
→ Sigma filed a patent for a 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM (FLD) Art lens with zero distortion. → Canon has a new patent applications for a lubricating camera body cap.

→ Price drop: the Pentax K-3 II DSLR camera is now $935.24 (the K-3 is $749). → Expires today: $300 off on the Sony a7 mirrorless camera. → The Sony RX100 MIV camera is now shipping and is currently in stock. The camera manual can be downloaded here. → The Panasonic Lumix CM1 camera and smartphone with […]

Sony Corporations is planing to raise nearly $4 billion with issuing new shares and bonds in order to invest in stacked image sensor R&D and production while pulling back from consumer goods where they lost money in the past:

→ Is Canon getting into the drone business? A recently filed patent describes how to control the angle of the vertical and horizontal direction of the camera and how to analyze coordinates from GPS satellite. → Canon filed a patent for a full frame Canon 10mm f/2.8L USM lens (not a fisheye). → Canon filed a patent to […]

→ The Sony Alpha NEX-7 with 18-55mm lens is now $750 off. → The Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7 lens was originally designed for NASA: One of the largest aperture lenses in the history of photography: the ZEISS Planar 0.7/50. It was originally designed for NASA. In order to take pictures of the “dark” side of the moon, they […]

Sony just announced a new Sony a7R II camera priced at $3,198. Here are the main specs: 42MP Full-Frame Exmor R BSI CMOS Sensor BIONZ X Image Processor 5-Axis SteadyShot INSIDE Stabilization 399 Phase-Detect AF Points & 5 fps Burst Internal 4K XAVC S Video & S-Log2 Gamma Weather-Resistant Magnesium Alloy Body Built-In Wi-Fi Connectivity with NFC […]

In addition to the new a7R, Sony announced also the Sony RX100 IV ($948) and RX10 II ($1,298) cameras. The specs in a glance: Sony RX100 IV 20.1 MP 1″ Exmor RS BSI CMOS Sensor BIONZ X Image Processor Internal UHD 4K Video & S-Log2 Gamma Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* f/1.8-2.8 Lens 24-70mm (35mm Equivalent) 2349k-Dot […]