Zeiss Otus 1.4/85 lens officially announced

By PR admin | Published: September 8, 2014

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The Zeiss Otus 1.4/85 lens is now officially announced and available for pre-order for Nikon and Canon mount. Here is some additional information:

lens design

lens design

Sample photo:

Portrait of mountain runner Rickey Gates

At the edge

Aspen Leaves

Portrait in the field

B&W portrait 2

Branch

Red dress

Railing

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Leica is rumored to announce a limited edition M60 digital rangefinder without LCD screen

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2014

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Leica is rumored to announce a limited edition M60 digital rangefinder without a LCD screen - read all the details at LeicaRumors. I think this will be the camera everybody will be talking about at the 2014 Photokina show simply because I have not yet seen anything else interesting rom the other manufacturers (unless there are some surprises we do not know about).

Update: the new camera will be called Leica M Edition 60:

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Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM lens and Samsung NX30 camera kit on sale

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2014

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Two new deals from Adorama:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2014

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→ Sony announced a new HDR-AZ1 mini action camera available in two different kits: Sony HDR-AZ1 and HDR-AZ1VR.

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→ Olympus terminated their worldwide warranty for digital cameras and accessories.

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→ The latest CIPA data for camera shipment in Japan for the month of July.

simple software could make blurry pictures better
→ A simple software could make your blurry smartphone pictures better.

Adobe Photoshop Mix Version 1.1
→ Adobe released Photoshop Mix Version 1.1.

Speed-Booster-ULTRA-adapters
→ Speed Booster announced new ULTRA adapters (see pricing and availability).

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→ Think Tank Photo released a new color of their Mirrorless Mover bags.

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→ New book: Photographer's Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100 III.

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Fujifilm XF 16mm f/1.4 R and 18-55mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR lenses now also listed at Adorama

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2014

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In addition to the XF 50-140mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR, Adorama now also has listing for two other new XF lenses on their website:

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New Pentax leaf shutter 645 medium format lenses coming soon

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2014

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Michael Reichmann from Luminous Landscape posted an interesting comment over at the PentaxForum:

"Pentax says that tethering in studio is coming before the end of the year. There are new leaf shutter lenses coming as well."

Maybe the official announcement will be during the Photokina show.

You can see the currently available 645 medium format lenses here.

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New Canon EOS 7D Mark II book shows up in Japan

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2014

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New Canon EOS 7D Mark II book showed up on a Japanese website. The scheduled release date is September, 2014.

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Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS lens teaser

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2014

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Sony Japan posted a new teaser for their upcoming Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS lens (SEL1635Z). Sony is also rumored to announce a new 28-135mm f/4.0 OSS powerzoom lens for Photokina.

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