Bowens comes back to life: XMT500 flash head and XMT500 twin head kit announced

By PR admin | Published: February 2, 2019



Back in 2017 Bowens went out of business after it was acquired by the European investment group Aurelius in 2016.

Two days ago Wex Photo Video and Calumet Photographic (both chains merged in 2017) announced the relaunch of the Bowens XMT500 flash head and Bowens XMT500 twin head kit (check also this limited launch offer). The XMT500 head is also available at B&H Photo and Calumet Germany.

Additional information:

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Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless lenses MTF charts and lens design diagrams

By PR admin | Published: February 2, 2019
Several readers noticed that Panasonic is fudging the LUMIX S lens MTF charts by using non-uniform X axis. To an uninformed reader, the LUMIX S MTF charts may look flatter when comparing to MTF charts from others who use standard linear axis. Here are the re-adjusted LUMIX S MTF charts to a standard linear axis. Attached are the charts comparing to Panasonic’s and the re-adjusted ones (left is re-adjusted, right is Panasonic’s):

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Panasonic Lumix S L-mount lenses roadmap

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2019



Here is the updated Panasonic Lumix S L-mount lenses roadmap:

  • Panasonic Lumix S Pro 50mm f/1.4 (Announced)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 24-105mm f/4 Macro OIS (Announced)
  • Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm f/4 OIS (Announced)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 1.4x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 2x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 24-70mm f/2.8 (Coming in 2019)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 70-200mm f/2.8 (Coming in 2019)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 16-35mm f/4 (Coming in 2019)
  • Super Telephoto Lens (Coming in 2020)
  • Fixed Focal Length Lens (Coming in 2020)
  • Fixed Focal Length Lens (Coming in 2020)
  • Macro Lens (Coming in 2020)

The L-mount will have over 42 lenses in total by the end of 2020:

  • More than 10 Panasonic Lumix lenses by the of 2020
  • 18 Leica lenses by the end of 2020
  • 14 Sigma lenses in 2019 and a lens mount converter

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Panasonic Lumix S1/S1R mirrorless cameras announced

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2019


The Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless system is now officially announced - see the recap here and here,

This post is still being updated - refresh this page for the latest version.

Panasonic Lumix S cameras and lenses main features:

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New Hasselblad X1D Mark II camera registered at bluetooth.com

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2019


It seems that Hasselblad will be announcing a new X1D Mark II medium format mirrorless camera - the X1D Mark II model name was recently registered at bluetooth.com:

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New Panasonic Lumix S1/S1R videos

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2019


Two new Panasonic Lumix S1/S1R videos demonstrating the camera's features:

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Panasonic has a patent for 18mm f/4 APS-C mirrorless lens (L-mount?)

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2019


Panasonic has filed a new patent P2019-15827A for an 18mm f/4 mirrorless lens designed for APS-C based cameras. Could it be that Panasonic is working on a new mirrorless camera with L-mount?

Leica already has two APS-C L-mount mirrorless cameras (Leica TL2 and Leica CL) and a few lenses.

In an interview with Dpreview a few months ago Sigma confirmed their plans to develop APS-C lenses for L-mount, while Panasonic said that they will not make APS-C lenses for L-mount:

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Updated Pentax K-Mount lens roadmaps

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2019


Ricoh published updated Pentax K-Mount lens roadmaps (click for larger view):

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