Photo Rumors

Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 full frame mirrorless lens for Sony E-mount officially announced

By PR admin | Published: February 14, 2018

The previously rumored Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 full frame mirrorless lens for Sony E-mount is now officially announced – this is the 5th FE mirrorless lens for Sony E-mount from Zeiss (after the 21mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm):

Additional information:

US price: $1,299 (pre-order here at B&H or Adorama)
Product listing at zeiss.com
Sample photos
First review of the lens on Lenspire
PDF brochure with MTF charts and lens design
Related video:

Main specifications:

E-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
Aperture Range: f/2.4 to f/22
Distagon Optical Design
2 Anomalous Partial Dispersion Elements
1 Aspherical Element
Zeiss T* Anti-Reflective Coating
Manual Focus Design
Manual Aperture Can Be De-Clicked
All-Metal Barrel, Engraved Scales
Weather-Resistant Lens Mount Gasket

Full press release:

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New Tamron lens teaser

By PR admin | Published: February 14, 2018

Tamron has a new lens teaser in Asia. My personal guess is a new tele prime lens (around 100mm) for full frame DSLR cameras. What is your guess?

Update: the new #Tamron 70-210mm f/4 Di VC USD lens will be announced on February 22nd:

The new Tamron 70-210mm f/4 Di VC USD lens will be announced on February 22nd

Like: Tamron Facebook page | Join: Tamron Facebook group

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Here are the detailed specifications of the upcoming Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera

By PR admin | Published: February 13, 2018

The detailed specifications of the rumored Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera leaked only courtesy of PentaxRumors:

Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera will be announced soon to replace the current Pentax K-1
The Pentax K-1 Mark II will be available as a kit with with the HD PENTAX-D FA 28-105mm f/3.5-5.6 ED DC WR lens
US price: $1,999.95 for body only and $2,399.95 for the 28-105mm lens kit
Pentax K-1 Mark II high ISO sensitivity: ISO 819,200 (for photo) and ISO 25,600 (for video).
Upgraded Pixel Shift Resolution (SR II).
The Pentax K-1 Mark II camera will have PRIME IV 14-bit imaging processing chip with the original Accelerator Unit

Full set of specifications (click for larger view or visit PentaxRumors for full view):

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Fujifilm X-H1 camera already listed at some online stores

By PR admin | Published: February 13, 2018

The Fujifilm X-H1 mirrorless camera and accessories were already listed at some online stores and promptly removed shortly after my post – Adorama for example has four X-H1 listings on their website:

Expect the official announcement on February 15th. Additional information on the Fuji X-H1 mirrorless can be found here:

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Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 full frame mirrorless lens for Sony E-mount to be announced next

By PR admin | Published: February 13, 2018

Zeiss will soon announce their new Zeiss Loxia 25mm f/2.4 full frame mirrorless lens for Sony E-mount:

Lens construction: 10 elements in 8 groups
Shortest shooting distance: 0.25 m
Maximum magnification: 1: 6.4
Filter diameter: 52 mm
Size: φ 62.0 × 74.5 mm
Weight: 393 g
Overseas price: $1,299 dollars, €1,299, £1,189

Zeiss currently has the following Loxia mirrorless lenses for Sony E-mount: 21mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm.

Additional pictures:

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Panasonic GX9 and ZS200/TZ200 cameras announced

By PR admin | Published: February 13, 2018

Panasonic officially announced the previously rumored Panasonic GX9 and ZS200/TZ200 cameras:

Panasonic GX9 MFT mirrorless camera: official website | pre-order | specs:

20.3MP Digital Live MOS Sensor
Venus Engine Image Processor
Micro Four Thirds System
Tilting 2.76m-Dot 0.7x EVF
3.0″ 1.24m-Dot Tilting Touchscreen LCD
UHD 4K30 and 24p Video Recording
Built-In Bluetooth LE and Wi-Fi
ISO 100-25600 and 9 fps Cont. Shooting
5-Axis Dual I.S.2 Image Stabilization
12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH POWER O.I.S. Lens

Panasonic ZS200/TZ200 compact camera: official website | pre-order | specs:

20.1MP 1″ High Sensitivity MOS Sensor
Venus Engine Image Processor
Leica DC Vario-Elmar 15x Zoom Lens
24-360mm (35mm Equivalent)
0.21″ 2330k-Dot Live View Finder
3.0″ 1240k-Dot Touchscreen LCD Monitor
UHD 4K Video at 30 and 24 fps
Full HD High-Speed Video Recording
5-Axis Hybrid O.I.S.
4K Photo Burst Mode at 30 fps; ISO 25600

Adobe Lightroom Classic 7.2 with better performance is now officially released

By PR admin | Published: February 13, 2018

The previously rumored major Lightroom Classic 7.2 performance update is now officially released – you can read the details at Adobe’s blog (see also this post):

“In the past, many users have reported that Lightroom becomes slower after a prolonged usage. This issue should have been fixed with this version. Also, resource-intensive activities, such as export, import, preview generation, and HD/panorama merge should be faster if your machine has 12 GM or more RAM. We, specifically, have implemented changes related to Threading Building Blocks (TBB). This should be effective on machines with 12 GB or more RAM.”

Adobe released also a new ACR version 10.2.

I believe Adobe also released a new Photoshop 19.1.1 version.

The current Adobe CC plan rates can be found here. You can get a free Lightroom CC trial on this page (no credit card required). More information on the different Lightroom versions is available here. The different Adobe Creative Cloud options are described here.

Update – list of new lens profiles added:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: February 13, 2018

Leica Camera celebrates Winter Olympics with a new Leica Q ‘Snow’ special edition by Iouri Podladtchikov

Another Nikon Backside Illumination Sensor (BSI) patent

Yongnuo YN 14mm f/2.8 ultra-wide lens for Nikon F-mount

Fujifilm X-H1 vs Fujifilm X-T2 vs Sony a7RIII vs Panasonic GH5S

Kipon EF-FX AF and EF- GFX AF Autofocus Adapters Coming Soon

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No, Samsung is not going to resurrect their NX mirrorless cameras

By PR admin | Published: February 13, 2018

I asked some of my Samsung sources about the recently “rumored” comeback of the NX mirrorless camera line and they all laughed… Samsung is not getting back in the camera business just like Nikon did not buy Samsung’s camera business and many other fake news stories made up over the years (see also Sony buying Nikon or Fuji buying Nikon).

You can still buy Samsung NX cameras and lenses at Amazon.

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