I am back from my trip to Boston and Maine for the second annual NikonRumors Forum get together. This is what you may have missed in the past few days: → Zeiss announced two new lenses at the NAB Show 2014: Compact Zoom CZ.2 15-30/T2.9 ($23,900.00) and ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphic MA 135/T1.9. → The LomoChrome Purple film […]
→ Lomography introduced a new Belair X 6-12 Instant Back. → Yongnuo announced a new YN-622N-TX i-TTL LCD wireless flash controller and wireless flash trigger transceiver for Nikon DSLR cameras. Check availability and pricing on eBay. → Phottix Mitros+ TTL transceiver flash for Nikon is now in stock.
→ New book: Photographer’s Guide to the Fujifilm X100S. → The Lomography Petzval lens is now shipping to Kickstarter backers and is available for pre-order. → New: IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 high-speed lens (announced earlier this year) will be available for sale by February, 2014 for Sony NEX, Fuji X, Canon EOS M and Micro 4/3 digital mirrorless camera […]
Here are some of the other new products that were announced today and while I was offline: →Sigma officially announced a new 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM lens that will be available in various mounts. →Lomography announced new plastic lenses for Micro Four Thirds cameras. →Panasonic announced the development of a new Leica DG Summilux […]
Lomography announced that they have reached over $1 million on Kickstarter for their upcoming Petzval lens (more info available here):
Lomography, in cooperation with Zenit, started a kickstarter project on a Petzval portrait lens for Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras (as many of you guessed correctly in this post). The lens is currently in production, the first prototypes are expected in the next month or two. For more information, visit this page.
Lomography has published four article-teasers for an upcoming mystery product that will be announced on Thursday, July 25th. Can you make any sense of the attached images/clues? Update: as several readers have mentioned in the comments section, the new product will most likely be a Petzval lens. For more info check this and this link.
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