Irix now has a US based distributor (www.irixusa.com) and the Irix 15mm f/2.4 lens is now listed directly for sale on Amazon US (Irix lenses have been available for a while on Amazon UK, Amazon DE and Amazon IT). The US prices are: Blackstone: $649.00 Firefly: $449.00 Irix lenses are available in Nikon, Canon and Pentax mounts. Via NikonRumors
The Panasonic GH5 camera is rumored to be officially released in early January. For a short period of time today B&H had listed on their website that the GH5 pre-orders will start at 1 pm on January 4th, 2017 (the text is now removed). The GH5 was announced at Photokina, but no additional information was provided. The […]
The new Macphun Luminar photo editing tool will be updated every couple of months. The first of these updates included Touch Bar support, and now Macphun have announced a second major update to the software introducing batch processing, new Dehaze and Golden Hour filters, an enhanced color temperature filter, and more. To find out more […]
Franzis currently offers discounts on many of their software packages (click on each package for more info). Topaz Labs has a new deal every day starting from December 12th till December 23rd – check this link to see the currently discounted product.
→ Syrp announced their new Super Dark Variable ND filter that can cut 5-10 stops of light. Pricing is between $169-$209, shipping starts on December 16th. → Gariz announced a new leather case for the Sony RX100 V camera (check pricing and availability). → The Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera is now expected to ship in February 2017 […]
Remember the Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4 lens that was announced in October 2015? Well, the lens is about to start shipping according to a recent Facebook post from Mitakon. A few sample photos taken with the lens can be found here and here. Here are the technical specifications: Focal length: 135mm Max. aperture: f/1.4 Min. focusing distance: […]
Sigma officially announced the price and availability of the Sigma sd Quattro H mirrorless camera: US price: $1,199 (pre-orders to open soon) EU price: €1,400 UK price: £1499.99 Update – Canada price: $1749.95 Shipping will start in January/February
A new interview with Sigma’s CEO Mr. Kazuto Yamaki was published online. It seems that Sigma is interested in producing a mirrorless camera that can shoot video in the future (at the 7:40 mark): Sigma’s current line of cameras cannot shoot video as a result of the high data volume the Foveon sensor is producing and […]
A Czech store has listed the new Irix 11mm f/4 lenses for sale on their website with the following prices: Irix 11mm f/4 Firefly: 14,289 CZK (without tax) or around 520 EUR ($550) Irix 11mm f/4 Blackstone: 19,579 CZK (without tax) or around 720 EUR ($760) For comparison, the Irix 15mm f/2.4 lenses were priced […]
Canon has a new patent for a lens with two mounts (one on each end) – you can basically reverse the lens and use it for macro photography (this is currently possible with the use of macro reverse adapters). Canon’s patent indicates that the lens will have electronic connectors on both ends for aperture and […]
