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There are rumors floating around that Tamron may announce a third product next week in addition to the two rumored lenses. Check the discussion over at CanonRumors.
The latest patent applications from Japan: → Canon EF-S 18-100mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens patent designed for APS-C DSLR cameras → Canon has a patent for 120x lens zoom (9-1080mm f/1.8-5.6 designed for a 2/3″ sensor) → Another recent Canon patent describes a new way to compensate for the image quality degradation in cameras with pellicle/translucent mirror
In addition to the 50-100mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art and 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary lenses, next week Sigma will also announce a new Canon EF and Sigma SA to Sony E-Mount lens adapter called MC-11 that will be 100% compatible with AF and metering. Sigma is preparing new firmware updates for the 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS […]
Sigma 50-100mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art Lens construction: 21 elements in 15 groups Three FLD, one SLD elements, one high-refractive-index high-dispersion glass, three high refractive index SLD glass Filter size: 82mm Shortest focusing distance: 95cm Maximum magnification: 1: 6.7 Total length: 170.7mm Maximum diameter: 93.5mm Weight: 1490g Aperture blades: 9 (circular aperture) New thinned ultrasonic motor Inner focus, […]
The small Chinese company Anhui Changgeng Optical Technology Company Limited, better known as Venus Optics has already announced several niche, highly specialized lenses: Laowa 60mm f/2.8 Macro 2:1, a lens for extreme close-ups Laowa 15mm f/4 Shift Macro 1:1, a wide angle macro lens with shift capabilities Laowa STF 105mm f/2 (T/3.2), a portrait lens with an […]
One of the lenses on the Tamron teaser I posted about few days ago will be a new SP 85mm f/1.8 Di VC USD and will be available in Nikon, Canon and Sony mounts (via Digicame-info). There is already a patent for a Tamron SP 85mm f/1.4 Di VC USD lens. The second lens that will be announced on February […]
Canon EOS 80D DSLR Camera Price : $1,199 (available for pre-order) New AF System and Dual Pixel CMOS AF The 45-point all cross-type viewfinder AF system in the new Canon EOS 80D DSLR camera, compared to 19-points in the Canon EOS 70D DSLR camera, is now wider both horizontally and vertically for easier compositions with off-center […]
