After the Stellar, Lunar, HV (Solar?) it seems that Hasselblad is still in the business of rebadging Sony products and selling them for ridiculous prices. The new Lusso is the company’s latest creation. You can find the camera’s manual here. I thought that with the last CEO change, Hasselblad will stop producing the “worst camera of the year“. The Lusso trademark […]
Sigma announced the US pricing and availability of their dp0 Quattro camera (the version with the 14mm f/4 lens): shipping will start in late July for the street price of $999:
Will Chao (willchaophotography.com) will review the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens (currently $100 off) and compare it to the Canon 50mm f/1.2, Canon 50mm f/1.8 and the old Sigma 50mm f/1.4 lenses: Will Chao here, I am a wedding photographer in Melbourne. Welcome to my review of the Sigma 50mm F1.4 ART vs […]
Ricoh Japan announced a production delay for the HD Pentax-D FA 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens ($2,296.95) that was announced back in February. The lens was supposed to be available now, the new expected shipping date is fall of 2015.
Sony just announced a new Sony a7R II camera priced at $3,198. Here are the main specs: 42MP Full-Frame Exmor R BSI CMOS Sensor BIONZ X Image Processor 5-Axis SteadyShot INSIDE Stabilization 399 Phase-Detect AF Points & 5 fps Burst Internal 4K XAVC S Video & S-Log2 Gamma Weather-Resistant Magnesium Alloy Body Built-In Wi-Fi Connectivity with NFC […]
In addition to the new a7R, Sony announced also the Sony RX100 IV ($948) and RX10 II ($1,298) cameras. The specs in a glance: Sony RX100 IV 20.1 MP 1″ Exmor RS BSI CMOS Sensor BIONZ X Image Processor Internal UHD 4K Video & S-Log2 Gamma Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* f/1.8-2.8 Lens 24-70mm (35mm Equivalent) 2349k-Dot […]
Today Leica announced a new Leica Q Typ 116 compact full frame camera with a fixed Summilux 28mm f/1.7 ASPH lens. Additional details can be found here. Check out also the details hands-on review.
→ SLR Magic announced new 50mm T0.95 HyperPrime CINE lens. → The Voigtlander Nokton 10.5mm f/0.95 Micro Four Thirds lens will start shipping on June 12. The US price is not yet announced. → Metabones announced a new SpeedBooster XL 0.64x adapter. → Panasonic Japan announced a new line of “matte black” G7 camera and lenses.
The lot of 600 vintage cameras I reported about few months ago is still available for sale on eBay. The item description is “most are in working order, newer SLRs not working“… The collection, described as the 3rd or 4th largest in world, contains Zeiss, Nikon, Leica, Canon, Rollei and Kodak cameras from 1880-1980. You can […]
The first picture of the upcoming Ricoh GR II camera leaked online. The design looks identical to the previous (current) version and has the same 18.3mm f/2.8 lens. The only difference appears to be in the hot shoe:
