Three more leaked Pentax lenses:
Samyang announced their first tilt-shift lens: T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC. The technical specifications are:
Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC lens design:
After revealing their Photokina plans yesterday, Zeiss announced a new Apo Sonnar T* 2/135 lens that will start shipping in December 2012 for $2.000 (€1.600). As usual, the lens will be available for F mount (ZF.2) and EF mount (ZE). US price will be $2,122. The technical specs are:
| Focal length | 135mm |
| Aperture range | f/2 -22 |
| Number of lens elements/groups | 11/8 |
| Focusing range | 0.80m (2.62ft) – infinity |
| Angular field** (diag./horiz./vert.) |
18.7°/ 15.6°/ 10.5° |
| Coverage at close range** | 145 x 96 mm (close-up) |
| Image ratio at close range | 1 : 4 (close-up) |
| Filter thread | M 77 x 0,75 |
| Length with caps | 128mm (ZF.2) 130mm (ZE) |
| Diameter | 84mm |
| Weight | 920g (ZF.2) 930g (ZE) |
| Mounts | ZF.2 (F bayonet) ZE (EF bayonet) |
| Price | €1.600 or US$2.000 |
Two more leaks: the Pentax K-5 II and Pentax K-5 IIs DSLR cameras will replace the current K-5 model and are expected to hit stores in mid-October. The K-5 II Japanese price is expected to be ¥110,000 (around $1,400) the K-5 IIs will cost around ¥120,000 (around $1,500).
Picture of the Pentax K-5 IIs:
One of the nine Pentax products that will be announced next week for Photokina will be a new Q10 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera that will replace the current Q model:
Update: this one is busted. The pictured camera is the Pentax i-10.
There are already some concerns that the previously leaked images of the Pentax K-5 II and Q10 cameras are faked. Maybe this is the real Penatx Q-10 mirrorless camera:
First cat picture taken with the Fujifilm X-E1 and XF 35mm f/1.4 lens
Sample images taken with the new Fujifilm X-E1 camera can be found at the new X-E1 dedicated website. Additional samples taken with various XF lenses can be seen on fujifilm.com.
Another interesting development is that if you buy the X-E1 kit (with the 18-55 lens), you will save $300 compared to if you buy camera and the lens separately (see all pre-order options here). Those are exactly the same savings as the recently announced combo offer on the X-Pro1 + lens purchases.
With all of the buzz surrounding the new Fuji X-E1 camera, I am not sure if you noticed the press release about the previously rumored firmware update for the X-Pro1. There will be four major improvements in v2.00: improved AF and manual focus speed, better operating speed and a new auto-ISO setting of 6400. The new firmware will be available for download on September 18th. The big question is: will the X-Pro1 perform as fast as the X-E1 with the new firmware?
Update: this video shows the AF speed with the new X-Pro1 firmware:
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