In case you missed my post on NikonRumors from few days ago: a price increase is coming to Canada on April 1st, 2016 (not a joke) on all major camera manufacturers, including Nikon, Canon, Sony and Panasonic. The reason for the price increase is the decline of the Canadian Dollar:
Cosina announced the Japanese pricing of their Voigtländer 10mm f/5.6 and 15mm f/4.5 lenses for Sony E-mount: Heliar-Hyper Wide 10mm f/5.6 Aspherical E-Mount: ¥155,000 (around $1,300), shipping starts in May 2016 Super Wide-Helliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III E-Mount: ¥115,000 (around $1,000), shipping starts in April 2016 Here is a 10mm f/5.6 sample video from Newsshooter:
→ Polaroid announced new remote controlled Panorama Eyeball Head Spins 360° for capturing panoramic pictures and videos: The versatile Polaroid remote-controlled 360°panorama eyeball head accessory is a compact, portable freestanding mini tripod that can also be placed on a tripod, slider or even selfie stick. Designed for Polaroid cameras, other small popular cameras and SLRs, […]
→ New Gariz leather case released for the Sony Cybershot RX1R II camera. → New from Rocky Nook: free ebook guide titled “Making the Move to Capture One Pro from Lightroom or Aperture“. You can use coupon code CAPTUREONE40 for 40% off the full eBook “Capture One Pro 9“.
In addition to the 50-100mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art and 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary lenses, next week Sigma will also announce a new Canon EF and Sigma SA to Sony E-Mount lens adapter called MC-11 that will be 100% compatible with AF and metering. Sigma is preparing new firmware updates for the 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS […]
These are the current ongoing rebates/deals by manufacturer:
The Techart PRO AF Leica M lens adapter for Sony E mount cameras is now officially announced: Hands-on videos:
The latest Sony a6300 camera and G master lenses are now available for pre-order: B&H Adorama Amazon Shipping for the a6300 should start on March 10th, the G lenses should be available on March 31st.
→ 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 […]
Sony just announced a new a6300 mirrorless camera with 24MP sensor, 4k video and 425 AF points. The price for body only is 998 (pre-orders will open on February 10th, shipping will start in March). The rest of the specs: 24.2MP APS-C Exmor CMOS Sensor BIONZ X Image Processor XGA Tru-Finder 2.36m-Dot OLED EVF 3.0″ […]
