Voigtlander NOKTON 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical lens for E-mount to be released on October 5th


The Voigtlander NOKTON 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical lens for E-mount will be released on October 5th. The price in Japan is expected to be around ‎¥130,000 ($1,100). The US pricing is not yet announced.

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New Polaroid Originals analogue instant camera announced


New announcement from Polaroid Originals: a brand new OneStep2 instant film camera – a sequel to the classic OneStep from 1977 (available in white and graphite). Here are the other Polaroid models currently available for pre-order:

Impossible Polaroid 600 Camera (Black Flash)

Impossible Polaroid 600 Camera (Express Green)

Impossible Polaroid SX-70 Autofocus Camera ( 2 Color Options)

Impossible Polaroid 600 Camera (Sun 660 Autofocus)

Impossible Polaroid 600 Camera (One Step Close Up)

Impossible Polaroid 600 Camera (Silver LMS)


Impossible Polaroid SX-70 Camera (3 Color Options)

Impossible Polaroid Image/Spectra (Onyx)
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First picture of the Oprema Jena Biotar 58mm f/2 lens


This is the first picture of the upcoming Oprema Jena Biotar 58mm f/2 lens currently listed on Kickstarter. The Biotar 58/2 will be available with mounts for:

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Yashica cameras are coming back to life?


This is an interesting development – one month ago the Japanese camera brand Yashica (www.yashica.com) published a sequence of teaser videos indicating a potential comeback with the slogan “Peep into our Coming Chapter” (check some of the old Yashica cameras on eBay):

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Additional information on the upcoming GoPro HERO 6 Black camera


Additional information on the upcoming GoPro HERO 6 Black camera:

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Hasselblad cuts the price of the H6D-50c by $11,000, while Phase One announces a new IQ3 100MP Trichromatic digital back


Hasselblad cuts (again) the price of the H6D-50c medium format camera by another $3,000 (or a total of $11,000 off from the original price of $25,995 before the first $8,000 price reduction in June). The new price is now $14,495. The official announcement can be found here.

Maybe this price reduction is the result of the new 45MP Nikon D850 DSLR camera, the Fuji GFX medium format mirrorless camera and the just announced Phase One IQ3 100MP Trichromatic digital back:

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Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II rumors

Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II rumored specifications:

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Canon announced the development of a new compact multi-purpose module camera


Canon announced the development of a new compact multi-purpose module (action?) camera:

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Sony to announce three new 4K camcorders


Here is the list of new Sony 4k camcorders that will be announced in next few days:

Update: Sony unveils first camcorders with phase-detection AF.

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This is the upcoming GoPro HERO 6 Black camera


A reader sent me this picture of the upcoming GoPro HERO 6 Black camera. The new model will be very similar to the latest HERO 5 version (the new HERO 6 has a 12MP camera but with 4K60 video recording capabilities compared to 4K30 for the HERO 5). The official announcement (or release date) is rumored for September 28th.

Update: Additional information on the GoPro HERO 6 Black camera can be found here.

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