Monthly Archives: June 2016

Update on the rumored M-mount camera with CCD sensor

By PR admin | Published: June 21, 2016

Another update on the rumored M-mount camera with CCD sensor in case you are not following LeicaRumors: prosophos.com published new sketches of the camera with some additional information:

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Sony’s warning on third-party firmware hacks

By PR admin | Published: June 21, 2016

Sony Japan confirmed in a statement that any third party hacks performed on their cameras will automatically void the warranty (Google translation):

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List of upcoming announcements/rumored cameras and lenses

By PR admin | Published: June 20, 2016

Here is a quick recap on what new cameras and lenses to expect in the next few days and months before the 2016 Photokina show: Hasselblad mirrorless medium format camera (announcement on June 22nd). Fuji X-T2 camera (announcement on July 7th). Olympus E-PL8 camera (no release date yet – the official announcement got delayed because of the recent […]

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New Meyer-Optik titanium and gold plated limited edition Trioplan f2.8/100 lenses

By PR admin | Published: June 20, 2016

Meyer-Optik announced a new limited editions of the Trioplan f2.8/100 lens to commemorate their 100 year anniversary.  Only 100 titanium and 10 gold plated lenses will be available:

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Second teaser released for the upcoming Hasselblad mirrorless medium format camera

By PR admin | Published: June 20, 2016

Hasselblad released a second teaser for the upcoming Hasselblad mirrorless medium format camera. Here is the first teaser from few days ago:

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Four new Canon lens patents

By PR admin | Published: June 20, 2016

Here are some of the latest Canon lens patents filed in Japan: → Canon EF 11mm f/4L USM lens → Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 DO lens

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: June 19, 2016

Updated Pentax K-mount lens roadmap Phottix Odin II for Sony Now Shipping Pentax film duplicator 4×5 announced Olympus m43 Cameras Disassembled

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More on the upcoming Hasselblad mirrorless medium format camera

By PR admin | Published: June 17, 2016

Next week (June 22nd at 14:00 CET) Hasselblad will announce a new mirrorless medium format camera that will have the same 50MP sensor/platform as the CFV-50C digital back. The new camera will be compatible with the existing Hasselblad medium format lenses.

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New Hasselblad mirrorless camera to be announced on June 22nd at 14:00 (CET)

By PR admin | Published: June 17, 2016

A quick update to my last post about the upcoming Hasselblad camera – the official announcement will be on June 22nd at 14:00 (CET). You can see part of the camera in the attached screenshot above. The camera was described to me as mirrorless, “very special”, “beautiful”, with an unusual aspect ratio. You can watch […]

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Hasselblad rumored to announce a new camera next week

By PR admin | Published: June 17, 2016

Next week (on June 22nd or the 23rd) Hasselblad is rumored to announce a new camera. I got this information from two different sources and I am now trying to get more details about this new camera. Update #1: a reader sent me the link to this 50MP CCD full frame sensor. Update #2: New Hasselblad […]

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