Monthly Archives: December 2017

What else is new?

This week’s recap:

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Zeiss reports record revenue and earnings

Zeiss reported record revenue and earnings at their 2017 annual press conference: Double-digit revenue growth to EUR 5.348 billion EBIT increases to EUR 770 million Positive contribution from all segments Growth with leading-edge EUV technology ZEISS continues to focus on innovation, global investments and expansion From the press release:

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Sigma Art lens holiday sale back by popular demand

Sigma brought back their Black Friday lens deals: Sigma Art prime lenses: Sigma 14mm F1.8 DG HSM Art – $100.00 off Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG HSM Art – $100.00 off Sigma 24mm F1.4 DG HSM Art – $100.00 off Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC HSM Art – $50.00 off Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM Art – […]

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Here are the detailed Panasonic GH5s specifications

I just received the detailed specifications of the rumored Panasonic GH5s camera:

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What’s next?

Here is an updated list of all upcoming/rumored cameras and lenses:

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Adobe announced the December update to Lightroom

Today Adobe announced the December update to Lightroom with added support for: Sony A7R III Leica CL Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III Hasselblad A6D-100c Panasonic LUMIX DC-G9 Lightroom Classic CC now supports tethered capture with the Nikon D850 DSLR camera (additional information available here). A new version of Camera Raw was also released. An update […]

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Lytro could open source their light-field photo sharing platform

A quick update on my post from last week – Lytro is now considering to open source their light-field photo sharing platform:

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Cosina officially discontinues the Zeiss SLR Classic series of lenses

Cosina Japan officially announced that the following Zeiss SLR Classic series lenses have been discontinued: 2.8/15, 3.5/18, 2/25, 2/28, 1.4/35, 2/135. Several of the Zeiss Classic lenses are still available for sale in the US, some with a big discount – for example: the Zeiss 135mm f/2 Apo Sonnar T* lens is now $923 off, while the Zeiss […]

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Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 OS Sport and Sigma 70-200 f/4 OS Contemporary lenses rumored for 2018

Canonrumors reports that new Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 OS Sport and Sigma 70-200mm f/4 OS Contemporary lenses are rumored to be announced in early 2018. Sigma has been rumored for a while to introduce a new 70-200mm f/2.8 lens that will replace their current 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM version (see also this related patent). Like: Sigma Lens Facebook […]

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What else is new?

CononMark adds studio flash support for Pentax cameras Leica M-P Typ 240 “Canada Edition” now in stock The new Leica Q “Leica Store SF” limited edition camera is now in stock Iridient Developer 3.2.1 Released And On Sale December 14-28 The Fujifilm GFX is Incredibly Durable

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