Monthly Archives: April 2018

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: April 19, 2018

The 2018 TIPA and EISA awards are out Imaging Resource visits Nikon’s Hikari glass factory Capture One 11.1 released with support for more Leica cameras and lenses Imaging Resource CP+ interview with Ricoh: “We would like to concentrate on the camera with prism”

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Several new Laowa lenses to be announced at the Beijing P&E show next month

By PR admin | Published: April 19, 2018
The current Laowa lens lineup

Venus Optics will have several major announcements at the Beijing P&E show that starts on May 3rd. The following new Laowa lenses are rumored/expected: Laowa 10-18 f/3.5-4.5 full frame manual focus lens for Sony FE Laowa GF 17mm f/4 for Fuji GFX Laowa 2x tele macro for DSLR cameras Laowa fisheye lens wider than 180° (not 100% […]

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Coming soon: 7Artisans 35mm f/2 rangefinder lens for Leica M-mount

By PR admin | Published: April 18, 2018

In July last year, LeicasRumors published the first pictures of the upcoming 7Artisans 35mm f/2 rangefinder coupled lens for Leica M-mount. Here is some additional information:

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Meike announced their first MK 85mm f/1.8 AF full frame lens for Canon EF mount

By PR admin | Published: April 18, 2018

Meike announced their first MK 85mm f/1.8 AF full frame lens for Canon EF mount cameras. Here are the basic specs (see their previous manual focus lenses):

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Canon, Fuji, Kodak, Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Sigma, Sony, Tamron and Zeiss confirmed for the 2018 Photokina show

By PR admin | Published: April 18, 2018

The rumors about Canon pulling out of the 2018 Photokina show were not true. Today Photokina issued a new press release describing “high exhibitor demand” and confirmed that Arri, Canon, Cewe, DJI, Epson, Fujifilm, Kodak Alaris, Leica, Manfrotto, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Profoto, Sigma, Sony, Tamron and Zeiss have already secured their stands at the coming […]

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LargeSense LS911 is the first full frame 8×10 digital single shot camera

By PR admin | Published: April 17, 2018

LargeSense launched LS911 – the first full frame 8×10 digital single shot camera available for sale for $106,000. Here are the camera specifications: Single shot 9×11 inch monochrome CMOS sensor High base sensitivity of ISO 2100 Live view for focusing Compatible with any large format lens with a sufficient image circle Easy to use HTML-based WiFi control […]

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Canon rumored to be working on two prosumer mirrorless full frame cameras

By PR admin | Published: April 17, 2018

CanonRumors reports that two Canon prosumer mirrorless full frame cameras are currently in development. The new flagship mirrorless camera is rumored to be announced first and 6 to 8 months later the lower-end model will be introduced. It is still not clear what lens mount will be deployed with the new Canon mirrorless system:

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