Leaked: Leica Sofort instant camera

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In two days Leica is rumored to announce a new instant camera called "Sofort" based on the popular Fuji Instax platform. This is what we know so far:

  • The camera can work with regular Fuji Instax film.
  • Lens: Auto-Hektor 1:12,7/60mm lens (34mm equivalent on 35mm film)
  • Three focusing zones: Macro (no distance in the info) / Standard 60cm-3m / Infinity 3m-infinty
  • Selfie mode
  • Three colors available: white, orange and mint
  • The price will be 279 Euros
  • A color film pack will be 12 Euros, B&W will be 14 Euros
  • Two new Leica branded color and black and white instant film (Fuji recently announced it)
  • Announcement on September 15th
  • Shipping starts in November

Additional information:

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Tokina FíRIN 20mm f/2 FE MF full frame lens for Sony E-mount officially announced

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Tokina announced the previously leaked FíRIN 20mm f/2 FE MF full frame lens for Sony E-mount. Shipping is scheduled to start in first quarter of 2017. US pricing is not yet available. Here are the details:

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Zeiss teaser for a new lens to be announced at Photokina

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Zeiss has a new teaser on their Facebook page about a new lens being announced at Photokina:

Update: the new Zeiss lens will be Loxia 2.4/85.

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Canon EF-M 18-150mm IS STM and EF 70-300mm IS II USM lenses leaked online

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Together with the EOS M5 mirrorless camera, Canon will also announce two new lenses. First the specs and pictures of the Canon EF-M 18-150 IS STM:

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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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