Tamron is rumored to announce a new tele lens next week, most likely on November 7th. Most likely it will be the previously rumored 16-300mm lens for APS-C DSLR cameras.
Update: here is a teaser found on a Polish forum – this will be a serious lens (not the 16-300mm):
Brian Hirschfeld talked to the folks at Zeiss during the Photo Plus Expo and reported that the price of the Zeiss Touit 2.8/50 macro lens will be around $1,000:
Panasonic filed design patents in Japan for several different camera models (above: classical design). Here is the Panasonic GF design:
The price of the Fuji X100s camera dropped to $1,189.98 on Amazon from $1,299.95 ($110 off).
The Olympus STYLUS 1 camera is now officially announced. Shipping will start in December and B&H is currently taking pre-orders at $699.99. The camera is available only in black. Here are the basic specifications:
Press release and accessories:
Few more Olympus STYLUS 1 pictures surfaced on the Web from an online retailer (click for larger view). The official announcement is tomorrow. The US price will be $699.
→Check out those new Canon deals on Amazon.
→Kodak wins $76million in patent dispute with Ricoh.
→Similar to Nikon Canon also cut their full-year forecast as camera users switch to smart phones.
Some Fuji rumors from the Photo Plus Expo:
The new Pentax K-3 DSLR camera is scheduled to start shipping in early November. I was offline during the K-3 announcement and I had multiple emails from readers asking for some additional coverage (I only briefly mentioned the K-3 in this recap):
