Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 lens officially announced

By PR admin | Published: April 16, 2015

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Update: the lens is now available for pre-order at B&H.

The Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 lens is now officially announced. The price is $799. Shipping will start in May, 2015. Here are the details:

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The latest firmware updates from Olympus, Pentax, Sony and Nikon

By PR admin | Published: April 16, 2015

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Those are the latest firmware updates:

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Fuji launches the Fujinon XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR lens

By PR admin | Published: April 16, 2015

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The Fujifilm Fujinon XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR lens is now officially announced. The price is $999.95 (pre-order at B&H, Amazon and Adorama), shipping will start in May 2015. Additional information:

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New Pentax K-3 II DSLR camera coming soon

By PR admin | Published: April 15, 2015

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A new Pentax K-3 II DSLR camera leaked on the Japanese website digicame-info. No other information is available, but the official announcement should be in the next few days and replace the current K-3 model.

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Is this the new Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 full frame lens?

By PR admin | Published: April 15, 2015

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Update: the lens is now officially announced.

I received those pictures of a new Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 full frame lens that could be what the Mitakon teaser on Facebook was about. Here are few additional details:

  • Manual focus lens
  • 9 elements in 6 groups, 2 ED elements
  • Minimum focusing distance: 1m
  • 11 blades aperture
  • Available in Canon, Nikon and Sony mounts (Pentax version may be released later)
  • Sample images:

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First Fuji Fujinon XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR lens review published online

By PR admin | Published: April 15, 2015

Fuji XF 16mm f:1.4 R WR lens

The first Fuji Fujinon XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR lens review got published online prematurely by fujilove.com and later removed but thanks to Google, you can read the cashed version here. The official announcement is tomorrow.

Update: here is another review of the upcoming Fuji lens.

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What’s new at the 2015 NAB show?

By PR admin | Published: April 14, 2015

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→ Blackmagic announced three new cameras with different mounts: URSA, URSA Mini ($2,995 - $5,495) and a new Micro cinema camera ($995-$1,295).

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→ Panasonic announced new wearable POV action cam HX-A1 ($199.99).

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→New HDC-4300 camcorder from Sony.

Livestream Studio HD550
→ Livestream Studio HD550 is a new compact all-in-one live production switcher.

→ Manfrotto Digital Director for iPad Air announced ($499.99).

→ New action cameras from Garmin: VIRB X ($299.99) and VIRB XE ($399.99).

→ RED announced a new 8K full frame WEAPON camera.

→ Panasonic announced the AG-DVX200 4K MFT and DVX200 camcorders.

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Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM lens (Canon mount) tested at DxOMark

By PR admin | Published: April 14, 2015

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DxOMark tested the Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM lens for Canon mount ($849). Here is their conclusion:

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