Monthly Archives: December 2018

7artisans Photoelectric 35mm f/2 lens for Sony E-mount now available

By PR admin | Published: December 22, 2018

The 7artisans 35mm f/2 lens for Sony E-mount is now listed for sale at B&H Photo and Amazon. The same lens has been available for Leica M-mount for a while. Here is some additional information:

First Zeiss ZX1 camera hands-on video: in the flow in Little Tokyo

By PR admin | Published: December 21, 2018

Zeiss published their first ZX1 camera hands-on video – “In the flow in Little Tokyo” with Sabrina Weniger, a professional photographer based in Düsseldorf and Berlin and part of a select group of early ZX1 testers: And yes, the ZX1 camera is still huge:

Pictures of the Fujifilm GF 100-200mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR lens leaked online

By PR admin | Published: December 20, 2018

The Belgian store PCH Pro Shop posted several pictures of the upcoming Fujifilm GF 100-200mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR medium format lens (the images now removed):

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2018 Worst Camera of the Year Award: vote now

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2018

It’s time again for our Worst Camera of the Year Award. Don’t take this poll too seriously – this is just for fun and to contrast all of the “best of” awards that have been given by many photography websites at the end of the year. Please vote and share this poll – here are the nominees in […]

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Ricoh interview: full-frame GR camera is not a good idea, a curved sensor was not considered for the GR III

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2018

Mobile01 interviewed Noguchi Hiroshi from Ricoh (general manager of the Smart Vision Business Division, Camera Division, and Product Planning Department) on the upcoming Ricoh GR III camera. Here is the recap PentaxRumors published yesterday: Ricoh can put a full frame sensor in the GR and make it about the same size as the GR III, but there […]

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Deal of the day: 30% discount on Irix filters

By PR admin | Published: December 18, 2018

For a limited time, Adorama has an exclusive 30% discount on Irix filters (they are hydrophobic, oleophobic, with multi-layer anti-reflex coating). Additional information on Irix filters can be found here. Related videos:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: December 18, 2018

You can now purchase the LEGO Leica M camera sets Leica 28mm f/5.6 Summaron-M black limited edition lens announced in Japan New Ricoh GR III camera report by Mobile01 (no plans for a full-frame Ricoh GR camera) Hints about future Pentax products (plus the original Pentax K-1 from 2000) New Nikon N1838 camera registered online […]

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Check out the upcoming Nikon Z Noct Nikkor 58mm f/0.95 lens

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2018

Some new pictures of the upcoming Nikon Z Noct Nikkor 58mm f/0.95 lens:

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Sony is working on XEVC based on H.265 (HEVC) version 2 for 8k

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2018

From SonyAddict: Sony is working on a new XEVC codec that includes 12-bit 4k and 12-bit 8k 4:4:4 capabilities. Even 1080p will be getting a boost up to 240fps 10-bit. This H.265 based codec should double image quality. The speculations are that this codec could appear in future Sony cameras with 8k support.

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