announced 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD (Model A010) and 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO (model B016) lenses, Tamron is also planning to introduce two “strategic new products”: a wide zoom and a standard category zoom lenses. This information was published in the company’s 2013 financial report that can be downloaded here.

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Fuji X-mount “lens cap” lens

Some new products from Fujifilm were on display at the CP+ show in Japan (no official announcement yet). The first one is a tele conversion lens for the X100 and X100s cameras that will turn the fixed 23mm lens into 35mm (50mm equivalent). Fuji already has a wide conversion lens (WCL-X100). The second new product is […]

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What else is new?

→ Sandisk announced world’s fastest SD card with up to 250MB/s write speeds for continuous burst mode shooting and transfer speeds of up to 280MB/s. The new SanDisk Extreme PRO SD UHS-II card is UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) enabled, a new specification allowing for high-quality 4K video recording. → All current deals and rebates can be found […]

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Cosina announced Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f/0.95 type II lens

  Cosina officially announced the Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f/0.95 Type II lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. The new lens has a stepless aperture ring (this seems to be the only difference from the current version). Here are the detailed specifications:

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