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Sony updates their Vario-Sonnar T* 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II and 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II lenses

By PR admin | Published: April 23, 2015

Sony announced two new updated Vario-Sonnar T* lenses: 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II ($2,098) and 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II ($2,248) with some AF and image quality improvements:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: April 23, 2015

→ Kipon released the world’s first Canon EF-MFT electronic adapter with autofocus. → Military aerial camera by Konica ancestor goes for sale on eBay (read more here). → The Canon EOS M3 mirrorless camera is now in stock at DigitalRev (they ship internationally). → New Leica M Monochrom Typ 246 camera registered in Korea. → The Canon T6i DSLR camera is now […]

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The Pentax K-3 II DSLR camera is now officially announced

By PR admin | Published: April 22, 2015

The Pentax K-3 II camera is now officially announced. You can read the first hands-on preview here. The price is $1,099 (body only) B&H, Amazon and Adorama are currently taking pre-orders. Shipping will start on May 25th. Mean features (click for larger view): Technical specifications:

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Samsung NX1 is the new king of APS-C hybrid cameras at DxOMark

By PR admin | Published: April 22, 2015

The Samsung NX1 camera ($1.499) has the highest score at DxOMark in their APS-C hybrid category: DxOMark’s conclusion:  

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There is a scheduled Sony press conference for tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: April 22, 2015

In connection with the Sony World Photography Awards, Sony has a scheduled press conference for tomorrow. From the provided press release, it doesn’t look like they will be announcing any new products, but you never know. In the first quarter of 2015 (between now and June) Sony is rumored to introduce new A7, A6000 and RX […]

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Pentax K-3 II with pixel shift resolution to be announced tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: April 22, 2015

Tomorrow Pentax will announce their new K-3 II DSLR camera. Adorama already published their K-3 II camera review (the post is now removed). Here are few quotes: Starting with the basics, the Pentax K-3 II utilizes a 24M CMOS image sensor to faithfully recreate the color and tonal range in any scenario. Featuring Pixel Shift […]

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Zeiss got a new Batis series of full frame mirrorless lenses

By PR admin | Published: April 22, 2015

The teaser I posted yesterday was for a new line of Zeiss full frame mirrorless lenses called Batis (for now only for Sony FE). The new lenses are already listed on Adorama and B&H. The lenses have a built-in OLED screen that displays focal information and aperture. Technical specifications:

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The Yongnuo YN 35mm f/2 clone lens for Canon DSLR cameras is now available

By PR admin | Published: April 21, 2015

The Yongnuo YN 35mm f/2 clone lens for Canon DSLR cameras is now in stock at Amazon ($122) and eBay ($116). Here are the lens technical details:

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Zeiss got a new mirrorless surprise (teaser)

By PR admin | Published: April 21, 2015

Update: the new lenses are officially announced. Zeiss is teasing on Twitter and Facebook about a new mirrorless “surprise” (lens?): Hey @cliffordphoto, don’t spoil the #surprise! >> http://t.co/RDN6lyDXMC pic.twitter.com/nheeMS1nOv — Carl Zeiss Lens Team (@CarlZeissLenses) April 21, 2015 One possibility are the already rumored wide angle and tele Loxia mirrorless lenses which recently got mentioned […]

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Here is the direct link to download/upgrade the standalone version of Adobe Lightroom 6

By PR admin | Published: April 21, 2015

Adobe has done a very god job at hiding the link to purchase the standalone/upgrade version of the new Lightroom 6. Here are few ways of doing it: you can purchase/upgrade directly here  – edit your cart, in the dropdown menu you can select “full” or “upgrade” and then save changes. If the above doesn’t work, […]

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