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Up to $1,000 price drop on Canon lenses coming tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2014

Update: here is one link/page for all reduced Canon lenses from Adorama and the corresponding page from B&H.

Tomorrow 26 different Canon lenses will get up to a $1,000 price drop. If the prices below are not live yet, check also Adorama and Amazon (update: there is also a new Canon mail-in rebate program):

Primes

$110 Price Drop on EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM from $2359 to $2249
$100 Price Drop on EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM from $1749 to $1649
$70 Price Drop on EF 50mm f/1.2L USM from $1619 to $1549
$100 Price Drop on EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM from $2199 to $2099
$40 Price Drop on EF 135mm f/2.0L USM from $1089 to $1049
$40 Price Drop on EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM from $819 to $779
$700 Price Drop on EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM from $7299 to $6599
$1000 Price Drop on EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM from $11499 to $10499
$1000 Price Drop on EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM from $10499 to $9499
$1000 Price Drop on EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM from $12999 to $11999
$500 Price Drop on EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM from $13999 to $13499
$100 Price Drop on EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM from $1049 to $949
$80 Price Drop on EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM from $1579 to $1499

Zooms

$200 Price Drop on EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM from $2299 to $2099
$200 Price Drop on EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II from $2499 to $2299
$50 Price Drop on EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM from $1349 to $1299
$500 Price Drop on EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM from $1499 to $999
$150 Price Drop on EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM from $1499 to $1349
$150 Price Drop on EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM from $1599 to $1449
$140 Price Drop on EF 28-300 f/3.5-5.6L IS USM from $2689 to $2549
$50 Price Drop on EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II from $299 to $249
$50 Price Drop on EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM from $349 to $299

Posted in Canon, Deals | 4 Comments

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2014

→ This deal ends in 2 days: 50% off Topaz Adjust plugin (designed to make your photos pop) with coupon code "augadjust".

→ Transcend SDHC and MicroSD memory cards on sale.

→ The black limited edition Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12mm f/2.0 MFT lens is now officially released.

→ Interfit announced a new Pro-Flash 360 - the big brother to the Pro-Flash 180 (check for pricing and availability).

→ Nauticam announced underwater housing for the Fujifilm X-T1 camera

→ Canon EF lens to Micro Four Thirds Speed Booster adapter officially announced (check for pricing and availability).

Posted in Nauticam, Olympus, Topaz Labs | 11 Comments

The new Sony ILCE-QX1: an APS-C based camera “compatible with E-mount lenses”

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2014

A listing on the Chinese website zol.com (screenshot above) indicates that the upcoming Sony ILCE-QX1 will be an APS-C based camera "compatible with E-mount lenses". The QX1 was also described as "Digital camera / Interchangeable lens digital camera" in a recent trademark filing. The interesting part here is that the QX product line (Sony QX10 and QX100) are lens camera modules that attach to a smart phone and not an ILC (interchangeable lens camera). It seems that Sony is coming up with a E-mount module that attaches to a smart phone.

The official announcement is expected on September 3rd:

There was also another filing with the Korea Radio Research Laboratory for different Sony QX30 model:

Posted in Sony | Tagged Photokina 2014, Sony QX1 | 9 Comments

Samyang’s new lens teaser: “prepare for more”

By PR admin | Published: August 29, 2014

After the 50mm f/1.5 AS UMC lens announcement, Samyang has a new teaser on their Facebook page with the text "Prepare for more". I still believe that they will come up with a new line of AF lenses - I posted that online a while back, but I have not heard any updates since. Anyone got a clue?

Posted in Samyang | Tagged Photokina 2014 | 11 Comments

Samsung NX1 camera teaser, updated rumored specifications

By PR admin | Published: August 29, 2014

Samsung published several teasers for the upcoming NX1 mirrorless camera (the image files are labeled with "NX1"). As expected, the oficial announcement will be for Photokina - most likely on September 15th.

Update - here is an update list of Samsung NX1 camera specifications:

Posted in Samsung | Tagged Photokina 2014, Samsung NX1 | 41 Comments

Three new Canon lenses to be announced at Photokina

By PR admin | Published: August 29, 2014

There will be 3 new Canon lenses announced at Photokina:

Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM
Canon EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM

Via Digicame-info

Posted in Canon | Tagged Photokina 2014 | 37 Comments

First picture and specs of the rumored Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2.0 Planar and 35mm f/2.0 Biogon full frame manual focus lens UPDATED

By PR admin | Published: August 28, 2014

As I previously reported, the first two Zeiss Loxia full frame manual focus lenses will be 35mm f/2 and 50mm f/2. Here is the first leaked picture of the Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2.0 Planar lens and the rumored specifications:

Update - this is the Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2.0 Biogon full frame E-mount lens:

Update - here are the detailed specifications on the new Zeiss Loxia lenses (see also this cached Zeiss PDF file): Read More »

Posted in Sony, Zeiss | Tagged Zeiss Loxia, Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2.0 | 67 Comments

Olympus PEN E-PL7 Micro Forth Thirds camera officially announced (more of the same)

By PR admin | Published: August 28, 2014

The new Olympus PEN E-PL7 MFT camera is now officially announced and it comes with a "selfie" approved 180° swivel LCD screen. For all of the E-PL7 kits, colors, pricing and availability check Adorama and B&H. Additional information: