Photo Rumors

Meike 12mm f/2.8 wide angle lens for mirrorless cameras announced

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2016

Meike announced a new 12mm f/2.8 wide angle APS-C lens designed for mirrorless cameras. Additional information:

Venus Optics has a teaser for a new Laowa lens

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2016

Venus Optics has a teaser on Facebook about a new Laowa lens that will be announced at Photokina. The description and hashtags used could indicate to something related to E-mount:

"A NativE SurprisE. To be revealed in Photokina. #photokina #laowa #surprisE #nativE #compact"

Venus Optics currently has several different Loawa lenses designed for mirrorless and DSLR cameras.

Posted in Laowa, Venus Optics | Tagged Photokina 2016 | 1 Comment

Sony launches full frame FE 50mm f/2.8 macro lens with 1:1 reproduction

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2016

I've already said that there are hardly any reliable Sony rumors and this is the proof - Sony just announced a new full frame FE 50mm f/2.8 macro lens with 1:1 reproduction that was not picked up even by the Japanese websites. The US price of the lens will be $498. Few sample photos can be found here. Technical specifications:

50mm standard 1:1 macro lens
Compact, lightweight design
Circular 7-blade aperture for beautiful defocus effects
Dust- and moisture-resistant design
Min. focusing distance: 0.53 ft (0.16 m)
Max magnification ration: 1
Filters: 55mm
Weight: 8.4 oz (236 g)

Press release:

Posted in Sony | Tagged macro, Sony FE 50mm f/2.8 macro lens | 3 Comments

Fuji to announce a new Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 lens

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2016

In this new video Billy from the Fuji Guys mentioned that a new Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 lens will be announced "later on" (check the 9:37 mark from the video above). The new 50mm lens, together with the Fujinon XF 23 and XF 35 f/2 lenses, will be part of the so called "designer series".

Update: that lens was already on Fuji's roadmap.

Via FujiAddict

Posted in Fuji | Tagged Fujinon XF 50mm f/2 lens | 6 Comments

First images of the upcoming Canon XC15 4K camcorder

By PR admin | Published: August 29, 2016

One of the new cameras registered at the Russian government agency Novacert could be the just leaked Canon XC15 4k camcorder (pictured above via Nokishita). The XC15 will replace the current XC10 model. The official announcement will most likely happen during Photokina.

Posted in Canon | Tagged Canon XC15, Photokina 2016 | 12 Comments

Multiple new cameras registered at the Russian government agency Novacert

By PR admin | Published: August 27, 2016

As I already reported, Canon is rumored to announce a new mirrorless camera most likely after the Photokina show next month. The Russian government agency Novacert has several new registrations for Canon cameras and at least two of them could be for new mirrorless models:

Posted in Canon | Tagged Canon EOS-M, Novacert | 3 Comments

New Tokina FiRIN 20mm f/2 FE MF lens leaked in Japan

By PR admin | Published: August 25, 2016

Tokina will soon announce a new FiRIN 20mm f/2 FE MF full frame manual focus E-mount lens. This is the first lens from the new FiRIN line that I assume will be designed for mirrorless cameras. The official announcement will be before the Photokina show next month.