Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 lens patent
Sigma 12-24mm f/2.8 lens patent
Sigma filed patents for several different lenses designed for APS-C based DSLR cameras: 18-35mm f/1.8, 15-30mm f/1.8, 17-35mm f/1.8, 16-50mm f/2.8 and 12-24mm f/2.8.
Olympus filed a patent for a 12-150mm f/4-6.3 Micro Four Thirds lens with image stabilization (IS).
To celebrate their 100 years anniversary and their brand new headquarter (Leitz Park) in Wetzlar, Leica Camera announced several new products today (including a new watch). For more details check LeicaRumors:
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Adobe is apparently working a new touch-based version of Photoshop CC specially designed for tablets:
Few days ago I posted about the Fuji X20 camera being listed as discontinued at B&H. The Chinese website xjrumo now reports that a new Fujifilm X30 camera with a 1″ sensor will be announced in the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more details.
The price of the Sony a7 full frame mirrorless camera dropped by $200 today (after $200 instant savings, incl. free 32GB memory card and free hand grip strap, free shipping and 4% in rewards). This is the lowest price for a new full frame digital camera I have ever seen (the Nikon D610 still sells for around $1,900).
There is also a new $250 instant saving on the Sony a7r with the LA-EA4 mount adapter kit combo (price after discount: $2,395.95). For comparison, the price of the Sony a7s model is $2,498 (shipping starts on July 8th).
Sony Japan released an updated Sony FE lens roadmap. Two new lenses were added:
→ Tokina officially announced their AT-X 70-200mm f/4 PRO FX VCM-S lens.
→ Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens ($1,069.00) for Nikon mount is now shipping.
→ Nik Collection by Google revealed Analog Efex Pro v2. More info is available here.
→ The Fuji X20 camera is listed as discontinued at B&H
→ This new OTTO camera saves motion as animated GIF files.
The Sony RX100M3 is now officially announced. The US price is $798 and the camera is now available for pre-order. Sample images can be found here.
Sony also released the pricing of their a7s mirrorless camera (12MP, 4k video, high ISO of 409,600): $2498 (pre-order link).
Sony RX100M3 main features:
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→ This is why the new Adobe Cloud subscription sucks. Read more about it here.
→ Sony camera sales fall by a third:
“Camera sales – which include interchangeable-lens models, compacts and lens-style cameras – dropped by 5.5 million units (32.3%), to 11.5m, on a year earlier.”
