Sony officially announced the previously leaked FE 50mm f/2.5 G, FE 40mm f/2.5 G, and FE 24mm f/2.8 G lenses:
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Sony officially announced the previously leaked FE 50mm f/2.5 G, FE 40mm f/2.5 G, and FE 24mm f/2.8 G lenses:
The previously rumored new Ricoh THETA Z1 51GB camera will be announced on March 25th according to Nokishita (via PentaxRumors). Stay tuned for details.
Ricoh Theta Z1 is discontinued, new model to be announced by the end of March
Fujifilm is gaining market share in Japan – the company just surpassed the shrinking Olympus/OM Digital according to the latest data from BCN quoted by FujiAddict:
Here are the first leaked images of the previously rumored Sony FE 50mm f/2.5 G, FE 40mm f/2.5 G, and FE 24mm f/2.8 G lenses rumored to be announced this week (most likely tomorrow, March 23rd):
Many of the photo editing deals are ending this week:
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The 7artisans 28mm f/1.4 lens for Leica M-mount is still on sale for $440 only at the Photo Rumors Online Store (with free international shipping) – this is almost $60 off from the current/regular price of $499 at Adorama, Amazon, and B&H.
Sony issued a service notice about their new FE 35mm f/1.4 GM SEL35F14GM lens (pre-orders are now open at Adorama and B&H) – apparently, some lenses had issues with the ornament plate (this could explain the recent delay):
Cosina has new patents for 25mm f/2, 75mm f/1.8, 135mm f/2, and 135mm f/1.2 lenses:
Cosina’s patent application was published on March 18, 2021. There are some examples such as “APO-LANTHAR 50mm F2”, but some of them are interesting such as “135mm F2” and “135mm F1.2”.
Voigtlander recently announced several new APO-LANTHAR lenses for Leica M and Sony E mounts and it makes sense to complete the APO-LANTHAR lineup with a few new focal lengths. The current APO-LANTHAR lenses are:
More information on the recently field patent: