Back in 2017 Bowens went out of business after it was acquired by the European investment group Aurelius in 2016. Two days ago Wex Photo Video and Calumet Photographic (both chains merged in 2017) announced the relaunch of the Bowens XMT500 flash head and Bowens XMT500 twin head kit (check also this limited launch offer). The XMT500 head is […]
Several readers noticed that Panasonic is fudging the LUMIX S lens MTF charts by using non-uniform X axis. To an uninformed reader, the LUMIX S MTF charts may look flatter when comparing to MTF charts from others who use standard linear axis. Here are the re-adjusted LUMIX S MTF charts to a standard linear axis. […]
Here is the updated Panasonic Lumix S L-mount lenses roadmap: Panasonic Lumix S Pro 50mm f/1.4 (Announced) Panasonic Lumix S 24-105mm f/4 Macro OIS (Announced) Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm f/4 OIS (Announced) Panasonic Lumix S 1.4x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019) Panasonic Lumix S 2x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019) Panasonic Lumix S 24-70mm f/2.8 (Coming in 2019) Panasonic Lumix […]
The Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless system is now officially announced – see the recap here and here, Press release: Lumix S1 | Lumix S1R | S lenses Panasonic LUMIX PRO now open for registrations Lumis S series official website Sample photos Lumix S cameras pre-order links: Adorama | B&H | Park Cameras | WEX Lumix S lenses pre-order links: […]
It seems that Hasselblad will be announcing a new X1D Mark II medium format mirrorless camera – the X1D Mark II model name was recently registered at bluetooth.com:
Two new Panasonic Lumix S1/S1R videos demonstrating the camera’s features:
Panasonic has filed a new patent P2019-15827A for an 18mm f/4 mirrorless lens designed for APS-C based cameras. Could it be that Panasonic is working on a new mirrorless camera with L-mount? Leica already has two APS-C L-mount mirrorless cameras (Leica TL2 and Leica CL) and a few lenses. In an interview with Dpreview a […]
Ricoh published updated Pentax K-Mount lens roadmaps (click for larger view):
Canon’s 2018 financial results are out: Canon expects its annual operating profit to drop for the first time in three years Canon forecasts an operating profit of 325 billion yen ($2.97 billion) for 2019, down 5.2 percent from 342.95 billion yen a year earlier – the first decline since 2016 Tough competition in mirrorless interchangeable […]
The new Panasonic S Lumix mirrorless system will be announced at 6am EST on Friday, February 1st. While waiting, check out the just leaked full set of S1R camera specifications. Previous coverage of the Panasonic Lumix S system can be found here.
