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What else is new?

The regular weekly recap from both the rumors and addict websites:

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Canon and Sony also rumored to raise prices in Europe

Similar to Nikon, Canon and Sony are also rumored to raise their prices in the UK and/or in Europe this summer – in some cases up to 20%. Check out the latest prices and availability at Wex Photographic, Jessops, Calumet, Amazon UK and Amazon Germany. Canon recently cut their profit forecast as a result of post-Brexit yen strength.

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Silver Leica APO Summicron M 50mm f/2.0 ASPH lens to be announced soon Fujifilm Problematic Firmware Update Does The Fujifilm X-T2 Focus Faster Than The X-Pro 2 CameraStoreTV X-T2 Field Test Official Fujifilm X-T2 Unboxing Sony Lens Firmware Updates? New deal on the Panasonic G7 camera SenScore posted their Nikon D5 test results Ricoh Theta […]

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Sony announces additional details on their latest lenses, teleconverters and flash system

Some unexpected news from Sony: Sony announced the pricing for their 70-200mm G Master lens: $2.598 (pre-orders will start on July 13th). Sony officially released the Zeiss Planar FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA lens. The price is $1,498 (pre-orders start on July 13th). The pricing of the latest Sony teleconverters will be: Sony FE 2.0x teleconverter: $548 Sony FE […]

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Olympus has new rebates for July New: Bolt VS-570F Wireless TTL Flash for Fujifilm New Ricoh Theta camera rumored to be announced soon Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 distortion-free lens to be available for Pentax K-mount Pentax K-70 camera will start shipping on July 22nd HandeVision IBERIT 24mm f/2.4 lens for Leica M mount to be […]

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Pentax K-S1 camera is now discontinued TECHART PRO Rolling Review Metabones Firmware Updated Again

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The current Fuji, Sony and Nikon rebates are ending this week

The current Sony and Fuji rebates are expiring this week: Fuji lens and camera rebates Sony lens rebates Nikon lens rebates

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Sony announced a shortage of several camera models

Just like Nikon and several other companies, Sony was significantly impacted by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Today the company issued a warning about a potential delay/shortage of the following camera models:

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Did you know that Pentax makes a sensor cleaning kit? One Camera to Rule Them All Introducing The TECHART PRO Sony RX1R II ThumbsUp EP-1R2BLK Announced Metabones Firmware Adds Native AF Current List of All Sony FE/E Mount Lenses as of June 15th

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Sony’s warning on third-party firmware hacks

Sony Japan confirmed in a statement that any third party hacks performed on their cameras will automatically void the warranty (Google translation):

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