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Specifications of the three new Olympus MFT lenses

By PR admin | Published: September 13, 2016

The detailed specifications of the upcoming three Olympus MFT lenses leaked online. Expect the official announcement in the next few days. A detailed list on what to expect from Olympus at Photokina can be found in this post. Here are the specs:

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Venus Optics unveil the world’s fastest Laowa 15mm f/2 lens (Sony E-mount) and the world’s widest 7.5mm f/2 lens (MFT)

By PR admin | Published: September 13, 2016

Venus Optics announced the world’s fastest Laowa 15mm lens for Sony full frame E-mount camera and the world’s widest Laowa f/2 lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. Additional information and technical specifications:

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Leaked: Leica Sofort instant camera

By PR admin | Published: September 13, 2016

In two days Leica is rumored to announce a new instant camera called “Sofort” based on the popular Fuji Instax platform. This is what we know so far: The camera can work with regular Fuji Instax film. Lens: Auto-Hektor 1:12,7/60mm lens (34mm equivalent on 35mm film) Three focusing zones: Macro (no distance in the info) / […]

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Tokina FíRIN 20mm f/2 FE MF full frame lens for Sony E-mount officially announced

By PR admin | Published: September 13, 2016

Tokina announced the previously leaked FíRIN 20mm f/2 FE MF full frame lens for Sony E-mount. Shipping is scheduled to start in first quarter of 2017. US pricing is not yet available. Here are the details:

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Zeiss teaser for a new lens to be announced at Photokina

By PR admin | Published: September 13, 2016

Zeiss has a new teaser on their Facebook page about a new lens being announced at Photokina: Update: the new Zeiss lens will be Loxia 2.4/85.

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Canon EF-M 18-150mm IS STM and EF 70-300mm IS II USM lenses leaked online

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2016

Together with the EOS M5 mirrorless camera, Canon will also announce two new lenses. First the specs and pictures of the Canon EF-M 18-150 IS STM:

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Primoplan 75/f1.9 is another Meyer-Optik lens on Kickstarter

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2016

So there were two new Meyer-Optik lenses on that teaser after all – the company just announced today a second lens, the Primoplan 75/f1.9, that will join the Primoplan 58/f1.9 on Kickstarter: Additional infromation:

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Samyang announces 14mm f/2.4 and Samyang 85mm f/1.2 “Premium” manual focus lenses

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2016

Samyang announced two manual focus photo lenses from their new “Premium” product line designed for high resolution photoshoots:

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Franzis NEAT Projects removes objects/people from pictures and is now on sale

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2016

The German developer for photo-editing software Franzis has a special offer on their NEAT Projects that automatically removes all moving objects/clusters of people from pictures of your favorite attractions: Recommended retail price: USD 129,00 Special offer: USD 69,00 Discount: 46 % (you save: $ 46,51 ) Offer valid until : 30th of September 2016 Available […]

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Samsung had a patent for a 70-200mm f/2.8 OIS full frame mirrorless lens

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2016

In March of 2015 Samsung filed a patent in Japan for a 70-200mm f/2.8 full frame mirrorless lens with OIS. Probably back then they still had a camera department working on new patents and it’s interesting to see that they even considered a full frame mirrorless camera/solution.

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