Today Venus Optics officially announced the Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 and Laowa 15mm f/2 Zero-D mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z and Canon RF-mounts. The lenses are now available for pre-order only at the official Vanus Optics store (the Adorama and B&H listings should come later):
Everything you need to know on the new Laowa lenses for Nikon Z and Canon RF-mounts (specifications, MTF charts, lens design diagrams, sample photos and press release) can be found here.
In addition to the three new mirrorless lenses, Sigma also announced the development of the world’s smallest full-frame mirrorless camera with Leica L-mount - the Sigma fp (this is not the promised camera with Foveon sensor). Here is what we know so far about the upcoming Sigma fp:
The previously rumored Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN | Art, Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN | Art and Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN | Art lenses for Leica L-mount and Sony E-mount are now officially announced (additional information):
Sigma 45mm f/2.8 DG DN | Contemporary lens
Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN | Art lens
Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN | Art lens
The guys from Peak Design sent out an email about their "8 Million Dollar Travel Tripod" - the travel tripod that raised over 8 million dollars on Kickstarter with 8 more days to go:
Skylum released Luminar Flex 1.1 with interface and workflow enhancements - here is what's new:
The previously rumored Leica V-Lux 5 camera is now officially announced (additional info available here):
Leica V-Lux 5 vs. the previous Leica V-Lux Typ 114 model comparison:
As I already reported yesterday Sigma will announce 3 new lenses tomorrow (not 4 lenses as initially reported). Here are the first leaked pictures and information on the upcoming lenses (the official announcement is on July 11 at 4 am EST):
Panasonic is offering free filmmaker upgrade DMW-SFU2 for customers in the US who purchased the Panasonic S1 full-frame mirrorless camera (additional information available here):
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