Monthly Archives: April 2015

Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 lens officially announced

By PR admin | Published: April 16, 2015

Update: the lens is now available for pre-order at B&H. The Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 lens is now officially announced. The price is $799. Shipping will start in May, 2015. Here are the details:

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The latest firmware updates from Olympus, Pentax, Sony and Nikon

By PR admin | Published: April 16, 2015

Those are the latest firmware updates: Olympus released a new firmware update for the E-M5 II camera Pentax released firmware updates for the K-3, K-S2 and K-S1 cameras Sony released firmware update for the A7/A7R/A7S/A6000 cameras Nikon will offer firmware updates for the Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens and D4s, D810 and D750 cameras

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Fuji launches the Fujinon XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR lens

By PR admin | Published: April 16, 2015

The Fujifilm Fujinon XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR lens is now officially announced. The price is $999.95 (pre-order at B&H, Amazon and Adorama), shipping will start in May 2015. Additional information:

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New Pentax K-3 II DSLR camera coming soon

By PR admin | Published: April 15, 2015

A new Pentax K-3 II DSLR camera leaked on the Japanese website digicame-info. No other information is available, but the official announcement should be in the next few days and replace the current K-3 model.

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Is this the new Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 full frame lens?

By PR admin | Published: April 15, 2015

Update: the lens is now officially announced. I received those pictures of a new Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 full frame lens that could be what the Mitakon teaser on Facebook was about. Here are few additional details: Manual focus lens 9 elements in 6 groups, 2 ED elements Minimum focusing distance: 1m 11 blades aperture Available […]

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First Fuji Fujinon XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR lens review published online

By PR admin | Published: April 15, 2015

The first Fuji Fujinon XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR lens review got published online prematurely by fujilove.com and later removed but thanks to Google, you can read the cashed version here. The official announcement is tomorrow. Update: here is another review of the upcoming Fuji lens.

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What’s new at the 2015 NAB show?

By PR admin | Published: April 14, 2015

   → Blackmagic announced three new cameras with different mounts: URSA, URSA Mini ($2,995 – $5,495) and a new Micro cinema camera ($995-$1,295). → Panasonic announced new wearable POV action cam HX-A1 ($199.99). →New HDC-4300 camcorder from Sony. → Livestream Studio HD550 is a new compact all-in-one live production switcher. → Manfrotto Digital Director for iPad Air announced ($499.99). → New action […]

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