Monthly Archives: January 2019

Also on January 31st: HD PENTAX-DA ★ 11-18mm f/2.8 ED DC AW and HD PENTAX-FA 35mm f/2 K-mount lenses to be announced

In addition to Leica and Panasonic, Ricoh will also officially announce two new K-mount lenses on January 31st :

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Irix EDGE light pollution filters

Irix has a new line of EDGE light pollution filters:

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This is the upcoming Leica M10-P Safari limited edition camera

On January 31st Leica will announce a new M10-P Safari limited edition camera set that will include: Leica M10-P Edition Safari camera (#20015) Leica Summicron-M 50 f/2 Edition Safari lens (#11824) The camera and the lens will be sold separately:

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Confirmed: Panasonic S1/S1R announcement on February 1st

The Russian YouTube channel SG TV posted two new Panasonic S related videos. The first video is a 1080p -180fps slow motion test that confirms the announcement time as February 1st, 2:30 pm Russian time (GMT+3):

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What’s next?

Recently announced cameras and lenses: Sony APS-C mirrorless camera – announced Fujinon GF 100-200mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR lens – announced Olympus E-M1X camera – announced Olympus MFT tele-zoom – announced Olympus  special edition camera for their 100th anniversary – announced Here is an updated list of rumored/expected cameras that will be announced in the next few weeks: HD PENTAX-DA ★ 11-18mm f/2.8 […]

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This is the upcoming Panasonic Lumix S 24-105mm f/4 L-mount lens

This is the upcoming Panasonic Lumix S 24-105mm f/4 L-mount lens from the SG TV videos. Update #1 – the initially posted the wrong picture to this post Update #2: added a real picture from the Panasonic Lumix S 24-105mm f/4 L-mount lens.

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Canon sees a grim future for the camera business: the digital camera market is likely to shrink by half in the next two years

Here is a recap of a recent interview with Canon’s president Fujio Mitarai for the Japanese website Nikkei:

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New Nikon and Fuji rebates/offers in the US

Fujifilm and Nikon have new savings offers in the US: Fuji has up to $1,000 savings on their X & GFX lines: Adorama | B&H (lenses) The Nikon D850 is now $200 off: Adorama | B&H | Amazon Nikon has a new Z trade-in offer: Adorama and B&H

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New Hasselblad X1D-50c firmware update 1.22 adds support for the latest XCD lenses

Hasselblad released a new firmware update version 1.22 to support the latest 65, 80, and 135 XCD lenses. This update also includes a list of minor improvements for the X1D- 50c mirrorless medium format camera:

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Olympus E-M1X camera additional coverage

Olympus E-M1X camera additional coverage: Sample photos: DPReview | Optyczne A full list of hand-on videos, reviews and previews can be found here The Olympus E-M1X manual can be downloaded on this page Olympus Workspace is replacing Olympus Viewer 3 E-M1X shipping starts on February 22nd Full press release US pre-orders:  Adorama | B&H | Amazon EU pre-orders: WEX | Park Camera | Calumet DE Olympus E-M1X £200 […]

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