Sony DT55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 SAM telephoto zoom lens for A-mount announced

Sony announced their new DT55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 SAM telephoto zoom lens for A-mount cameras. The price is $299.

Press release:

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New lens leak: Sony DT 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 SAM

Sony is planning to announce a DT 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 SAM lens that recently was leaked on the Japanese website digicame-info. The product name is SAL55300. The suggested retail price is 50,400 yen (around $640).

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Canon EOS M officially announced

The new Canon EOS M mirrorless camera is now officially announced;

  • Canon EOS M press release:

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What else is new? [weekend digest]

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Canon EOS M mirrorless camera specs *UPDATED*

The final specs of the Canon EOS M mirrorless camera that will be announced tomorrow with two new lenses, flash and an adapter for EF lenses:

Update: even more detailed specs from digicame-info (Google translated):

  • APS-C CMOS sensor 18 million pixels
  • The image processing engine DIGIC5
  • Hybrid CMOS AF in combination with phase-contrast
  • Video Servo AF, Servo AF, AF touch
  • The range is equivalent ISO 25600 ISO100-12800, in the expansion
  • To 30 seconds shutter speed is 1/4000, bulb, flash sync is 1/200 sec
  • Second continuous shooting speed is 4.3 frames /
  • 1.04 million dot LCD monitor 3.0-type wide, touch panel
  • The media SD / SDHC / SDXC (corresponding UHS-I)
  • Video is 1920x1080 30p/25p/24p, 1280x720 60p/50p, 640x480 30p/25p
  • Method - video compression MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, audio Linear PCM, MOV format
  • Available in over 60 species of EF lens mount adapter EF-EOS M
  • Hand-held Twilight mode synthesized by the continuous shooting at a shutter speed four with less camera shake
  • HDR mode to synthesize three different exposure
  • Multi-shot noise reduction function to reduce the noise by combining the four images
  • Creative filters
  • The size is x 66.5mm (width) 108.6mm (height) x 32.3mm (depth)
  • The weight (body only) 262g, (including battery and memory card) 298g
  • Kit lens EF-M22mm F2 STM, EF-M18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM
  • Comes with a mount adapter and EF-EOS M 90EX Speedlite kit of some

 

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More pictures of the Canon EOS M mirrorless camera, lenses and flash *UPDATED*

Few more images of the Canon mirrorless camera including the 18-55mm and 22mm f/2 lenses plus the new EOS M flash:

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More images of the Canon EOS M mirrorless camera and EF-M 22mm f/2 STM lens

More images of the upcoming Canon EOS-M mirrorless camera, including the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM lens:

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First image of the upcoming Canon mirrorless camera with EF-M mount

Digicame-info published the first image of the upcoming Canon mirrorless camera that is expected to be announced early next week. The name and detailed specs of the camera are not known at that point, but one of the mirrorless lenses will be a EF-M 22mm f/2 STM.

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