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Cosina officially discontinues the Zeiss SLR Classic series of lenses

Cosina Japan officially announced that the following Zeiss SLR Classic series lenses have been discontinued: 2.8/15, 3.5/18, 2/25, 2/28, 1.4/35, 2/135. Several of the Zeiss Classic lenses are still available for sale in the US, some with a big discount – for example: the Zeiss 135mm f/2 Apo Sonnar T* lens is now $923 off, while the Zeiss […]

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Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 OS Sport and Sigma 70-200 f/4 OS Contemporary lenses rumored for 2018

A new Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 OS Sport and Sigma 70-200mm f/4 OS Contemporary lenses are rumored to be announced in early 2018. Sigma has been rumored for a while to introduce a new 70-200mm f/2.8 lens that will replace their current 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM version (see also this related patent). Like: Sigma Lens Facebook Page | Join: Sigma […]

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What else is new?

CononMark adds studio flash support for Pentax cameras Leica M-P Typ 240 “Canada Edition” now in stock The new Leica Q “Leica Store SF” limited edition camera is now in stock Iridient Developer 3.2.1 Released And On Sale December 14-28 The Fujifilm GFX is Incredibly Durable

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Panasonic will talk about their 8k 60fps organic CMOS sensor with global shutter at ISSCC

At the 2018 ISSCC conference Panasonic will present a paper on their new 8K 60fps organic CMOS sensor with global shutter:

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Is the best camera really the one you have with you? Shooting Hawaii with a mediocre cell phone

Is the best camera really the one you have with you? Shooting Hawaii with a mediocre cell phone I first visited Hawaii in 2008, and I brought every piece of photo gear I had: D300, 17-55DX, 80-200AFS, 30mm 1.4, D40 with kit lens, and a cheap palm-sized 720p video camera. I used it all.  Hawai’i […]

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Apple names Aurora HDR and Affinity Photo best apps of 2017

Apple named Aurora HDR 2018 as their Best Mac App of 2017. To celebrate this milestone, Aurora HDR 2018 for both Mac & Windows will be $20 off for the rest of December (with a pack of extra bonuses included). Current users of Aurora HDR may upgrade for $39, new users can purchase the software for […]

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The rumored Panasonic GH5s camera was not supposed to be announced today

Today several readers were confused and asked me about the Panasonic GH5s announcement. When I broke the GH5s news, I reported that the launch date is expected to be either in January or February 2018. My personal guess is that the new camera will be announced either for the CES show in Las Vegas (January 9-12) or […]

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Lytro’s “Living Pictures” can no longer be viewed online

Lytro’s “Living Pictures” are no longer available to be viewed online. The company pulled the plug on their online viewing platform. Lytro users can still see their pictures on the desktop version of the software. The Lytro Illum light field camera is still available for sale at a significant discount. Related posts:

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Recap of all rumored Fuji cameras: X-H1, X-F10, X-T100, X-T3, GFX 50R and GFX 100S

In the last few days, FujiAddict broke the news on several upcoming Fuji products. Here is the recap:

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The new Sony FE 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS lens expected to ship in September 2018

The new Sony FE 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS lens is expected to be released in the Summer of 2018. B&H currently lists the lens shipping date as September 2018. From the press release:

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