Few weeks ago Sony mentioned that they are interested in a mirrorless, interchangeable camera system and now I have this in my hands:
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I am just confused by all those pdf type Sony rumors. I went through many different camera models and could not find one that looks like the camera pictured above. Thoughts?
image source: BJP
In an interview with BJP, the CEO of Leaf Dov Kalinski said:
“We’ll be announcing shortly the release of the Aptus 5, an entry-level product. We see a need for entry-level products with aggressive pricing to respond to the changes that are happening in the market.”
According to this dpreview thread Olympus has send “mailshots” about their presence on the ZOOM.experience 2009 show that will start on October 31, 2009. Why is this news interesting? Remember this teaser?
Olympus EP2 is coming folks!
Samyang Optics confirmed the delay in production of the new 14mm f/2.8 IF ED MC aspherical wide angle lens until the fist quarter of 2010. This decision was taken in order to improve the lens.
In the previous interview (two months ago), Hoya’s CEO Hiroshi Suzuki said:
“I’m afraid it will need some sort of alliance with another company in the long term.”
Yesterday, in an interview with nikkeibp Mr. Suzuki said:
“It’s unnecessary to keep Pentax camera division in the HOYA Corporation. It may be sold to other company or become a independent company itself”.
The Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lens (mentioned before here) is now available for pre-order on eBay for $424.99 (different mounts are available). The lens will be available from the third week of November.
Today LensTip published the full review of this lens.
Update: expected price for Europe will be 499.00 Euros.
Image source: Sigma
Another camera goes off the rumor list (previously reported here): Sigma released the DP1s today which contains only minor improvements from the previous model:
Full specifications after the jump:
Here is the camera prototype:
Full press release after the break:
In his Leica M9 & Nikon D3x comparisson Erwin Puts wrote:
“Lenses used are the Summilux-M 1.4/35mm asph and a very new redesigend Zeiss Distagon 1.4/35 with Floating element.”
This sentence was removed after it appeared on FredMiranda forum.
