Category Archives: Alpa

Alpa XO teaser for a new line of professional tools for the Fujifilm GFX 100 medium format camera

By PR admin | Published: May 25, 2019

Alpa has a new XO teaser for a new line of professional tools for the Fujifilm GFX 100 medium format camera (Adorama | B&H | Amazon | WEX Photo):

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ALPA 12 PLUS camera announced

By PR admin | Published: October 26, 2018

The Swiss company ALPA announced a new camera ALPA 12 PLUS camera that will be available from the end of October/beginning of November 2018 for CHF 6,996 (around USD 7,000). Additional information:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: July 15, 2017

→ Sigma announced pricing and availability of their new 14mm T2 FF and 135mm T2 FF cine prime lenses: $4,999.00 USD each, shipping will begin late July. → New ALPA Macro Switar 5.6/105mm lens announced: this is a high-performance lens for image scales of 1:4 to 4:1 where you can optimize the specific image scale […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: April 11, 2017

→ The Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 STF GM OSS lens is now in stock at B&H and Foto Hans Keuzekamp. → Alpa announced a new modular GON tripod leveling system. → Sigma announced new firmware updates (version 1.04) for the sd Quattro cameras that offer support for DNG formats, improved autofocus capabilities and enhanced functionality with Sigma Capture Pro.

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: September 18, 2016

→ The new shipment date of the Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera is now end of September (the shipment date was delayed once already till September 15th).    → The US pricing for the latest Samyang/Rokinon lenses were announced: Rokinon AF 14mm f/2.8 FE lens for Sony E-mount: $849 Rokinon 20mm f/1.8 ED AS UMC lens: $599 Rokinon […]

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ALPA at Photokina 2016

By PR admin | Published: August 31, 2016

For the 2016 Photokina show, the Swiss camera manufacturer ALPA announced a new ALPA Anniversary Edition Set commemorating 70 years of ALPA as a brand and 20 years of ALPA 12 medium format system (more pictures after the break). The second news is that ALPA and Hasselblad “formed a collaboration allowing an unprecedented exchange of […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: February 4, 2016

→ Check out the Filmtoaster – it lets you digitize your own film archive with a digital camera (available on Amazon). → New Plustek OpticFilm 135 film scanner announced (price: $399). → PhaseOne and ALPA announced a new A-series IQ3 100MP camera system. → Check out the current Olympus and Panasonic rebates. → Olympus released new firmware updates for the E-M1 and E-M5 […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2016

Fuji X70 and X-E2S owner manuals now available for download Fuji X-Pro 2 hands-on field test and review videos Fuji’s 3rd quarter financial results are out

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Phase One and ALPA officially announced their new A-Series medium format cameras

By PR admin | Published: December 18, 2014

Phase One and ALPA (both companies announced a long-term strategic and cooperative alliance few months ago) officially released a new A-Series medium format cameras (I already briefly mentioned that news a month ago). Here are the details:

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New Alpa 12 CAMERA

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2012

At Photokina Alpa is expected to announce a new Alpa 12 camera and a shutter module to adapt with the Hasselblad V system lenses. The new camera will be fully integrated into the existing system. Adapters for other MF lenses will follow.

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Samsung working on a medium format digital camera system?

By PR admin | Published: May 18, 2011

Going back to the picture of Samsung camera prototypes posted here yesterday – a reader reminded me about an old rumor that Samsung, Schneider Kreuznach and Alpa are working together to create the first, fully digital, medium format camera system. Why would Samsung have those large square camera prototypes next to their NX bodies? Can someone identify […]

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Rumor: Samsung, Schneider – Kreuznach and Alpa to create the first, fully digital, medium format camera system

By PR admin | Published: August 10, 2010

After the rumor that Canon wants to move to medium format territories, we now have three other companies (Samsung, Schneider – Kreuznach and Alpa) that reportedly want to create a photographic Association (SSA) and produce the first fully digital, medium format camera system. Here the Google translation: Foundation benefits A kind of noise caused by many large companies the […]

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