New: 7Artisans 35mm f/1.4 full-frame lens for Sony E-mount



7Artisans has a new 35mm f/1.4 full-frame mirrorless lens for Sony E-mount (native):

Update - the lens is now available for pre-order at Adorama | Amazon | eBay

Additional information:

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Meike announced a new MK 12mm T2.2 Cine lens for Micro Four Thirds, three more Cine MFT lenses coming in October


Meike announced a new MK-12mm T2.2 Cine lens for Micro Four Thirds. Meike has already released three Cine lenses: 12mm T2.2, 16mm T2.2 and 25mm T2.2. Three additional Cine lenses will be released in October 2019: 35mm T2.2, 50mm T2.2 and  85mm T2.2.

Meike lenses are sold at B&H Photo and Amazon.

Additional information on the new Meike MK 12mm T2.2 Cine lens for Micro Four Thirds:

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Canon interim business report: Imaging Business Unit sales down 17.8%


Canon's interim business report is out - the Imaging System Business Unit sales are down 17.8%:

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Sony sold their $760 million stake in Olympus after investor Loeb’s demand



Sony is no longer holding any Olympus shares (Sony purchased approx. 12% share fro, Olympus back in 2012). Reuters reports that Sony sold their $760 million strake in Olympus after investor Loeb's suggested:

"Sony Corp is selling its 5% stake in Olympus Corp back to the Japanese medical equipment maker for 80.4 billion yen ($762.88 million), a move that Daniel Loeb’s activist hedge fund Third Point LLC had called for.:

Daniel Loeb also called for Sony to spin off their sensor business:

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What else is new?

Selected ONA camera bags are now 25% off

New: JJC metal thumbs-up grip TA GR3 for Ricoh GR III camera

Another one bites the dust: all Nikon KeyMission cameras now officially discontinued

Nikon D6 to be announced on September 4th

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The Topaz Labs Gigapixel AI sale ends tomorrow


Topaz Labs recently introduced a new automatic face refinement feature in Gigapixel AI and the Topaz Labs Gigapixel AI intro sale will end tomorrow.

If you already own Gigapixel AI, you'll get the latest upgrade for free. If you don't, you can get it on sale for $79.99 (originally $99.99) through August 30:


You can take an extra 15% off the sale price during checkout using the code GIGAPIXEL15.

The Topaz AI Bundle is also on sale:

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Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 FE mirrorless lens for Sony E-mount is now officially announced



The previously rumored Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 FE mirrorless lens for Sony E-mount is now officially announced. Pre-orders are now open at Adorama and B&H. Sample photos can be found here. Additional information:

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Atomos and Panasonic announce Raw over HDMI for the S1H camera


Atomos and Panasonic announced the co-development of RAW over HDMI from the brand new Lumix S1H camera to the Atomos Ninja V 4K HDR monitor-recorder. The RAW update will be available free on the Ninja V when released by Panasonic.

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