Monthly Archives: June 2015

Hasselblad HV camera with 24-70mm lens is now $8,000 off

After the Stellar and Lunar massive price drops, it is now time to “fire sale” the Hasselblad HV camera – the 24-70mm kit version is currently $8,000 off! The just announced Lusso is next to get a huge price drop.

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Zeiss released additional information on their new Batis autofocus lenses for Sony full frame mirrorless cameras

Zeiss released additional information on their new Batis autofocus lenses for Sony full frame mirrorless cameras including sample photos, lens design graphs, MTF charts and brochures: Zeiss Batis brochure Zeiss Batis 1.8/85 brochure ($1,199) Zeiss Batis 2/25 brochure ($1,299) New Zeiss Batis videos:

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New Samsung NX1 and Pentax DSLR cameras price drop

Samsung NX1 camera is now $200 off at Adorama and B&H ($300 off for the 16-50mm f/2-2.8 S ED OIS lens kit). Big savings on Pentax cameras at Adorama (K-50 for $277.19, K-3 for $674.10, K-3 II for $987.26, K-S1 for $350.10, K-S2 for $627.26)

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Canon EOS 5DS DSLR camera now in stock

The 50MP Canon EOS 5DS DSLR camera is already shipping worldwide and is currently in stock at Adorama, Amazon and B&H. Additional information on the Canon EOS 5DS/R cameras can be found here. The unboxing video and few sample photos are available on flickr.

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Hasselblad Lusso is just another Sony rebadge

After the Stellar, Lunar, HV (Solar?) it seems that Hasselblad is still in the business of rebadging Sony products and selling them for ridiculous prices. The new Lusso is the company’s latest creation. You can find the camera’s manual here. I thought that with the last CEO change, Hasselblad will stop producing the “worst camera of the year”. The Lusso trademark […]

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Pricing and availability of the Sigma dp0 Quattro camera announced

Sigma announced the US pricing and availability of their dp0 Quattro camera (the version with the 14mm f/4 lens): shipping will start in late July for the street price of $999:

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Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens review

Will Chao (willchaophotography.com) will review the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens (currently $100 off) and compare it to the Canon 50mm f/1.2, Canon 50mm f/1.8 and the old Sigma 50mm f/1.4 lenses: Will Chao here, I am a wedding photographer in Melbourne. Welcome to my review of the Sigma 50mm F1.4 ART vs […]

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HD Pentax-D FA 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW lens delayed

Ricoh Japan announced a production delay for the HD Pentax-D FA 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens ($2,296.95) that was announced back in February. The lens was supposed to be available now, the new expected shipping date is fall of 2015.

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