Update: the Samsung NX1 is back in stock at B&H. It has been a slow dead: the Samsung NX1 camera is finally listed as discontinued at B&H (both the kit and body only listings). We never saw any significant price drops or discounts on the NX1. Adorama and Amazon still have the NX1 in stock for almost full […]
The semi-annual Sony Alpha lens sale started today. Here is the list of all discounted lenses:
Lomography has a new Kickstarter project for a Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art lens for Canon EF and Nikon F mounts: Lens technical information:
The EU price of the new Irix 15mm f/2.4 lens is now officially announced: 695 EUR for Irix Blackstone 475 EUR for Irix Firefly The company still doesn’t have US distributors, but expect the US pricing to be similar. Press release:
Lytro is no longer in the consumer photography business according to this lengthy post by the company’s CEO Jason Rosenthal. Lytro sees a future in virtual reality – they recently announced Lytro Immerge, the world’s first professional light field solution for cinematic VR (pictured above). The Lytro Illum lightfield camera currently sells for $379, while the […]
I received this email form the people behind the “The Ultimate Test of Lenses” crowdfunding campaign that just started (click on images for larger view):
The already rumored Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 camera is now officially announced (model GX80 in Japan). The US price is $797.95. Here are the basic specifications: 16MP Live MOS sensor Micro Four Thirds System 2.76m-Dot 0.7x electronic viewfinder 3.0″ 1.04m-dots tilting touchscreen LCD UHD 4K video recording at 30/24 fps ISO 25600 and 10 fps shooting with […]
Newegg is currently offering 25% off on select Sony, Fuji, Olympus, Canon, Nikon cameras and lenses with coupon code APRDCSALE00. This deal is valid till April 17th. Some of the eligible cameras are: Fuji X-T10 Fuji X-M1 Fuji X-Pro1 Fuji X30 Fuji X-E2 Olympus E-M5 Nikon Df Nikon D5500 Sony SLT-A99V See all eligible cameras […]
A quick update on the Hasselblad rumors I reported yesterday: there will be two new medium format cameras – H6D-50 and H6D-100, both with Sony CMOS sensor. The new Hassy cameras are going to be cheaper than the 100MP Phase One camera:
CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association) published their February 2016 report and camera shipments are down again compared to January 2016, February 2014 and February 2015 (orange: 2016, black: 2015, blue: 2014 click for larger view):
I already reported last week that in the next few days Panasonic will announce a new GX85 camera in the US (model GX80 in Japan). Here are leaked specifications (Google translation):
Hasselblad have scheduled an event in Berlin on April 15th that could be related to the rumors about a new H6D medium format camera. Here is a quote from the event description (Google translation):
