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Panasonic LX100 detailed specifications

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2014

Here are some more detailed specifications for the Panasonic LX100 camera (I already posted some of them online few days ago):

Posted in Panasonic | Tagged Panasonic LX100, Photokina 2014 | 66 Comments

Zeiss 16-35mm f/4 FE lens to be announced on Monday

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2014

This is the first picture of the Zeiss 16-35mm f/4 FE lens. The price is rumored to be around 1350 EUR. The official announcement will be on Monday.

Posted in Sony, Zeiss | Tagged Zeiss Vario-Tessar T FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS | 9 Comments

Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD full frame zoom lens announced

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2014

This is the new Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD full frame zoom lens I mentioned yesterday. Shipping date and price were not released. Here are the specifications:

Posted in Tamron | Tagged Photokina 2014, Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD full frame zoom lens | 43 Comments

New: Sigma dp1 Quattro camera, three lenses and two teleconverters

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2014

Sigma announced a new dp1 Quattro camera:

29MP Foveon X3 Quattro CMOS Image Sensor
TRUE III Image Processing Engine
19mm f/2.8 Lens (35mm Equivalent: 28mm)
3.0" 920k-dot TFT LCD Screen
ISO Range: 100-6400 in 1/3 Steps
RAW Image Capture
Max RAW Resolution of 5,424 x 3,616
Contrast Detection Autofocus
Manual Focus Ring
P/S/A/M Exposure Control

There are also three new Sigma lenses (previously leaked here, see US pricing info):

Sigma also announced two new teleconverters: TC-1401 1.4x and TC-2001 2x.

Here are the detailed specifications:

Posted in Sigma | Tagged Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM lens, Sigma dp1 Quattro | 19 Comments

SanDisk announced the world’s highest capacity SD memory card (512GB)

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2014

SanDisk announced the world’s highest capacity SD memory card - the 512GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I card is available for pre-order at $729 at Adorama and B&H. There are also two other new SanDisk cards with 95MB read speed: 256 GB ($359) and 128 GB ($189). Additional information: