Monthly Archives: July 2015

Panasonic working on a light field camera with interchangeable lenses

  The Japanese website Sankeibiz reports that Panasonic has already developed a new light field camera (similar to Lytro) with interchangeable lenses. There is no word on what mount will be used, but Panasonic is expected to make an official announcement in 2016. Via digicame-info

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Another Fujifilm price increase on photographic film, some products will get discontinued

Fujifilm published another notice regarding their photographic film – the following products will get around 20% price increase in October, 2015: Size Price increases target type Color negative film 135 Fujicolor 100 135 Fujicolor SUPERIA PREMIUM 400 135 Fujicolor SUPERIA X-TRA 400 135 Fujicolor SUPERIA Venus 800 135 Fujicolor NATURA 1600 Lens with film 135 QuickSnap […]

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What else is new?

→ Amazon promises better deals on their “Prime Day” than on Black Friday. Check those pages on July 15th for more details: Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon Germany Amazon France Amazon Italy Amazon Spain → The Sigma dp0 camera is now in stock. → Pentax issued a service advisory for “power-off” issue when using the […]

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Canon 5DS and 5DS R cameras tested at DxOMark, compared with Nikon D810 and Sony a7R

DxOMark published their test results of the Canon 5DS and 5DS R cameras: One of the more interesting comparison is agains the Nikon D810 and Sony a7R cameras: Canon 5DS & 5DS R DxOMark’s conclusion:

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Canon celebrates the production of 110 million interchangeable EF lenses

Canon Celebrates Significant Milestone With Production Of 110 Million Interchangeable EF Lenses MELVILLE N.Y., July 8, 2015 – Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that its parent company, Canon Inc., will celebrate the achievement of a new lens-manufacturing milestone with the production of the Company’s 110-millionth EF-series interchangeable lens for […]

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First hands-on of the new Sigma 24-35mm f/2 DG HSM Art full frame lens with many sample photos

Herbert from d-pixx.de just informed me that he posted his preliminary hands-on of the new Sigma 24-35mm f/2 DG HSM Art full frame lens with 36 real-life pictures (taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera). The complete test/review will follow on Saturday. The US pricing of the lens is still not announced.

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Canon got a new wireless Speedlite 430EX III-RT flash

Canon announced a new wireless Speedlite 430EX III-RT flash and accessories. The new zoom flash has a compact body, built-in Catchlight panel, dot-matrix LCD and a Multi dial (guide number 141 feet, 24-105mm zoom). Here are the US prices: Canon Speedlite 430EX III flash: $299.00 Canon remote control adapter RA-E3: $39.95 Canon bounce adapter SBA-E2: $29.95 Canon color filter […]

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