→ The first Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L lens reviews are already out: Petapixel | Lensrentals | Northlight-images. → B&H has an EDU Advantage online store that provides discounts for students and educators. → The Samsung NX500 has a new firmware update version 1.0 (the camera is not available yet). → Lomography has a new Lomo’Instant Boston Edition camera that comes with three lenses […]
→ Tamron and Sony filed a join patent for a 35mm f/2.8 full frame lens. → The first 100x zoom lens is patented by Canon: 3-300mm f/1.8-9 IS.
In a recent interview with dpreview, Sigma’s CEO Kazuto Yamaki confirmed that they have plans to make lenses for Sony FE mount – “we’d either make a F1.4, or something different” referring to the Sony 55mm f/1.8 lens:
Kowa announced the UK pricing of their Prominar Micro Four Thirds lenses: Kowa Prominar MFT 8.5mm f/2.8/T3.0: £1049 Kowa Prominar MFT 12mm f/1.8/T1.9: £829 Kowa Prominar MFT 25mm f/1.8/T1.9: £749 The Kowa Prominar MFT lenses are already available on eBay. Additional information:
Sonny officially announced four new full frame FE lenses and two teleconverters. Key features & specifications SEL35F14Z SEL90M28G SEL24240 SEL28F20 35mm equiv. focal length (when attached to APS-C body) 52.5mm 135mm 36-360mm 42mm Max. magnification ratio (x) 0.18 1.0 0.27 AF =0.13x MF =0.16x Min. focus 0.3m 28cm 0.5m (Wide) – 0.8m (Tele) AF = […]
Sigma published some sample images from the new Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens on their blog. The latest Art lens is expected to start shipping on March 15th according to Adorama or on April 20th according to B&H. Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens sample images:
Other current deals: → $100 off all Zeiss lenses (including Otus and ZM product lines) → WPPI special from B&H → Panasonic FT5 waterproof camera for $197 (original 297.95) → Profoto B1 500 AirTTL flash is now $100 off → Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 lens is now $100 off → Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 lens is now $270 off → […]
→ New Profoto B2 off-camera flash system announced (check price and availability at B&H). → A new Leica Q Typ 116 camera is coming soon. → Tokina to launch a new water dispersing filter coating. → New software released for Fuji shooters: Tethered Capture Plug-in for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom RAW File Converter EX 2.0 → Fuji USA announced […]
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