Monthly Archives: September 2014

Sigma to announce new 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM and 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM lenses

Sigma will soon announce a new 150-600 mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM lens. Here are the diffraction, distortion and vignetting graphs:

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This is the new Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 lens

I have ben reporting rumors on the Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 lens since February 2013 and now we finally have the first picture of the new lens courtesy of digicame-info. The official announcement will be on September 8th. The US price will be $4,500.

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Fuji to announce a new X100T camera, Fujinon XF 50-140mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR and XF 56mm f/1.2 R APD lenses for Photokina

For the 2014 Photokina show Fuji is rumored to announce a new X100T camera (previously leaked by David Hobby) and two XF lenses: Fujinon XF 50-140mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R APD (an upgrade to the current XF 56mm f/1.2 R lens) Via Digicame-info

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RED rumored to enter the still photography camera market

This is an interesting rumor from – RED could enter the still photography camera market:

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New: SLR Magic HyperPrime Cine 10mm T2.1 lens and 77 ND 0.4-ND 1.8 filter

SLR Magic expands its Micro Four Thirds lineup with new HyperPrime CINE 10mm T2.1 wide angle lens. They also announced a new 7 ND 0.4-ND 1.8 filter. Check availability at B&H. Additional information:

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Confirmed: new Zeiss Otus 85/1.4 and Distagon 35/1.4 ZM lenses to be announced

A quick update to my earlier post – Zeiss will announce at least two more new lenses at Photokina: Zeiss Otus 85/1.4 (ZE, ZF.2 mounts) Zeiss Distagon 35/1.4 ZM (Leica M mount) Stay tuned for additional details. Update: here is the first picture of the new Otus 85/1.4.

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Deal of the day: instant rebate on many Pentax lenses

For the next few days Pentax is offering significant instant rebates on several of their lenses. For more information, check Adorama and B&H – many of the listings also offer free 2 days shipping and 4% back in rewards.

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Zeiss updated their Photokina teaser – more lenses to come

Zeiss updated their Photokina teaser – we can now clearly see the two Loxia lenses that were already announced. There are at least two more lenses that are yet to be unveiled. I believe at least one of them will be a new 85mm f/1.4 Otus lens (a new 24mm f/1.4 Otus is also a possibility). Zeiss may also introduce their […]

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