Monthly Archives: February 2024

The Sigma full-frame camera with Foveon sensor is not coming anytime soon, Sigma’s President: “not much progress has been made”

By PR admin | Published: February 24, 2024

The Japanese publication Mynavi posted online an interview where Sigma’s President Kazuto Yamaki explained the difficulties the company is facing with the development of the Foveon sensor – here is the recap by digicame-info:

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Leica increased sale revenues for the third time in succession, reports record-breaking results

By PR admin | Published: February 24, 2024

The Leica Camera Group was able to increase its sales revenues in the past financial year 2022/2023 (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023) once again and achieved new record-breaking results (see previous financial reports here). Sales revenues rose to 485 million euros in comparison with the previous year’s figure (444 million euros) and, with […]

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List of lenses Fujifilm is considering / working on

By PR admin | Published: February 23, 2024

Here is a list of lenses Fujifilm is considering/working on:

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Viltrox AF 27mm f/1.2 Pro lens for Nikon Z/Sony E mount officially announced, available for pre-order

By PR admin | Published: February 23, 2024

The previously reported Viltrox AF 27mm f/1.2 Pro APS-C lens for Nikon Z/Sony E mount is now officially announced and available for order: B&H Photo Amazon US | Amazon CA | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon IT | Amazon ES Viltrox | Pegear | Pegear DE (international shipping) Additional information:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: February 23, 2024

The Leica T internal memory storage is just a micro SD card and it can be easily upgraded New: IDS foldable thumb grips (thumb rest) for Leica M10 + M11 cameras Xiaomi and Leica unveil Xiaomi x Leica Optical Institute New minor Nikon Z8 firmware update coming soon Better Look at Viltrox AF 135mm f/1.8 […]

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New Kase 200mm f/5.6 MC full-frame manual focus reflex mirror lens announced

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2024

Kase, a company known for manufacturing filters, announced their first lens – the Kase 200mm f/5.6 MC full-frame manual focus reflex mirror lens. Additional information:

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After the OM-1 Mark II announcement, OM System will bring some of the autofocus improvements to the older OM-1 Mark I model

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2024

The online consensus is that the majority of the new OM System OM-1 Mark II camera improvements could have been simply a firmware upgrade. Some reports even indicated that in fact, a planned firmware update was scratched in favor of releasing a new camera (you can sell a new camera for $2,399, but you cannot […]

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The Viltrox AF 27mm f/1.2 Pro lens for Nikon Z/Sony E mount will be announced tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2024

The previously reported Viltrox AF 27mm f/1.2 Pro autofocus lens for Nikon Z/Sony E mount will be officially announced tomorrow (check the Viltrox website). Pre-orders are already open at B&H Photo: Viltrox 27mm f/1.2 Lens (Nikon Z) Viltrox 27mm f/1.2 Lens (Sony E) Additional information:

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