Kolari Vision is now repairing corroded Leica M9 CCD sensors for $1,000
Sale: all caps, pins, and tins are now $20 with free international shipping
Leica’s management did in fact once consider making a medium-format film camera system
New: Ricoh 23mm and 28mm f/2.8 APS-C lens patent for a compact camera (new Ricoh GR maybe?).
Here is another leaked set of Sony α7C camera pictures and specifications (see also this post):
Samyang will soon announce a new AF 35mm f/1.8 FE lens and the first picture already leaked online (see all Samyang AF lenses for Sony E-mount):
Here is the first leaked picture of the upcoming Sony a7c mirrorless camera with a 28-60mm lens attached and the rumored specifications with pricing (translated):
In case you missed my social media post yesterday (Twitter | Facebook) – the “Universal Lens Hood” project raised over $160k on Kickstarter:
Canon launched a new Power Shot ZOOM compact camera in Japan for telephoto shooting. The monocular-style camera can shoot up to 400mm (800mm with digital zoom). Here are the details:
Toyo Keizai Online published an Interesting interview with Shinichi Inagaki, the managing director at Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) in charge of the acquisition of Olympus’s imaging business:
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/374348
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/374348?page=2
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/374348?page=3
Here below a quick and dirty translation (thanks Mistral75):
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Pergear has a new 35mm f/1.2 manual focus APS-C mirrorless lens for Nikon Z, Fuji X, Sony E, Canon EOS-M, and MFT mounts. The lens is already in stock at Amazon for $109. Here are the lens specifications:
Adding the new Fujifilm XF 50mm f/1 R WR lens to my (wall of shame) collection of photo gear that has so greatly exceeded expectations and received so many pre-orders that a company the size of Fujifilm was so shocked and did not know what to do but delay the release date of the lens (currently listed as September 25th at Adorama, B&H, and Amazon).
Via FujiAddict
