The new Samyang 8mm f/2.8 fisheye lens for Fujifilm X-mount (X-Pro1 mirrorless camera) is now available for pre-order ($349.00):
The minimum focusing distance is 1′ (0.3m) and the angle of view is 180º. The lens has one aspherical element and two ED elements.
Samyang 8mm f/2.8 fisheye lens specs:
smc Pentax DA 50mm f/1.8 lens
The online retailer Crutchfield has listed the Fujifilm X100 camera as discontinued on their website.
At the same time the price of the X100 dropped to $999 on Amazon. I am pretty confident that we will see a new X200 announced at Photokina this September (the X100 was announced during Photokina 2010).
CompactFlash Association announced version 2 of the XQD memory card specs which could provide transfer speeds of up to 1,000 MB/s:
Very interesting TED presentation on the femto-photography camera developed at MIT that can take pictures around corners at one trillion frames per second.
In a recent interview with the Chinese website Xitek, Sigma confirmed that they do not have plans to develop a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. The company will concentrate on producing lenses, DSLR and compact cameras.
This contradicts with a previous statement made by Sigma in 2010.
Kipon announced new electronic adapters that will allow you to attach Canon EF mount lenses on Sony NEX and Micro Fourth Thirds mirrorless cameras. Price and other specifications were not revealed.
Today Fujifilm announced the FinePix F800EXR point and shoot camera ($349.95). The specs at a glance:
In addition to the 35mm T1.5 and 24mm T1.5 VDSLR lenses, Samyang/Rokinon will announce also a new 14mm T3.1 cine lens in September.
Sony announced their new DT55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 SAM telephoto zoom lens for A-mount cameras. The price is $299.
Press release:
