First Rokinon autofocus (AF) lens to be available next month

Rokinon autofocus (AF) AF 50mm f:1.4 full frame lens for Sony E-mount
A reader sent me this banner for the first Rokinon autofocus (AF) full frame lens that will be available in August: AF 50mm f/1.4 for Sony E-mount. The US price will be 699$. The Samyang version was announced back in May.

The Samyang/Rokinon AF lenses have been in development for a while - I reported the first rumors back in 2014.

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New Yasuhara Momo soft focus lens

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Yasuhara announced "MOMO" - a new soft focus lens for DSLR and mirrorless cameras:

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Phase One announced first Schneider Kreuznach zoom lenses with blue ring

Phase One announced first Schneider Kreuznach zoom lenses with blue ring
Phase One announced the first two Schneider Kreuznach medium format zoom lenses with blue ring (built to tighter tolerances):

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The latest lens patents from Tamron, Canon and Panasonic

The latest lens patent applications recently filed in Japan:

Tamron SP 60mm f:2.8 Di VC USD lens patent
→ Tamron SP 60mm f/2.8 Di VC USD lens

Tamron SP 100-400mm f:4.5-6.3 VC lens patent
→ Tamron SP 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 VC lens

Canon 15-75mm f:2-5.6 lens patent
→ Canon 15-75mm f/2-5.6 lens (APS-C)

Canon EF-M 16-50mm f:3.5-5.6 IS STM lens patent
→ Canon EF-M 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens (EF-M)

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The first out of five new Samyang lenses announced: Xeen 135mm T/2.2

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The first out of five new Samyang lenses I reported about last week got officially announced today: it is the 135mm T/2.2 from the Xeen cinema lineup. Additional information on the new lens can be found here (check US pricing and availability).

Samyang already has 14mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm Xeen lenses.

Press release:

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Hasselblad X1D additional coverage/recap

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Hasselblad X1D additional coverage/recap:

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What else is new?

Silver Leica APO Summicron M 50mm f/2.0 ASPH lens to be announced soon

Fujifilm Problematic Firmware Update

Does The Fujifilm X-T2 Focus Faster Than The X-Pro 2

CameraStoreTV X-T2 Field Test

Official Fujifilm X-T2 Unboxing

Sony Lens Firmware Updates?

New deal on the Panasonic G7 camera

SenScore posted their Nikon D5 test results

Ricoh Theta M15 360 camera on sale

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Lightroom for Mobile now supports RAW editing

Adobe released a major update for Lightroom Mobile with added RAW support (Lightroom for iOS 2.4 and Lightroom for Android 2.1):

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