Sony announces additional details on their latest lenses, teleconverters and flash system

Sony Zeiss Planar FE 50mm f:1.4 ZA lens
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Some unexpected news from Sony:

Press releases:

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What else is new?

Olympus has new rebates for July

New: Bolt VS-570F Wireless TTL Flash for Fujifilm

New Ricoh Theta camera rumored to be announced soon

Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 distortion-free lens to be available for Pentax K-mount

Pentax K-70 camera will start shipping on July 22nd

HandeVision IBERIT 24mm f/2.4 lens for Leica M mount to be announced at Photokina

New SAMYANG 50mm F1.2 AS UMC CS

Lens Baby Twist 60 Coming July 22nd

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Sigma sd Quattro camera now shipping

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The Sigma sd Quattro camera is now shipping and is already in stock in Japan. For US pricing and availability check B&H or Adorama. Amazon Germany is now taking pre-orders. Yodobashi has a nice report on the sd camera with many sample photos (see also part 2).

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Fuji X-T2 camera and new accessories officially announced

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Today Fuji announced the long rumored X-T2 mirrrorless camera and several new accessories.

Pricing and pre-order links:

Fuji X-T2 key features:

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Fuji released an updated XF lens roadmap for 2016

Fuji XF lens roadmap 2016
Fuji released an updated X series roadmap of interchangeable lenses for the X series of mirrorless cameras. The latest roadmap adds three new lenses:

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Fujifilm announced new firmware update for the X−Pro2 camera

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Fuji announced a new firmware update version 2.0 for the Fuji X−Pro2 camera that will be released in October. Here is the list of enhancements:

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New Fuji EF-X500 flash, MHG-XT2 and VPB-XT2 grips to be announced together with the X-T2

Fuji EF-X500 flash
Fuji MHG-XT2 VPB-XT2 grip
On July 7th Fuji will announce a new X-T2 mirrorless camera. The following Fuji accessories will also be released on the same date:

  • Fuji EF-X500 flash (price in Japan: 58,800 yen, or around $580).
  • Fuji MHG-XT2 hand grip (price in Japan 15,600 yen, or around $150)
  • Fuji VPB-XT2 power booster grip (price in Japan is 37,200 yen, or around $370)

Fuji will most likely also release an updated lens roadmap. Here are few more pictures of the X-T2 from all angles:

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What else is new?

Pentax K-S1 camera is now discontinued

TECHART PRO Rolling Review

Metabones Firmware Updated Again

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