Today Meyer Optik announced a new Nocturnus 75mm f/0.95 mirrorless lens that will be available for Leica M, Sony E and Fuji X mounts. Meyer Optik already had a Nocturnus 50 f/0.95 II and Nocturnus 35mm f/0.95 lenses for Sony E-mount in the past. Here is a picture of both 50mm and 75mm Nocturnus lenses next to each other:
Update: the Meyer Optik Nocturnus 75mm f/0.95 lens for Leica M-mount will not be rangefinder coupled.
Here is the press release with the technical specifications:
New Sony and Leica (Leica Q2?) camera models were registered online in Asia – my guess is that those are the cameras that will be announced for the 2018 Photokina show in September. Here is the full list of all registered but not yet officially announced cameras (1 x Canon, 3 x Nikon, 1 x Sony, 1 x Fuji, 1 x Leica):
The Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II camera (pictured above) is already listed as discontinued several stores and at least one new G series PowerShot model is expected to be announced later in 2018.
The Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II camera was announced in February 2017 and is currently $20 off ($679).
At least two high-end Nikon cameras and at least two lenses expected by the end of 2018
Leica M-D Typ 262 camera approaching end of life, no longer in production
Leica M-D Typ 262 camera approaching end of life, no longer in production
Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D vs Samyang 8mm F2.8 UMC Fisheye II First Look
Adobe released Lightroom Classic CC 7.3.1 in order to fix bugs introduced with the latest Lightroom update.
Here is the list of issues fixed in Lightroom Classic CC 7.3.1 (April 2018 release):
The pricing and shipping information for the new Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD lens for Sony E-mount will be announced on April 27th. The lens was recently listed in China for ¥5300 which comes to around $850 (for comparison the Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM lens costs $2,198.
Additional information on the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD lens for Sony E-mount:
There is a project online for an E-mount based film camera called LEX. See the details at lexoptical.com:
LEX is the first camera which lets you use your E-Mount lenses with your favorite film emulsions. So far it has taken us more than a year to get this design right. When we are done LEX will be an open source project but we may crowd fund a small batch of devices before opening the design files up.
→ Sony patent for PDAF usable up to the array edges.
→ Olympus has a patent (201821951A) for a 12mm f/1.2 lens – this will be a nice addition to the other three Olympus f/1.2 Pro MFT lenses.
→ The next patent (2018-45184A) is for the Hasselblad XCD 30mm f/3.5 medium format lens and it was filed by the Japanese company Nittoh.
→ Tamron has a patent (201854708A) for a star-shaped lens iris/aperture.
Some interesting updates on the Zenit/Leica collaboration rumors – the Russian company Zenit has a new Zenitar 35mm f/1 lens for Leica M-mount (pictured above). LeicaRumors reported on this lens last year. Here are the details:
The information comes from a Russian forum:
