Photo Rumors

New Tamron, Tokina and Sigma lens rebates

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2015

Starting May 1st Tamron and Tokina have new lens mail-in rebates (click on above screenshots to download the rebate forms):

Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 lens: $100 off
Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3: $100 off
Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8: $100 off
Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8: $100 off
Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6: $100 off
Tokina 16-28mm f/2.8: $40 off
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8: $30 off

Sigma also introduced new instant lens rebates:

Posted in Deals, Tamron, Tokina | 1 Comment

New patents: Canon 35mm f/1.4 and Sony FE 55mm f/1.8 lenses

By PR admin | Published: April 30, 2015

Two new patents from Canon and Sony:

→ New Canon 35mm f/1.4 lens patent was filed in Japan.

→ Sony filed a patent for a FE 55mm f/1.8 full frame mirrorless lens.

Posted in Canon, Sony | Tagged Patents | 12 Comments

Leica Camera announced a new M Monochrom (Typ 246) digital rangefinder

By PR admin | Published: April 30, 2015

Today Leica Camera announced a new M Monochrom (Typ 246) digital rangefinder with a 24MP black and white CMOS sensor. Get all the details at LeicaRumors.com.

Posted in Leica | 3 Comments

Fire sale: the Hasselblad Lunar mirrorless camera is now $5,500 off

By PR admin | Published: April 29, 2015

The Hasselblad Lunar mirrorless camera is now $5,500 off, or $1,495.00 at B&H:

The Hasselblad Lunar (limited edition) was voted the worst camera of 2014. The Lunar is based on the Sony NEX-7 model that currently sells for $498. More Lunar coverage is available here.

Posted in Deals, Hasselblad | Tagged Lunar | 19 Comments

Pictures from a 56MP Sony camera appear on Flickr

By PR admin | Published: April 29, 2015

Carl Zeiss uploaded few sample images from their new Batis lenses and some of them are taken with an unknown 56MP Sony camera - the pixel size is 8910x6300 (see also this link). Here is the actual image:

Posted in Sony, Zeiss | Tagged Sony 7RM2 | 26 Comments

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: April 28, 2015

→ The Sony a7 full frame mirrorless camera is now $998.

→ This massive NASA Jonel 100 2,540mm f/8 mirror lens just sold on eBay. More info is available here.

→ The new DJI Ronin M is now available for purchase - it weighs in at just 5 pounds (2.3kg) and it's small enough to fit into a backpack, can support camera setups weighing up to 8 pounds (3.6kg).