Monthly Archives: December 2023

Venus Optics to announce its first autofocus lens: Laowa 10mm f/2.8 C&D Dreamer

Venus Optics will soon announce its first autofocus lens: Laowa 10mm f/2.8 C&D Dreamer. The ultra-wide-angle lens has a 77mm filter size and an AF/manual switch button. Additional pictures:

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Panasonic Lumix G9 II to get 12-Bit RAW HDMI video output

The new Panasonic Lumix G9 II camera will get 12-Bit RAW HDMI video output. The upcoming version 2.0 firmware update will enable the output of up to 5.8K 29.97p and C4K 119.88p RAW video data over HDMI, to be recorded as Apple ProRes RAW on Atomos NINJA Ultra or BRAW on Blackmagic Design Video Assist, […]

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CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) October numbers are out

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2023, black: 2022, blue: 2021):

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New Artralab Nocturne 50mm f/1.2 lens for Leica M-mount coming soon

Artralab will soon announce a new Nocturne 50mm f/1.2 lens for Leica M-mount:

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7Artisans to release a new 24-96mm T2.9 cinema lens

7Artisans will soon release a new 24-96mm T2.9 cinema lens – previously reported here: 7Artisans is teasing a new series of 4x zoom lenses to be announced in December Stay tuned for the details. Via Fujiaddict

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Observations on the latest camera trends in Japan

Here are some observations on the latest camera trends in Japan published by Phileweb and summarized by Digicame-info (Google translation):

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New Hasselblad CFV 100C camera registered online

Hasselblad has registered a new CFV 100C camera in Asia. As the name suggests, this would be a new 100MP V model, probably similar to the current Hasselblad 907X. Here are screenshots of the registrations:

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Ricoh GR designer teases new announcement coming soon

The Ricoh GR Photography YouTube channel published a new video interview with Ricoh GR designer Inaba San. At the end of the video (starting at the 20:52 minute mark) Lukasz mentioned that a new Ricoh GR series announcement is coming soon. Mr. Inaba’s expressions confirmed that something new is coming but he did not provide any […]

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