Category Archives: Sony

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: July 22, 2017

This week’s recap from the rumors and addicts blogs:

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Sony has a patent for an astronomical camera with a curved medium format sensor

By PR admin | Published: July 21, 2017

Sony and several other companies (including Nikon) have already filed multiple patents for curved sensors or for lenses designed for curved sensors. Back in June Sony filed a patent (2017-102189 ) for an astronomical camera with a curved medium format sensor. The first fully functional prototype of a 20MP full frame curved sensor by CEA-LETI was recently awarded […]

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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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List of not yet announced cameras from Canon, Nikon, Sony and Olympus

By PR admin | Published: July 14, 2017

Here is an updated list of upcoming cameras from Canon, Nikon, Sony and Olympus that have already been registered with various government agencies but are not yet announced:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: July 8, 2017

This week’s recap from the rumors and addicts blogs:

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Sigma and Tamron may stop releasing Sony A-mounts lenses in the future

By PR admin | Published: July 7, 2017

A reader recently talked to a Sigma rep who unofficially confirmed that Sigma will not produce any Sony A-mounts lenses in the future. B&H currently lists 21 Sigma lenses for Sony A-mount. I was also told that Tamron may also stop releasing A-mount lenses unless that segment picks up (so far there is no A-mount version […]

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About the “debunked rumor” for a Sony camera with a 36MP APS-C sensor

By PR admin | Published: July 7, 2017

A known clickbait site today “debunked” a “fake rumor” about a new Sony camera with a 36MP APS-C sensor. The only problem here is that this same site reported that exact same rumor last year, twice: So yea, don’t believe everything you read on the Internet, especially when it’s coming from clickbait sites with a well-established history […]

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New C.P. Goerz Citograph 35mm f/8 lens to be launched this week on Kickstarter *UPDATED*

By PR admin | Published: July 4, 2017

Update: the lens is now officially announced. This week a new German startup company will launch the pictured above C.P. Goerz Citograph 35mm f/8 lens on Kickstarter. From the leaked picture it appears that the lens will not have any focusing mechanism. The new lens will be available for almost all available mounts. Stay tuned for […]

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Sony A5 camera teaser? (new full frame interchangeable lens camera from Sony)

By PR admin | Published: July 3, 2017

A reader sent me this teaser that was posted on a Chinese message board – reportedly, this is a new full frame interchangeable lens camera from Sony that will be called a5 (I think the translation should be “world’s slimmest“). I would take this leak with a grain of salt – valid Sony rumors are really hard to come […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: July 2, 2017

→ A free update for the ON1 Photo RAW 2017.5 software is now available for download. It includes new bug fixes and performance updates. You can get a free 30 days trial here. → Irix recently launched new ND gel filters for their wide angle lenses. The new filters will be available in a month. […]

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