Primoplan 75/f1.9 is another Meyer-Optik lens on Kickstarter

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So there were two new Meyer-Optik lenses on that teaser after all - the company just announced today a second lens, the Primoplan 75/f1.9, that will join the Primoplan 58/f1.9 on Kickstarter:

Additional infromation:

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Samyang announces 14mm f/2.4 and Samyang 85mm f/1.2 “Premium” manual focus lenses

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Samyang announced two manual focus photo lenses from their new "Premium" product line designed for high resolution photoshoots:

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Franzis NEAT Projects removes objects/people from pictures and is now on sale

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The German developer for photo-editing software Franzis has a special offer on their NEAT Projects that automatically removes all moving objects/clusters of people from pictures of your favorite attractions:

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  • Recommended retail price: USD 129,00
  • Special offer: USD 69,00
  • Discount: 46 % (you save: $ 46,51 )
  • Offer valid until : 30th of September 2016
  • Available for Mac and Windows, works as a plug-in to Adobe® Photoshop and Lightroom, and as a standalone application.

Here is a screenshot of the user interface and a YouTube tutorial:

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Samsung had a patent for a 70-200mm f/2.8 OIS full frame mirrorless lens

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In March of 2015 Samsung filed a patent in Japan for a 70-200mm f/2.8 full frame mirrorless lens with OIS. Probably back then they still had a camera department working on new patents and it's interesting to see that they even considered a full frame mirrorless camera/solution.

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What else is new?

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→ Sony announced new Sony FDR-X3000 action camera with with liveview remote - see all available combos and pricing.

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→ Another new action camera: Garmin Virb Ultra 30 (it's even already in stock).

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Canon celebrates the production of 120 million interchangeable EF lenses.

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→ The CompactFlash Association announced CFexpress family of high-performance removable media based on PCIE and NVM Express.

Next are some of the new cinema lenses announced at the 2016 IBC show:

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Rumored Panasonic GH5, LX10 and LX15* camera specifications

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This is an updated list (see my previous post) on what to expect from Panasonic for the 2016 Photokina show based on some new information I just received:

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Fuji medium format digital camera rumored to be announced on September 16th

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Picture: the already discontinued Fujifilm GF670 medium format rangefinder camera

Rumors about a new Fuji medium format digital camera have been going around for a while, but today I received information from a good source that next week Fuji will officially announce a new medium format digital camera. This is what I know so far:

  • Medium format camera with a 50MP sensor (not sure if it will be mirrorless, but I doubt they will re-introduce the mirror after making fun of it for years)
  • The camera will be introduced with two new lenses, one of them will be a zoom (30-90mm most likely)
  • The official announcement is expected on September 15th or 16th (the date I got for the US is the 16th)

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Meyer-Optik launches Kickstarter to revive the Primoplan f1.9/58 lens

Meyer Optik started a new Kickstarter campaign for the remake of the Primoplan f1.9/58 lens. It seems that the teaser was only for one new lens as initially reported two days ago. Here are the details:

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