In addition to the rumored Zeiss Distagon 25mm f/2.0 lens, there could be a second new Zeiss Distagon 16mm f/2.8 lens:
“Oh, by the way, for those who’s interested in astrophotography and ultra-wide angle, Zeiss will be releasing a 15mm/2.8 soon, and it will be available in both ZE and ZF mount, for more details, please wait for Zeiss official announcement.”
After Content Aware Fill, here is a demo of another “Photoshop magic” developed by Adobe and Princeton called PatchMatch:
The US price for the Fuji X10 camera was initially set at $699. Today Adorama corrected the price and started taking pre-orders again at $599.95.
The Canadian price will be $599.99 CAD. Shipping will start in November, 2011. UK price is £499.99, the price in Germany is 529 EUR.
The official Fujifilm X10 sample images can be found here.
The new firmware for the A65 and A77 SLT cameras will probably be released in mid-October, 2011. Firmware version 1.03 was already spotted in a recent Sony event in Thailand (see picture above).
Sony claimed that the NEX-5N clicking sound during video recording is caused by a mechanical part of the shutter that “clicks” during sudden movements of the camera. Sony will offer free lubrication to current NEX-5N owners. There will be no firmware fix for this problem.
Via Focus-numerique
According ot the latest tweet from FujiGuys, the upcoming FujiFilm X mirrorless camera will not have a m4/3 sensor (Fuji is part of the m4/3 group). They descried the X series as a “premium camera“.
In addition to announcing their plans for a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, Fujifilm also added another bridge camera to their X line-up. The only known specs so far are:
Here are the first leaked X-S1 images:
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.
