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Kodak to lay off 425 workers after reporting a net loss of $46 million

By PR admin | Published: November 14, 2017

Eastman Kodak will lay off 425 workers company-wide after the company reported a net loss of $46 million on revenues of $379 million for their third quarter 2017 financial results:

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Ihagee Elbaflex film SLR camera launched on Kickstarter today

By PR admin | Published: November 14, 2017

A new Elbaflex film SLR camera with Nikon F-mount launched on Kickstarter today. This is another project to revive old camera brands on crowdfunding platforms (just like the recent Yashica, Oprema Jena, Meyer Optik, Emil Busch projects). The full press release can be found here. Additional information:

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New Sony interview with Imaging Resource

By PR admin | Published: November 14, 2017

Imaging Resource published a new interview with Sony executives yesterday. Here is the recap from SonyAddict: Three executives from Sony took part in this interview Hiroyuki Matsushita, Yasuyuki Nagata and Hirokuni Miyai. Sony isn’t willing to say how long they have been working on the Sony a9. All Sony will reveal about R&D is that they […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: November 14, 2017

Ricoh GR II camera on backorder at B&H and Adorama (plus a Ricoh GR III poll) Pentax support added to Cactus V6 II TTL wireless flash trigger New: Leica Q “Leica Store SF” limited edition camera

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Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4 lens now available in 7 different mounts

By PR admin | Published: November 14, 2017

The Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4 lens is “relaunch” with several additional mounts: Canon EF,  Nikon F, Pentax K, Sony E, Sony A, Fujifilm G and Leica T (I assume they mean Leica L mount). The price of the lens is ¥330,000 excluding tax (around $2,900). Shipping is expected to start in October 2018. Next are the technical specifications […]

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Update: last days to take advantage of the Luminar 2018 pre-order pricing and free bonuses

By PR admin | Published: November 13, 2017

There are only 3 days left to take advantage of the Luminar 2018 pre-order pricing and free bonuses (orders must be placed before November 16th). Here are the details:

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What’s next?

By PR admin | Published: November 13, 2017

Here is the updated list of all upcoming/rumored cameras and lenses: Olympus E-PL9 Two new Fuji cameras already registered (Fuji X80?) Fuji X-H camera Fujifilm GF medium format lenses (see also this post) Updated list of rumored Leica cameras and lenses (big announcement on November 22nd) Three Canon PowerShot cameras (coming in January 2018) New 7Artisans lenses (coming by […]

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New Canon EOS M50 (Kiss M) and Olympus E-PL9 mirrorless cameras to be announced soon

By PR admin | Published: November 13, 2017

Two new mirrorless cameras were registered with the Bluetooth certification agency and will most likely be announced in the next 30-90 days: Canon EOS M50 (Kiss M): Bluetooth version 4.1, new wireless module (possibility: WM600, model number PC232). Olympus E-PL9: Bluetooth version 4.1, same wireless module as in the Olympus AIR cell phone camera module […]

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The latest deals and rebates on photo gear

By PR admin | Published: November 12, 2017

The latest deals and rebates on photo gear:

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The first Light L16 computational camera reviews are in and they are not good

By PR admin | Published: November 12, 2017

The Light L16 computational camera (now priced at $1,950 after a recent $250 price increase) already started shipping in very limited quantities. The first reviews are in and things don’t look very good:

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