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Kowa Prominar lenses (Micro Four Thirds) pricing announced

Kowa announced the UK pricing of their Prominar Micro Four Thirds lenses: Kowa Prominar MFT 8.5mm f/2.8/T3.0: £1049 Kowa Prominar MFT 12mm f/1.8/T1.9: £829 Kowa Prominar MFT 25mm f/1.8/T1.9: £749 The Kowa Prominar MFT lenses are already available on eBay. Additional information:

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Sony announces four new full frame FE lenses: SEL35F14Z, SEL90M28G, SEL24240 and SEL28F20

Sonny officially announced four new full frame FE lenses and two teleconverters. Key features & specifications SEL35F14Z SEL90M28G SEL24240 SEL28F20 35mm equiv. focal length (when attached to APS-C body) 52.5mm 135mm 36-360mm 42mm Max. magnification ratio (x) 0.18 1.0 0.27 AF =0.13x MF =0.16x Min. focus 0.3m 28cm 0.5m (Wide) – 0.8m (Tele) AF = […]

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Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens sample images

Sigma published some sample images from the new Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens on their blog. The latest Art lens is expected to start shipping on March 15th according to Adorama or on April 20th according to B&H. Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens sample images:

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The latest deals on photo gear

Other current deals: → $100 off all Zeiss lenses (including Otus and ZM product lines) → WPPI special from B&H → Panasonic FT5 waterproof camera for $197 (original 297.95) → Profoto B1 500 AirTTL flash is now $100 off → Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 lens is now $100 off → Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 lens is now $270 off → […]

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What else is new?

→ New Profoto B2 off-camera flash system announced (check price and availability at B&H). → A new Leica Q Typ 116 camera is coming soon. → Tokina to launch a new water dispersing filter coating. → New software released for Fuji shooters: Tethered Capture Plug-in for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom RAW File Converter EX 2.0 → Fuji USA announced […]

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Fuji to launch a new camera with a high-megapixels sensor

In a recent interview with dpreview, Fujifilm executive confirmed that they will launch a new camera with a high-megapixels sensor:

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Canon PowerShot G17 camera rumors

A new Canon PowerShot G17 compact camera is rumored to be announced before July. Here are expected specifications:

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Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for February 2015

  These are the top 10 PhotoRumors posts for February, 2015:

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The ultimate vintage camera collection for sale on eBay

I came across this camera collection listing on eBay that consists of 600 Zeiss, Nikon, Leica, Canon, Rollei, Kodak and other cameras from the 1880-1980 period. The price for the entire lot is $34,900 (you can also make an offer) –  basically you can open your own camera museum for $35k… Here is the detailed description:

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Specifications of the upcoming Sony FE full frame lenses

Some additional information on the upcoming Sony FE lenses that will be announced next week (March 4th):

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