The current Zeiss Distagon T 25mm f/2.8 lens
According to this FM forum post, Carl Zeiss will be releasing a new Distagon 25mm f/2.0 lens this month:
“Yes, I have an idea about the new 25. It will be announced in October, so keep an eye for the Zeiss website. And if everything goes well, delivery of the first production batch will be in Germany right before Christmas.”
The current Zeiss Distagon T 25mm lens has a f/2.8 aperture.
Via Zeissrumors
The Fuji X lineup (from the DCWatch coverage of the Fujifilm presentation in Tokyo)
Fujifilm had an event in Tokyo and gave some juicy details about their upcoming mirrorless interchangeable lens camera:
“resolution and low noise will
surpassrival the 35mm full size sensor”
Prototypes of the new mirrorless camera will be displayed at the 2012 CES show in January (in Las Vegas).
There will also be a new SLR style camera called X-s1 that will feature a 2/3″ EXR CMOS sensor and fixed 26x zoom.
The first Lytro light field camera is already in production according to this article from AllThingsD:
“Meanwhile, many on Lytro’s team have been shuttling between Silicon Valley and the Asian manufacturing facility where the first cameras are being produced. While the design itself has been fully baked for some weeks now, the company has been working on smaller refinements and on validating the manufacturing and supply chain process.”
The first Lytro camera is expected to be released by the end of the year (you can see a blurry shot of it here).
See all Lytro related stories here.
Kodak’s stock price went further down last week after concerns about a $160 million credit withdrawal. Yesterday Kodak said that they are not planning on filling for bankruptcy and their stock slightly recovered. The Kodak patent bid is due in October.
Amazon UK posted the price and availability of the Fuji X10 camera: £449.98 (around $700) with a release date of October 28, 2011. Fujifilm has not yet officially announced the price of the X10 camera.
Sony Japan confirmed to DCWatch the discontinuation of the a900 model camera for Japan. This is not really something new since the a900 was listed as discontinued on Sony’s Hong Kong website back in May of 2010. For the US, Amazon currently shows only 20 cameras left in stock.
Nauticam announced new underwater NA-NEX5N housing for Sony NEX-5N cameras with a depth rating of 100m. The release date is October 15, 2011, the price is $1650.
Here are the top 10 most visited PhotoRumors posts for September 2011:
Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company is the new official company name after Ricoh acquired Pentax few months ago. Here is the official press releases:
Tokyo, October 1, 2011–Ricoh Company, Ltd. (President & CEO: Shiro Kondo; hereinafter referred to as “Ricoh”) announces the establishment of PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. as its wholly owned subsidiary on October 1, 2011.
SanDisk promises that soon more new cameras will support their new UHS-I cards:
“Asked about the compatibility of the fastest cards and their technology firm UHS-I, Philippe Williams, director of marketing for SanDisk for Europe, Africa and the Middle East said that the list of cameras would soon expand.“
It will be interesting to see what those new cameras will be. For now only the Nikon D5100, D7000 and Sony A77 can take a full advantage of the UHS-I cards.
Via Quesabesde
