Today Sigma issued a press release announcing that the new Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art ($949) and Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art ($1,199) lenses for Sony E-mount are already shipping.
The new Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro Art full frame lens will be priced at 69,000 yen (excluding tax). The lens will come with Sigma, Canon and Sony E mounts (no Nikon F-mount). Sample photos can be found here. The US price is $569. Pre-orders will opened shortly at Adorama and B&H.
Panasonic announced the Lumix DC-TS7 – a new water/dust/shock/freeze proof rugged digital compact camera with EVF:
ON1 will release Photo RAW 2018.5 in June. Additional information is available here. The new ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 version will include:
Additional information:
The current Canon G7 X Mark II model ($649)
There is a new set of rumored Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III camera specifications:
The price of the Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro Art full frame lens will be ¥59,400 in Japan (around $540). Shipping for the Canon version will start on May 25th, the Sigma mount will be available on June 22nd, there is no info for the other mounts.
Pre-orders in the US will open tomorrow, May 11th at Adorama and B&H.
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Tamron Japan issued an apology for not having enough supply to meet the demand for their Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD lens that is supposed to start shipping on May 24th.
The new Tamron 28-75mm lens offers good quality image quality (more reviews added to this post) for E-mount shooters for a price significantly lower compared to similar Sony/Zeiss offerings.
Pre-orders for the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD lens are now open at Adorama, B&H, WEX and Amazon DE.
Here is the full text of the release (Google translation):
In addition to the YN 60mm f/2 MF macro lens, Yongnuo also has a new YN43 smartphone camera module. Specifications or pricing are not available yet, but the sensor appears to be 4/3, while the lens mount seems to be Canon EF-S. There is also already an iOS app for the YN43.
Similar products were launched in the past by Sony, Olympus and Vivitar and as far as I know are all dead now.
Additional pictures of the Yongnuo YN43 smartphone camera module:
Meike announced a new 50mm f/1.7 full frame manual focus lens for Sony E-mount. For pricing and availability visit:
Meike recently announced three APS-C mirrorless manual focus lenses and a new 85mm f/1.8 DSLR lens.
Additional information, including technical specifications:
