→ New book: Photographer's Guide to the Fujifilm X100S.
→ The Lomography Petzval lens is now shipping to Kickstarter backers and is available for pre-order.
→ New: IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 high-speed lens (announced earlier this year) will be available for sale by February, 2014 for Sony NEX, Fuji X, Canon EOS M and Micro 4/3 digital mirrorless camera mounts. The price will be $2,080.
Tamron announced the Japanese released date and price for the SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD (model A011) lens: ¥140,000 (around $1,350), shipping will start on December 19th (update: the US press release is now up and the release date is listed as January 17, 2014, the US price will be $1069):
Samsung merged camera and mobile divisions with the hope to capture a bigger piece of the mirrorless camera market in 2015:
Image credit: Panasonic
In a recent interview with DCWatch, Panasonic confirmed previous rumors that a new GH camera with 4k video will likely be announced in 2014. Here are the main points from the interview:
The Pentax K-5 II and K-30 DSLR cameras are now listed as discontinued at B&H. The Pentax K-5 IIs version (without AA filter) is still available. The K-30 was announced in May 2012, the K-5 II came out in September 2012. The current Pentax DSLR lineup consists of the K-3 and K-50:
→ Ricoh GR limited edition camera now in stock.
→ Adobe Lightroom 5.3 and Camera Raw 8.3 are now available for download:
→ Check out this DYI interchangeable lens camera.
→ "One Hand Snap" concept would let you use a camera with just your left hand
→ Nolab Digital Super 8 cartridge will turn your old film camera into digital.
Canon filed a new patent in Japan for a 200-400mm f/4 and 280-560mm f/5.6 lenses with built-in teleconverter and image stabilization.
In a recent interview, the managing director of Canon Mr. Masaya Maeda provided some interesting information on the future of the EOS M mirrorless product line:
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