In addition to the XQ1 lens camera module (the official announcement is tomorrow), Sony will also announce two new lenses at Photokina: a new Zeiss Vario-Tessar 16-35mm f/4.0 ZA OSS FE that will be priced at 1,350 EUR (US price will be lower) and will start shipping at the end of October. The second lens will be […]
Update: B&H is currently taking pre-orders for the new lenses (including lens hoods and de-click key). Zeiss officially their two new Loxia manual focus lenses designed for full frame mirrorless cameras (only the Sony a7 as of today): The Loxia 2/35 will cost $ 1,299.00, the Loxia 2/50 will be $ 949.00. Sample images from the two new lenses can be […]
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A reader posted another, more detailed set of specifications for the upcoming Samsung NX1 mirrrorless camera:
A quick update on my previous post: the latest Samyanag teaser is for a new wide angle lens (without AF) that should be announced in the coming days. This will be a”photo” lens and not a V-DSLR version.
Update: here is one link/page for all reduced Canon lenses from Adorama and the corresponding page from B&H. Tomorrow 26 different Canon lenses will get up to a $1,000 price drop. If the prices below are not live yet, check also Adorama and Amazon (update: there is also a new Canon mail-in rebate program): Primes $110 Price Drop on EF […]
→ This deal ends in 2 days: 50% off Topaz Adjust plugin (designed to make your photos pop) with coupon code “augadjust“. → Transcend SDHC and MicroSD memory cards on sale. → The black limited edition Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12mm f/2.0 MFT lens is now officially released. → Interfit announced a new Pro-Flash 360 […]
A listing on the Chinese website zol.com (screenshot above) indicates that the upcoming Sony ILCE-QX1 will be an APS-C based camera “compatible with E-mount lenses“. The QX1 was also described as “Digital camera / Interchangeable lens digital camera” in a recent trademark filing. The interesting part here is that the QX product line (Sony QX10 and QX100) are lens camera modules that attach […]
After the 50mm f/1.5 AS UMC lens announcement, Samyang has a new teaser on their Facebook page with the text “Prepare for more“. I still believe that they will come up with a new line of AF lenses – I posted that online a while back, but I have not heard any updates since. Anyone […]
Samsung published several teasers for the upcoming NX1 mirrorless camera (the image files are labeled with “NX1”). As expected, the oficial announcement will be for Photokina – most likely on September 15th. Update – here is an update list of Samsung NX1 camera specifications:
