Photo Rumors

New Rokinon teaser shows a blurry image of the upcoming 135mm lens

By PR admin | Published: January 9, 2015

Few days ago I already mentioned on Facebook about the new Rokinon teaser for their upcoming 135mm lens (probably f/1.8) – you can now clearly see the dimensions of the new lens.

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Sony A7II DxOMark test results are out

By PR admin | Published: January 9, 2015

DxOMark released their test results for the Sony a7 II camera:

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Panasonic to announce a new GF7 camera at the CP+ show next month

By PR admin | Published: January 9, 2015

The Korean Radio Research Agency has a new entry for a Panasonic GF7 camera that will most likely be announced during the CP+ show in Japan next month. I already reported that the Panasonic GX7 body is already listed as discontinued at B&H.

Via Digicame-info

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Nissin to launch new Di700 AIR flash and Air Commander

By PR admin | Published: January 9, 2015

Update: more information on the new flash is available here.

I received some information that Nissin will soon launch a new flash model called Di700 AIR (similar to the current Di700) and a new Air Commander for Nikon, Canon and Sony cameras. Here are the model number:

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Hasselblad appoints a new CEO, again

By PR admin | Published: January 9, 2015

Haselblad replaced their CEO again (the last replacement was in January, 2014) – maybe this will put an end on their strategy of rebranding Sony products:

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More firmware update news from Sony, GoPro, Ricoh, Fuji and Zeiss

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2015

Sony released a new firmware update that enhances the image stabilization system of the α7 II camera.

More firmware updates after the break:

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Major Samsung NX1 firmware update coming

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2015

Imaging-resource reports that a major firmware update for the Samsung NX1 mirrorless camera will be released soon. Here is a list of the improvements:

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Is this a new Canon DSLR camera?

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2015

On one of the press photos released by Canon for the Connect Station CS100 media hub, you can see a portion of a DSLR camera that doesn’t look like any of the currently available models. This is probably what Canon will announce for the CP+ show next month in Japan.

Via Canon Austria

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Olympus published more details on their Open Platform Community (OPC) camera protype

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2015

During the 2014 Photokina show Olympus announced their new Open Platform Community (OPC) camera prototype with a Micro Four Third mount. Since then, the company has uploaded more information on that project at their dedicated website. Here are the unit’s specifications: