Photo Rumors

New Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 lens for Canon EF mount?

By PR admin | Published: February 27, 2018

Since it was announced, the Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 lens has been available only for Sony E-Mount. It seems that a new DSLR versi0n of the lens will be announced at the CP+ show in Japan later this week – here are a few pictures of the new Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 lens for Canon EF mount:

Sigma lenses for Sony E-mount full-frame cameras announced

By PR admin | Published: February 27, 2018

Sigma will gradually introduce the following Art lenses for the Sony E-mount digital camera series with full-frame image sensors (check US pricing – not available at the time of this post):

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Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art and 70mm f/2.8 DG MACRO Art lenses announced

By PR admin | Published: February 27, 2018

The Sigma 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art and Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG MACRO Art lenses are now officially announced:

Sigma announces the development of 105mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art and 70mm f/2.8 DG MACRO Art lenses

From the press release:

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The latest Pentax updates (new TTL flash trigger, Pentax lenses, roadmaps and more)

By PR admin | Published: February 26, 2018

Several Ricoh/Pentax related updates from PentaxRumors:

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Sony A7III mirrorless camera officially announced

By PR admin | Published: February 26, 2018

The Sony A7III mirrorless camera is now officially announced:

Sony a7 III body only price: $1,998 (pre-orders will open on Wednesday at 10am EST time)
Sony a7 III lens kit price: $2,198
Newly Developed Full-frame 24.2MP Back-Illuminated Exmor R™ CMOS Image Sensor with Evolved Image Processing
Wide ISO range of 100 – 51200 (expandable to ISO 50 – 204800 for still images) and 15-Stop Dynamic Range at low sensitivities
World Class AF system featuring 693 phase-detection AF points covering 93% of image area, 425 contrast AF points and fast and reliable Eye AF
Continuous Shooting at up to 10 fps with either Mechanical Shutter or Silent Shooting and full Auto Focus/Auto Exposure tracking
5-axis optical in-body image stabilization with a 5.0 step shutter speed advantage
High Resolution 4K Movie Shooting with full pixel readout and no pixel binning across full-width of full-frame sensor
The longest rated battery life of any Mirrorless camera at 710 shots per charge
Upgraded operability and functionality including addition of joystick for adjusting focus points, Dual SD Card Slots, SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.1 Gen 1) USB Type-C™ Terminal
Sample photos

Watch live: Sony A7III mirrorless camera announcement at the 2018 WPPI show

By PR admin | Published: February 26, 2018

Sony is expected any moment to officially announce their new Sony A7III mirrorless camera at the WPPI. Here is the live streaming of the event:

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Sigma to announces 9 new full frame lenses for Sony E-mount

By PR admin | Published: February 26, 2018

Sigma will soon announce 9 new full frame lenses for Sony E-mount (this has been rumored for a while) – those are basically the existing DSLR Art lenses that will come with a “built-in” Sigma MC-11 adapter. Here is the full list of lenses:

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New Sony A7III mirrorless camera to be announced soon

By PR admin | Published: February 26, 2018

A reader sent me several pictures of a new Sony A7 III mirrorless camera that is supposed to be announced soon as a replacement for the current Sony Alpha a7 II model. I am expecting to get the full specifications shortly. Stay tuned for updates.