Sigma announced a new 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM lens for Sony and Pentax DSLR cameras. The old 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM lens ($669) will be discontinued. Specification (for Sony mount): Lens Construction:17 Elements in 13 Groups Angle of View:79.7-31.7 degrees *Number of blades: 7 pcs (Rounded diaphragm) Minimum Aperture: f/22 Minimum Focusing Distance: […]
The Phottix Strato II Multi is now available also for Sony cameras:
Reuters reports that Sony plans to increase its sensor production by 50% in the next 2-3 years. On Monday Sony opened its fourth CMOS sensor line in their Nagasaki factory. In addition to its own camera lines, Sony supplied sensors to many other manufacturers like Nikon and Apple.
Ricoh announces the CX6 compact digital camera featuring high-speed autofocus as fast as 0.1 seconds and zoom assist monitor for easier telephoto photography: Tokyo, Japan, November 15, 2011—Ricoh Co., Ltd. (president and CEO: Shiro Kondo) today announced the development and release of the CX6, a new digital camera featuring a high magnification 10.7x (28-300 mm) […]
I am still catching up after my trip to New York for the PDN show. Here is a recap of the news from the past few days I did not cover: ThinkTank Photo announced their new Modular Rotation System and Modular Rotation System Skin Components. If you want to be alerted when the new Modular units […]
In addition to the PDN report (see also this Nikon related post), here are some additional images from the show’s floor. What’s inside the Panasonic GH2:
Two new underwater housings for Sony cameras form Aquatica: The Aquatica team is proud to announce the release of the Aquatica AN-5n housing for the Sony NEX-5n camera. Sony has once again made an already good camera into a better one, adding yet more punch on the DSLR size sensor and still maintaining the size of […]
Olympus filed a patent 2011209377 for 10mm f/2.8, 12mm f/2.8 and 12mm f/2.0 lenses:
Sony Japan publish a statement confirming Amazon’s product listing note that the NEX-7, NEX-5N, NEX-C3 and a65 cameras will be postponed. It’s interesting to note that the a77 was not listed as delayed. No firm release dates were given:
Sony NEX-7 is no longer available on Amazon “due to manufacturing concerns”. Similar to Nikon, Sony got hit very hard by the flooding in Thailand. Update: the Sony a65 is also removed from Amazon.
