Monthly Archives: February 2015

Three new companies join the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group, including the drone maker DJI

By PR admin | Published: February 12, 2015

Three new companies joined the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group – including the drone maker DJI that already produced several models with a 14MP, 1080p HD camera. Maybe we will see drones with MFT cameras in the future?

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Olympus E-M5 II camera now in stock

By PR admin | Published: February 11, 2015

The new Olympus E-M5 II is currently in stock at Amazon (via third party reseller, available also in silver). The Amazon listing also mentions the three upcoming Olympus MFT lenses: “Scheduled to arrive 2015 and onward are the M.ZUIKO Digital ED 7-14mm f/2.8 PRO, M.ZUIKO Digital ED 300mm f/4 PRO and M.ZUIKO Digital ED 8mm Fisheye […]

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Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens price announced, available for pre-order

By PR admin | Published: February 11, 2015

The price of the new Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens was just announced: $849. The lens is currently available for pre-order at B&H and Adorama and it comes in Nikon, Canon and Sigma mounts. Shipping will start on March 20th, 2015. Here are the basic lens specifications:

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Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary lens availability announced

By PR admin | Published: February 11, 2015

Sigma announced the availability of the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary lens: the Canon version will be available in March, 2015 and Nikon version in May 2015. No dates were given for the Sigma and Sony models. The new lens will be on display at the CP+ in Japan. The price is still not announced. The […]

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Tokina AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8 PRO FX lens officially announced

By PR admin | Published: February 11, 2015

Tokina officially announced the AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8 PRO FX lens (Aspherical, IF, full frame). Here are the lens specifications (no MTF charts or sample images were released):

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Deal of the day: $20 off TopazLabs ReStyle

By PR admin | Published: February 10, 2015

From February 10th-28th, Topaz Labs is running a promotion on their ReStyle plugin: you can get $20 off the original price of $59.99 (reducing the price to $39.99) with coupon code febrestyle. More info on Topaz ReStyle including some sample photos:

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The new Tokina AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8 PRO FX lens is coming soon

By PR admin | Published: February 10, 2015

Update: the Tokina AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8 PRO FX lens is now officially announced. The new Tokina AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8 PRO FX lens for DSLR cameras (Aspherical, IF, full frame) is already listed at B&H and is “coming soon”. I believe the official announcement will be today or tomorrow for the CP+ show. Prototype of this lens were on […]

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