Photo Rumors

New: Sigma dp1 Quattro camera, three lenses and two teleconverters

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2014

Sigma announced a new dp1 Quattro camera:

29MP Foveon X3 Quattro CMOS Image Sensor
TRUE III Image Processing Engine
19mm f/2.8 Lens (35mm Equivalent: 28mm)
3.0″ 920k-dot TFT LCD Screen
ISO Range: 100-6400 in 1/3 Steps
RAW Image Capture
Max RAW Resolution of 5,424 x 3,616
Contrast Detection Autofocus
Manual Focus Ring
P/S/A/M Exposure Control

There are also three new Sigma lenses (previously leaked here, see US pricing info):

Sigma also announced two new teleconverters: TC-1401 1.4x and TC-2001 2x.

Here are the detailed specifications:

Posted in Sigma| Tagged Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM lens, Sigma dp1 Quattro| 19 Comments

SanDisk announced the world’s highest capacity SD memory card (512GB)

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2014

SanDisk announced the world’s highest capacity SD memory card – the 512GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I card is available for pre-order at $729 at Adorama and B&H. There are also two other new SanDisk cards with 95MB read speed: 256 GB ($359) and 128 GB ($189). Additional information:

Posted in SanDisk| Tagged Photokina 2014| 20 Comments

Canon to announce three new compact cameras: PowerShot G7 X, SX60 HS and N2

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2014

Canon is rumored to announce three new compact cameras:

Canon PowerShot G7 X
PowerShot SX60 HS
PowerShot N2 (in pink and white)

Via Digicame-info

Posted in Canon| Tagged Canon PowerShot G7 X, Photokina 2014| 4 Comments

4K video will come to the Olympus OM-D E-M1 with a firmware update

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2014

Olympus will release a firmware update for the OM-D E-M1 MFT camera that will add 4k video recording:

Posted in Olympus| Tagged 4k, Olympus E-M1| 12 Comments

Rumor: Tamron to announce a new 15-30mm f/2.8 full frame lens tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2014

I just received some information that Tamron will announce a new 15-30mm f/2.8 full frame lens tomorrow. Stay tuned for additional details.

Posted in Tamron| Tagged Photokina 2014, Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD full frame zoom lens| 46 Comments

Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM pancake, EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM and EF 24-105mm f/ 3.5-5.6 IS STM lenses to be announced with the 7D MarkII

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2014

In addition to the EOS 7D Mark II, Canon will also announce the following new lenses for Photokina:

Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM pancake lens (APS-C)

Focal length equivalent: 38.4 mm
High-precision glass molded aspherical lens
Full-time manual focus
Shortest shooting distance: 0.16 m
Maximum magnification: 0.27X
Thickness: 22.8 mm
Weight: 125g

Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM

Length: 232.7 mm
Weight: 2100 grams
Third generation DO lens
One aspherical element
Four stops IS
Special SWC coating
Dust and water proof

Posted in Canon| Tagged Photokina 2014| 13 Comments

Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 Apo Planar T* lens reviews and sample images

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2014

In addition to the sample images I posted online few days ago, Zeiss uploaded on flickr several new photos taken with the $4,490 Otus 1.4/85 lens (see also their blog post). The first lens 85mm Otus reviews are also already out:

Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 is the best performing portrait lens ever tested by DxOMark
Review by 3d-kraft.com
Review by f64.ro
Review by Jorge Torralba
Review by Ming Thein
Review by Matt Granger:

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Canon 7D Mark II: leaked picture and specs

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2014

This is the first leaked picture and detailed specifications of the Canon EOS 7D Mark II DSLR camera – the official announcement will be in the next few days:

Posted in Canon| Tagged Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Photokina 2014| 138 Comments

Ricoh WG-M1 “adventure” camera officially announced

By PR admin | Published: September 10, 2014

The already leaked Ricoh WG-M1 “adventure” camera is now officially announced. For pricing and availability check B&H, Adorama or Amazon (info not available at the time this post was published). Here are the detailed technical specifications: