AstrHori lenses now available for sale on Amazon

By PR admin | Published: May 29, 2022


AstrHori is a new Chinese lens manufacturer and their products are now available for sale on Amazon:

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New class-action lawsuit filed for aperture defects in the Pentax K-30 and K-50 DSLR cameras

By PR admin | Published: May 29, 2022
Pentax K-30

Pentax K-30

Pentax K-50

Pentax K-50

A new putative class action lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania against Ricoh USA Inc. for defects in the aperture control mechanism of the Pentax K-30 and Pentax K-50 cameras. The defect reportedly leads to consistently black or dark images:

New class-action lawsuit filed against Ricoh USA for aperture defects in the Pentax K-30 and K-50 cameras

A similar lawsuit was filed in New York in 2020 and was later dismissed.

Here is a copy of the filing:

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Venus Optics is teasing a new lens or lens attachment

By PR admin | Published: May 29, 2022

Venus Optics is teasing a new lens or lens attachment that will be officially announced next week:


The new product will be either a new lens or a new 90° periscope attachment for the current Laowa 24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe lens:

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Memorial Day Sale

By PR admin | Published: May 28, 2022


KEH is having a weekend sale where you can get up to 20% off on overstock gear with coupon code OS20A (ends 05/31/2022).


7artisans flash sale on selected lenses.


TTartisan lens sale: up to 12% off on almost all products (ends June 3rd).


Alphagvrd camera and lens skins sale: 15% off all products with coupon code MD2022.


Adorama Memrial Day Sale.


Memorial Day specials at B&H.


Adobe Creative Cloud is on sale through May 30 in North America (up to 25% off on all apps).


The Topas Labs Gigapixel AI sale is set to expire next week (use code RUMORS15 on any Topaz Labs product for an extra 15% off).

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Sony Semiconductor Solutions CEO: “the image quality of smartphones will exceed that of single-lens reflex cameras in 2024”

By PR admin | Published: May 28, 2022


The President and CEO of Sony Semiconductor Solutions (SSS) Terushi Shimizu gave this outlook for smartphone-equipped cameras:

The image quality of smartphones will exceed that of single-lens reflex cameras in 2024, and Sony G will show the prospect

“We expect that still images will exceed the image quality of single-lens reflex cameras within the next few years.”

How is what possible? I had the same question, but the CEO did not provide any details. This is the only relevant text I found in the Nikkei article:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 26, 2022

Fujifilm Photographers Have Highest Average Megapixel Cameras

Sony a6400 Orders Scheduled To Resume And More

Samyang AF 135mm f/1.8 FE Firmware 3 Released

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What’s next for Canon? (Canon EOS RF mirrorless camera & lens roadmap)

By PR admin | Published: May 26, 2022


I already reported the rumored Canon EOS RF-S mirrorless APS-C lens roadmap. Here is what Canon RF cameras are expected/rumored to be announced next:

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Is that the Canon RF-S 22mm f/2 STM APS-C lens from the leaked roadmap I posted yesterday?

By PR admin | Published: May 25, 2022


Yesterday I posted the leaked/rumored Canon EOS RF-S mirrorless APS-C lens roadmap and today we already have the first leaked picture of the Canon RF-S 22mm f/2 STM APS-C lens:

Here again, is the leaked/rumored Canon EOS RF-S mirrorless APS-C lens roadmap in case you have missed it:

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Updated Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art lens released

By PR admin | Published: May 25, 2022




Lomography released an updated Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art lens:

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Confirmed: the Sigma 16-28mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary lens for Sony and Leica L mounts will be announced on June 1st

By PR admin | Published: May 25, 2022


As previously reported, the new Sigma 16-28mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary lens for Sony and Leica L mounts will be officially announced on June 1st – the upcoming live stream presentation is already listed on YouTube:

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