Monthly Archives: March 2016

New Lomography prototype lens spotted in NYC

Couldn’t even explain this rubber banded nonsense if I wanted to… (But if you’re free some night this week, I’ve gotta shoot some portraits for a test 😜) A photo posted by Daniel Schaefer (@outlierimagery) on Mar 20, 2016 at 9:52am PDT NYC based photographer Daniel Schaefer posted on Instagram an image of a disguised […]

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Sony is exploring the split out of its imaging products division

In a new press release today Sony announced that they are “exploring” the split of their imaging products business into a new company just like they did with the Sony image sensor unit few months ago:

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Sigma MC-11 mount converter/lens adapter updates

Sigma Japan announced the shipping date for the new Sigma MC-11 mount adapter: April 22nd, 2016. The company also introduced new lens kits (35mm f/1.4 + MC-11 and 50mm f/1.4 + MC-11): Update – the new Sigma kits are now listed at B&H: Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens & TC-1401 1.4x teleconverter kit Sigma 150-600mm […]

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Third Olympus patent for a full frame mirrorless lens

Olympus filed a patent in Japan for a Zuiko 24mm f/1.4 full frame mirrorless lens. This is the third patent for a full frame mirrorless lens in the past few months, the previous filings were for: Olympus 35mm f/1.4 full frame mirrorless lens Olympus 28mm f/2 full frame mirrorless lens Next are the latest Canon patents:

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Nik Collection now available for free

Google announced that starting today the entire Nik Collection is available to anyone as a free download. Google will even refund the money for purchases made in 2016:

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Irix 11mm f/4 lens is coming next

Several readers who attended The Photography Show in the UK  have already reported in the comments section on NikonRumors that in addition to the 15mm f/2.4, Irix will soon announce also a new 11mm f/4 lens. Both lenses were on display during the show – see picture above (credit: Irix). Here are some additional pictures of the […]

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Fuji X-Pro 2 firmware update coming tomorrow, more Fuji lens rumors

Quick update on my Fuji post from few days ago: The Fuji X-Pro 2 firmware update is coming on March 24 and will address the reset issues, long exposure image quality and other minor bugs. In a recent interview with Imaging-Resource, Fujifilm’s general manager Toshihisa Iida indicated that a new long telephoto prime and something […]

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