Monthly Archives: September 2016

Specifications of the three new Olympus MFT lenses

The detailed specifications of the upcoming three Olympus MFT lenses leaked online. Expect the official announcement in the next few days. A detailed list on what to expect from Olympus at Photokina can be found in this post. Here are the specs:

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Venus Optics unveil the world’s fastest Laowa 15mm f/2 lens (Sony E-mount) and the world’s widest 7.5mm f/2 lens (MFT)

Venus Optics announced the world’s fastest Laowa 15mm lens for Sony full frame E-mount camera and the world’s widest Laowa f/2 lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. Additional information and technical specifications:

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Leaked: Leica Sofort instant camera

In two days Leica is rumored to announce a new instant camera called “Sofort” based on the popular Fuji Instax platform. This is what we know so far: The camera can work with regular Fuji Instax film. Lens: Auto-Hektor 1:12,7/60mm lens (34mm equivalent on 35mm film) Three focusing zones: Macro (no distance in the info) / […]

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Tokina FíRIN 20mm f/2 FE MF full frame lens for Sony E-mount officially announced

Tokina announced the previously leaked FíRIN 20mm f/2 FE MF full frame lens for Sony E-mount. Shipping is scheduled to start in first quarter of 2017. US pricing is not yet available. Here are the details:

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Zeiss teaser for a new lens to be announced at Photokina

Zeiss has a new teaser on their Facebook page about a new lens being announced at Photokina: Update: the new Zeiss lens will be Loxia 2.4/85.

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Canon EF-M 18-150mm IS STM and EF 70-300mm IS II USM lenses leaked online

Together with the EOS M5 mirrorless camera, Canon will also announce two new lenses. First the specs and pictures of the Canon EF-M 18-150 IS STM:

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Primoplan 75/f1.9 is another Meyer-Optik lens on Kickstarter

So there were two new Meyer-Optik lenses on that teaser after all – the company just announced today a second lens, the Primoplan 75/f1.9, that will join the Primoplan 58/f1.9 on Kickstarter: Additional infromation:

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Samyang announces 14mm f/2.4 and Samyang 85mm f/1.2 “Premium” manual focus lenses

Samyang announced two manual focus photo lenses from their new “Premium” product line designed for high resolution photoshoots:

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