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Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 Apo Planar T* lens to be announced tomorrow (US price: $4,490)

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2014

Tomorrow Zeiss will announce their new Otus 85mm f/1.4 Apo Planar T* lens. The US price will be $4,490 ($500 more than the 55mm version).

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Everything you need to know about the new Fuji products (X100T, X-T1 graphite silver, Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 and 50-140mm f/2.8)

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2014

Fujifilm X100T 16MP X-Trans CMOS II APS-C sensor 1,040,000 dots 3-inch LCD screen Quiet 1/32000 sec. electronic shutter Manual full HD videos, the maximum bit rate is 36 Mbps ISO up to 51200 EXR Processor II Lens: 23mm f/2 1/3-step aperture ring 4-way controller Seven function buttons that you can customize OVF power save feature […]

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Fujifilm XF 50-140mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR lens leaked

By PR admin | Published: September 5, 2014

The rumored Fujifilm XF 50-140mm (76-213mm equivalent) f/2.8 R LM OIS WR lens is already listed at Adorama. Here are technical specifications:

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Did you know that there is a Rokinon 12mm f/7.4 RMC fisheye lens for Fuji X-mount, Sony E-mount and MFT?

By PR admin | Published: September 5, 2014

A reader alerted me about this Rokinon 12mm f/7.4 RMC fisheye lens for Fujifilm X-mount. The same lens is available also for Sony E-mount and Micro Four Thirds (there is a similar Rokinon 7.5mm f/8 RMC fisheye lens for Nikon 1 mount). I have not seen it before and I do not remember seeing an official announcement (I […]

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Sigma to announce new 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM and 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM lenses

By PR admin | Published: September 5, 2014

Sigma will soon announce a new 150-600 mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM lens. Here are the diffraction, distortion and vignetting graphs:

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This is the new Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 lens

By PR admin | Published: September 5, 2014

I have ben reporting rumors on the Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 lens since February 2013 and now we finally have the first picture of the new lens courtesy of digicame-info. The official announcement will be on September 8th. The US price will be $4,500.

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Fuji to announce a new X100T camera, Fujinon XF 50-140mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR and XF 56mm f/1.2 R APD lenses for Photokina

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2014

For the 2014 Photokina show Fuji is rumored to announce a new X100T camera (previously leaked by David Hobby) and two XF lenses: Fujinon XF 50-140mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R APD (an upgrade to the current XF 56mm f/1.2 R lens) Via Digicame-info

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RED rumored to enter the still photography camera market

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2014

This is an interesting rumor from – RED could enter the still photography camera market:

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New: SLR Magic HyperPrime Cine 10mm T2.1 lens and 77 ND 0.4-ND 1.8 filter

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2014

SLR Magic expands its Micro Four Thirds lineup with new HyperPrime CINE 10mm T2.1 wide angle lens. They also announced a new 7 ND 0.4-ND 1.8 filter. Check availability at B&H. Additional information:

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Confirmed: new Zeiss Otus 85/1.4 and Distagon 35/1.4 ZM lenses to be announced

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2014

A quick update to my earlier post – Zeiss will announce at least two more new lenses at Photokina: Zeiss Otus 85/1.4 (ZE, ZF.2 mounts) Zeiss Distagon 35/1.4 ZM (Leica M mount) Stay tuned for additional details. Update: here is the first picture of the new Otus 85/1.4.

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