Monthly Archives: August 2018

New Hasselblad XV lens adapter announced

Hasselblad announced a new XV lens adapter priced at $249: The XV Lens Adapter is used to mount a V system lens onto an X System camera. The XV lens adapter widens your X system lens choices to include C, CB, CF, CFI, CFE, F and FE Lenses and Accessories. The electronic shutter must be […]

Posted in Hasselblad| Leave a comment

Samyang will start making autofocus lenses for Nikon F-mount (AF 14mm f/2.8)

As already reported a few years ago, Samyang will start making autofocus lenses for Nikon F-mount and the first lens will be the AF 14mm f/2.8 (already available for Canon mount). Samyang also has the AF 85mm f/1.4 EF lens for Canon EF mount. The official announcement will most likely be next week. Source: Nokishita, Via: NikonRumors Like the new Samyang/Rokinon Lenses […]

Posted in Samyang| Tagged , , | Leave a comment

DJI Mavic 2 drone to be announced on August 23rd

There is a new teaser for the DJI Mavic 2 drone that will be announced on August 23rd – in the video, at around 20 seconds, one can see the vertigo effect, which is only doable with a physical zoom lens:

Posted in DJI| Tagged , | Leave a comment

This is the upcoming Panasonic LX100II (LX100M2) camera (announcement: August 23rd)

Here are the first pictures of the previously rumored Panasonic LX100II (LX100M2) camera that will replace the current LX100 model – the official announcement will be on August 23rd (will be available in black and orange):

Posted in Panasonic| Tagged | Leave a comment

Insta360 will announce a new product on August 21st

In addition to Leica, Insta360 is also expected to announce a new product on August 21st. Stay tuned! See the current Insta360 products at B&H, Adorama and Amazon.

Posted in Insta360| Tagged , | Leave a comment

Kodak ships new Ektachrome film to photographers to test

There are several reports online that the first rolls of Kodak Ektachrome film are already sent out and are now being tested in the field:

Posted in Kodak| Tagged | Leave a comment

New Leica M10-P camera rumored to be announced on August 21st

LeicaRumors reports that a new Leica M10-P camera is rumored to be announced next week (August 21st). Here are the details:

Posted in Leica| Tagged | Leave a comment

Check out all the latest Sony deals

Sony is putting some serious efforts to promote their products before the official Nikon mirrorless camera announcement next week – there are multiple Sony sales/rebates/promotions going on right now: Sony trade-in offer (also at Adorama) Sony rebates Sony lens sale Even the new Sony RX100 VA camera is already $100 off Sony Alpha a5100 & a6000 cameras on sale Sony A6000+ […]

Posted in Deals, Sony| Tagged | Leave a comment

EISA 2018-2019 photography awards

Here are the latest EISA 2018-2019 photography awards (everybody got one or more except Olympus, Leica and Ricoh/Pentax):

Posted in Other| Tagged | Leave a comment

Sony claims they are now #1 in full frame camera sales in the US for the past 6 months

It is not a surprise to me that a week before Nikon announces their new full-frame mirrorless camera, Sony decided to publish a press release that they are now #1 in full-frame cameras with interchangeable lens sales (in both dollars and units) and that’s only for the US market for the past 6 months:

Posted in Sony| Leave a comment