Photo Rumors

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By PR admin | Published: September 17, 2017

Rumors: something is going on between Leica and Zenit

By PR admin | Published: September 16, 2017

You probably remember my post from February last year, where a Zenit representative made this comment about their upcoming products:

“This is a very high demand product, we want to make it a luxury device, by analogy with the Leica”

In addition to several new lenses (including a new Zenitar 50mm f/0.95 E full-frame E-mount lens), Zenit is also planning to release a new full-frame mirrorless digital camera in 2018. Zenit publicly announced that they are working together with “one of the leading photographic equipment companies” on that project:

Posted in Leica, Zenit| Tagged Zenit D1 mirrorless camera, Zenit-Leica full-frame mirrorless digital camera| 9 Comments

New Profoto A1 speedlight leaked online

By PR admin | Published: September 16, 2017

Profoto is preparing to announce their first speedlight that will be called A1. Here are the leaked specifications:

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Kodak Ektachrome film coming in 2018 and more film news

By PR admin | Published: September 16, 2017

→ Kodak is working to bring back the Ektachrome film to market in 2018.

Posted in Kodak, Rollei| Tagged film, Kodak Ektachrome film| 1 Comment

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: September 16, 2017

→ Think Tank Photo introduced a new Spectral shoulder bag series

→ Casio registered a new “G’z EYE” camera.

This week’s recap from the rumors and addicts blogs:

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What’s next?

By PR admin | Published: September 16, 2017

Here is the updated list of all upcoming/rumored cameras and lenses:

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Olympus published their annual report

By PR admin | Published: September 16, 2017

Olympus published their latest annual report for the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017 (see page 56 for the Imaging Business, click on screenshots for larger view):

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Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di VC USD lens (model A035) for DSLR cameras announced

By PR admin | Published: September 15, 2017

Tamron announced the development of a new 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di VC USD lens (model A035) for DSLR cameras (Nikon and Canon mounts).

The lens will be launched by the end of 2017. The US pricing is not yet available. The full press release can be found here.

Like the new Tamron Facebook page and Tamron Facebook group for additional coverage.

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

By PR admin | Published: September 15, 2017

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

By PR admin | Published: September 15, 2017

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: