Zeiss Touit lenses for Sony NEX and Fujifilm X mounts now available for pre-order

By PR admin | Published: May 2, 2013

Zeiss NEX XF mirrorless system camera lenses

The new Zeiss Touit lenses are now available for pre-order:

Fujifilm X mount

Sony NEX mount

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Adobe working on iOS Lightroom app with RAW support

By PR admin | Published: May 2, 2013

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Adobe is working on a Lightroom app for iOS devices with RAW file support for editing images. The app is still under development, but here is a quick demo from the The Grid with Scott Kelby:

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Sigma 60mm f/2.8 DN lens pricing and availability announced

By PR admin | Published: May 2, 2013

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Sigma announced the US pricing and availability for their new 60mm F2.8 DN lens for mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras - shipping will start in mid-May for the street price of $239:

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Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for April 2013

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2013

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Fuji X100s Sigma-Photo-logo Adobe-Lightroom-5
Ricoh-GR-compact-camera Ricoh-GR-camera-(3) Adobe-Lightroom-5

Those are the top 10 PhotoRumors posts for April 2013:

  1. Ricoh GR image quality comparison with Fuji X-Pro1, Canon G1x/G15, Sony RX100 and Nikon Coolpix A
  2. Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens leaked? *UPDATED*
  3. First images of the upcoming Panasonic Lumix GF6 camera
  4. Fuji X100 vs. X100s: list of all 69 improvements
  5. Sigma rumored to announce 135mm f/1.8 DG OS Art lens
  6. Adobe Lightroom 5 Beta now available for download
  7. Specifications of the new Ricoh Digital GR camera
  8. The new Ricoh Digital GR camera to be announced next week (additional specifications available)
  9. Adobe Lightroom 5 public beta coming soon with some new features
  10. This is the Ricoh GR
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Pentax increases lens prices, reduces camera prices, introduces new instant savings

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2013
Lens
Old Price
New Price
Increase
DA 14mm f/2.8 $710 $950 $240
FA 35mm f/2 $400 $600 $200
FA 43mm f/1.9 Limited $585 $750 $165
D FA 50mm f/2.8 Macro $450 $600 $150
FA 50mm f/1.4 $360 $450 $90
FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited $800 $1050 $250
DA 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 $530 $650 $120
DA 12-24mm f/4 $730 $900 $170
DA 17-70mm f/4 $490 $600 $110
DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 $370 $400 $30

PentaxForums reports about another Pentax lens price increase. It seems that the new prices are already in effect at Adorama, Amazon and B&H will probably update them in the next few hours. Pentax already had price hikes in 2012 and back in 2009.

At the same time Pentax US introduced new instant rebates on those lenses (when purchased with Pentax DSLR):

Pentax US also reduced the price of those cameras:

Here is the full press release:

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New Tokina rebates starting today

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2013

Tokina-lens-rebates

Today Tokina introduced new mail-in rebates for some of their lenses:

  • AT-X 100mm Macro: $30 rebate
  • AT-X 10-17mm AF DX Fisheye: $40.00 rebate
  • AT-X 10-17mm AF DX Fisheye NH: $40.00 rebate
  • AT-X 16-28mm PRO FX: $50.00 rebate
  • AT-X 17-35mm PRO FX: $40.00 rebate
  • AT-X 11-16mm PRO DX-II: $40.00 rebate
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Samsung NX2000 mirrorless camera officially announced

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2013

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The Samsung NX2000 mirrorless camera is now officially announced and is available for pre-order ($649 for a lens kit, available in black and white).

Samsung NX2000 product specifications:

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Olympus PEN E-P5 specifications

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2013

Olympus PEN E-P5 front
Olympus PEN E-P5 back

Some new images and more detailed specifications of the upcoming Olympus PEN E-P5 Micro Four Thirds camera:

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Samsung NX2000 mirrorless camera leaked again

By PR admin | Published: April 30, 2013

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Samsung-NX2000-back
Samsung-NX2000-top

It seems that Samsung is ready to announce their new NX2000 mirrorless camera: a new product page is currently live (in German) and B&H has a listing for a NX2000 battery on their website. Here is a screenshot with the product features and specifications (click for larger view):

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Deal of the day: buy Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4, get over $100 worth of free photography accessories

By PR admin | Published: April 30, 2013

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Adobe-Lightroom-4-deal

B&H currently has a limited time offer where you can get over $100 worth of free photography accessories when you purchase Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 image editing software priced at $119.99.

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