Pentax announced one macro lens for their 645 medium format cameras. Pentax HD D FA 645 Macro 90mm f/2.8 ED AW SR lens specs (price: $4,499.95): Medium-Length Macro Lens for Pentax 645 Fast f/2.8 Maximum Aperture Quick-Shift Focus System HD and Aero Bright Lens Coatings Weather Resistant Construction
Some of the newly released Pentax lenses have a new “exclusive HD coating technology” that offers improved light transmittance and a much lower refractive index. In their press release Pentax promises 50% reduction of reflections in the visible spectrum:
Detailed specs of the Pentax DA 560mm f/5.6 lens (Google translation): Employ an optical system similar to astronomical telescope, descriptive power is very good, especially in the distance Seven elements in 6 groups, 2 ED glass lens configuration sheet HD coating of newly developed high transmittance than The maximum diameter of 130.3mm, 521.7mm length Squeeze nine wings […]
Pentax will have their nine new product announcements today at around 6pm EST. You can find detailed information on all of the upcoming products in the Pentax category, or under the Pentax K-5 II, Pentax Q10 and Pentax 560mm f/5-6 lens tags. Check also the Photokina 2012 tag that contains information on many other rumored, […]
Several images of the upcoming Pentax products leaked on Facebook earlier today. The picture above shows the new Pentax DA 560mm f/5.6 lens which I already mentioned will be slightly different that the previously shown prototype:
Here is a complete list of features and specifications for the Pentax K-5 II / K-5 of IIs DSLR camera (Google translation):
Here are the fist Sony RX1 specs: 24MP full frame CMOS sensor (same as in the Sony a99) ISO range: 100-25,600 14 bit RAW processing Magnesium body AVCHD 2.0 video processing 3 in. LCD screen Optional optical and electronic viewfinders will be available 5 fps Zeiss Sonnar 35mm f/2 lens with 49mm filter thread (obviously) […]
Corel announced PaintShop Pro X5 Ultimate: Contour +2 action camera announced:
Hasselblad will hold a press conference at Photokina on September 18th. Back in March PhotoRumors broke the news about a possible new digital X-Pan camera announcement, but I have not heard any other reliable info since. The second possibility is the announcement of a smaller DSLR type camera system.
Photoprice.ca leaked the first images of the Sony RX1 compact camera with a full frame CMOS sensor and Zeiss Sonnar 2/35 lens. The new fix lens camera that will cost around $3000 (update: see the full specs and price here). Very interesting development!
