Mitakon posted several pictures on their Facebook page of a new, not yet announced 25mm f/0.95 lens for MFT cameras: Update: this lens is now officially announced. Few sample photos are available here. Stay tuned for additional details. Mitakon already has several different lenses available for sale (some come also in Nikon and Canon mounts).
Think Tank Photo released new leather versions of their most popular shoulder bag line, the Retrospective: Retrospective 5 leather Retrospective 7 leather Retrospective 30 leather Additional information:
Canon released firmware update 1.0.5 for the EOS 7D Mark II DSLR camera that incorporates the following fixes and improvements:
The Sony A6000 camera is currently $200 off at Amazon and Adorama. Maybe this time there is really a new A7000 model coming out soon? Sony has a press conference scheduled for September 11th and forums are already predicting the announcement of the A6000 successor.
Canon announced that they are currently working on a new 8K Cinema EOS system camera, 8K reference display and a 120MP SLR camera that is probably based on the 120MP CMOS APS-H sensor that was announced back in 2010. Here are the released prototype pictures of the products under development: Full press release:
GoPro will start selling a new 16 cameras rig called Odyssey that will be priced at $15,000 and will work on Google’s 3D/360° virtual reality platform Jump:
Lloyd Chambers mentioned on his website that he is traveling to Zeiss in Oberkochen, Germany to attend a special Zeiss press event that will take place later this week: “I’ve never been to see Zeiss in Germany, and so off I go (8 Sept) to attend a special Zeiss press event later this week.” This […]
Canon has a new patent application for a EF 35mm f/2 IS II USM lens. More information is available at Photographybay. The next patent is interesting – it’s a combined application between Fujifilm and Zeiss for a 50mm f/2.8 Macro lens designed for APS-C cameras.
JK Imaging announced a new 4k version of the Kodak PixPro SP360 action camera ($299). Here are the main specs: 12 megapixels, BSICMOS sensor Fixed focus lens (F.2.8) that takes 360° spherical images Viewing options: Dome (235°), Front, Global (360°), Ring, Segment (180° front and 180°rear) or Panorama mode High speed videos 1280 x 720 (120fps); […]
Sales of the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II MFT mirrorless camera ($649-$799) are temporary halted because of a manufacturing issue. Sales are expected to resume at the end of September. The full text of the service notice is available here (Google translated):
