Monthly Archives: August 2014

Samyang to announce a new wide angle lens

By PR admin | Published: August 31, 2014

A quick update on my previous post: the latest Samyanag teaser is for a new wide angle lens (without AF) that should be announced in the coming days. This will be a”photo” lens and not a V-DSLR version.

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Up to $1,000 price drop on Canon lenses coming tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2014

Update: here is one link/page for all reduced Canon lenses from Adorama and the corresponding page from B&H. Tomorrow 26 different Canon lenses will get up to a $1,000 price drop. If the prices below are not live yet, check also Adorama and Amazon (update: there is also a new Canon mail-in rebate program): Primes $110 Price Drop on EF […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2014

→ This deal ends in 2 days: 50% off Topaz Adjust plugin (designed to make your photos pop) with coupon code “augadjust”. → Transcend SDHC and MicroSD memory cards on sale. → The black limited edition Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12mm f/2.0 MFT lens is now officially released. → Interfit announced a new Pro-Flash 360 […]

Posted in Nauticam, Olympus, Topaz Labs | 11 Comments

The new Sony ILCE-QX1: an APS-C based camera “compatible with E-mount lenses”

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2014

A listing on the Chinese website zol.com (screenshot above) indicates that the upcoming Sony ILCE-QX1 will be an APS-C based camera “compatible with E-mount lenses”. The QX1 was also described as “Digital camera / Interchangeable lens digital camera” in a recent trademark filing. The interesting part here is that the QX product line (Sony QX10 and QX100) are lens camera modules that attach […]

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Samyang’s new lens teaser: “prepare for more”

By PR admin | Published: August 29, 2014

After the 50mm f/1.5 AS UMC lens announcement, Samyang has a new teaser on their Facebook page with the text “Prepare for more”. I still believe that they will come up with a new line of AF lenses – I posted that online a while back, but I have not heard any updates since. Anyone […]

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Samsung NX1 camera teaser, updated rumored specifications

By PR admin | Published: August 29, 2014

Samsung published several teasers for the upcoming NX1 mirrorless camera (the image files are labeled with “NX1”). As expected, the oficial announcement will be for Photokina – most likely on September 15th. Update – here is an update list of Samsung NX1 camera specifications:

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Three new Canon lenses to be announced at Photokina

By PR admin | Published: August 29, 2014

There will be 3 new Canon lenses announced at Photokina: Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Canon EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM Via Digicame-info

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First picture and specs of the rumored Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2.0 Planar and 35mm f/2.0 Biogon full frame manual focus lens *UPDATED*

By PR admin | Published: August 28, 2014

As I previously reported, the first two Zeiss Loxia full frame manual focus lenses will be 35mm f/2 and 50mm f/2. Here is the first leaked picture of the Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2.0 Planar lens and the rumored specifications: Update – this is the Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2.0 Biogon full frame E-mount lens: Update – here […]

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