Monthly Archives: May 2014

New Canon patents for 100-400mm and 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 lenses with diffractive optical element (DOE)

By PR admin | Published: May 24, 2014

A quick update to my last post: Canon filed new patents for a 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 and 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6 lenses with diffractive optical element (DOE). Via Egami

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The latest patents from Sigma and Olympus

By PR admin | Published: May 23, 2014

Sigma filed patents for several different lenses designed for APS-C based DSLR cameras: 18-35mm f/1.8, 15-30mm f/1.8, 17-35mm f/1.8, 16-50mm f/2.8 and 12-24mm f/2.8. Olympus filed a patent for a 12-150mm f/4-6.3 Micro Four Thirds lens with image stabilization (IS).

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Leica celebrates their 100 years anniversary and new headquarter with several new products

By PR admin | Published: May 22, 2014

To celebrate their 100 years anniversary and their brand new headquarter (Leitz Park) in Wetzlar, Leica Camera announced several new products today (including a new watch). For more details check LeicaRumors: New Leica Macro Elmar-M 90mm f/4 lens and Macro-M adapter announced Leica announced new special editions Leitz Park products Valbray and Leica present the EL1 […]

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Adobe working on a new touch-based Photoshop CC version for tablets

By PR admin | Published: May 20, 2014

\ Adobe is apparently working a new touch-based version of Photoshop CC specially designed for tablets:

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Rumored Fuji X30 camera with 1″ sensor to be announced soon

By PR admin | Published: May 20, 2014

Few days ago I posted about the Fuji X20 camera being listed as discontinued at B&H. The Chinese website xjrumo now reports that a new Fujifilm X30 camera with a 1″ sensor will be announced in the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more details.

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The cheapest full frame camera available today (new Sony a7 price drop)

By PR admin | Published: May 19, 2014

The price of the Sony a7 full frame mirrorless camera dropped by $200 today (after $200 instant savings, incl. free 32GB memory card and free hand grip strap, free shipping and 4% in rewards). This is the lowest price for a new full frame digital camera I have ever seen (the Nikon D610 still sells for around […]

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Updated Sony FE lens roadmap released

By PR admin | Published: May 19, 2014

Sony Japan released an updated Sony FE lens roadmap. Two new lenses were added: Vario-Tessar T* 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS (SEL1635Z) FE PZ 28-135mm f/4 G OSS (SELP28135G)

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 18, 2014

→ Tokina officially announced their AT-X 70-200mm f/4 PRO FX VCM-S lens. → Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens ($1,069.00) for Nikon mount is now shipping. → Nik Collection by Google revealed Analog Efex Pro v2. More info is available here. → The Fuji X20 camera is listed as discontinued at B&H → This new OTTO […]

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Sony RX100M3 camera and a7s pricing announced

By PR admin | Published: May 16, 2014

The Sony RX100M3 is now officially announced. The US price is $798 and the camera is now available for pre-order. Sample images can be found here. Sony also released the pricing of their a7s mirrorless camera (12MP, 4k video, high ISO of 409,600): $2498 (pre-order link). Sony RX100M3 main features: Bright, wide angle ZEISS® Vario-Sonnar T* […]

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What else is new: Adobe Cloud is down, Sony camera sales fall by a third

By PR admin | Published: May 15, 2014

We’re currently experiencing an outage affecting user’s ability to sign in to our services. We are working on a fix- stay tuned — Adobe Customer Care (@AdobeCare) May 14, 2014 → This is why the new Adobe Cloud subscription sucks. Read more about it here. → Sony camera sales fall by a third: “Camera sales – which include […]

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