Tinymos are working on a new small Tiny1 camera that is specifically designed for astrophotography. There is not much information available on their website right now:
“The Tiny1 is a small and powerful camera that delivers excellent image quality in low-light situations.
The Tiny1 is currently in development and will be available for crowdfunding at the end of the year.”
but there are several sample photos taken with a prototype:
Kinoshita Kogaku Kenkyujyo, a Japanese optical laboratory that designs lenses for various purposes, announced the Kinoshita Kistar 55mm f/1.2 lens – a modern interpretation of the famous Tomioka Kogaku Auto Tominon 55mm f/1.2 from the ’70s. The new lens is meant to be used on mirrorless cameras with the appropriate adapter. Here are the lens specifications:
Additional information:
Ricoh Japan announced a new limited edition GR II camera kit to celebrate the 10 years anniversary of the GR product line. Only 1,200 kits will be produced. The price was not announced (update: the UK price is £999.99). Shipping will start on October 23rd. The Ricoh limited edition GR II kit includes:
Olympus Japan published an update on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II availability – sales will resume in November, 2015. The company pulled the camera out of the market few weeks ago because of a manufacturing issue. US owners of the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II can use this form to send the camera for back for repair.
The Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II camera was announced back in August in the following configurations:
Today Fujifilm announced a new Instax Mini 70 camera ($139.95). Why? Because the Fuji Instax cameras are one of the best sellers on Amazon and the company reported a strong growth for that product line in their latest (2015) annual report:
What’s new in the Instax Mini 70 camera:
As previously reported, Fujifilm released firmware update ver.1.01 for the X-A2 camera with support for Windows 10. All remaining cameras in Fuji’s lineup will be updated by the end of December.
The latest Fuji deals: X-T1o is now $100 | X-E2 kit is now $348 off | X-A2 kit is now $50 off | X-M1 is now $100 off
Cosina Japan officially discontinued multiple Voigtlander VM products:
Via LeicaRumors.com
A quick update on the latest Canon rumors:
Oh, and Canon is not acquiring Sigma and there were never talks about such acquisition. There is also no color top LCD screen coming to Canon DSLR cameras – just some of the latest bogus rumors reported on the Web. How do I know? I received the exact same rumors for Nikon…
The latest Canon patents:
After Digitalrev, The Camera Store also posted their Sony A7R II hands-on review and a comparison with the Canon 5Ds R camera (another comparison between both cameras can be found at focus-numerique):
