New $200 price drop on the Panasonic GH5 camera


There is a new $200 price drop on the Panasonic GH5 MFT mirrorless camera in the US: B&H Photo | Adorama | Amazon.

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This is the new Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera


Here are the first pictures of the rumored Pentax K-1 Mark II DSLR camera (see leaked technical specifications).

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The new Tamron 70-210mm f/4 Di VC USD lens will be announced on February 22nd


The new Tamron 70-210mm f/4 Di VC USD full frame lens for DSLR cameras will be announced on February 22nd, 2018. Stay tuned for additional information.


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Fujifilm Fujinon XF 200mm f/2 lens is “coming soon”


The Fujinon XF 200mm f/2 lens is "coming soon" according to a new teaser by Fuji that shows the lens mounted on the latest X-H1 camera:


Here are some size comparisons of the upcoming Fuji 200mm lens courtesy of FujiAddict:

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First pictures of the Samyang XP 50mm f/1.2 lens


Samyang will soon announce a new XP 50mm f/1.2 lens. No other information is available at that point.

Samyang recently announced a Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 EF lens for Canon mount.

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This is the new Tamron 70-210mm f/4 Di VC USD full frame lens for DSLR cameras

A new Tamron 70-210mm f/4 Di VC USD full frame lens for DSLR cameras will be announced next week before the 2018 CP+ show. Tamron may have another new lens based on their last teaser.

The new Tamron 70-210mm f/4 Di VC USD lens will be announced on February 22nd

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Sony develops a back-illuminated CMOS sensor with pixel-parallel A/D converter that enables global shutter function

Sony Develops a Back-Illuminated CMOS Image Sensor with Pixel-Parallel A/D Converter That Enables Global Shutter Function*1

Tokyo, Japan—Sony Corporation today announced that it has developed a 1.46 effective megapixel back-illuminated CMOS image sensor equipped with a Global Shutter function*1. The newly developed pixel-parallel analog-to-digital converters provide the function to instantly convert the analog signal from all pixels, simultaneously exposed, to a digital signal in parallel. This new technology was announced at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) on February 11, 2018 in San Francisco in the United States.

CMOS image sensors using the conventional column A/D conversion method*2 read out the photoelectrically converted analog signals from pixels row by row, which results in image distortion (focal plane distortion) caused by the time shift due to the row-by-row readout. Read More »

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Panasonic develops 8K global shutter technology using organic-photoconductive-film CMOS image sensor


Panasonic Develops Industry's-First 8K High-Resolution, High-Performance Global Shutter Technology using Organic-Photoconductive-Film CMOS Image Sensor

The new technology enables 8K high resolution and high picture quality imaging without motion distortion, even in extremely bright scenes. 

Osaka Japan, - Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has developed a new technology which realizes 8K high-resolution (36M pixels), 60fps framerate, 450k high-saturation electrons and global shutter [1] imaging with sensitivity modulation function simultaneously, using a CMOS image sensor with an organic photoconductive film (OPF). In this OPF CMOS image sensor, the photoelectric-conversion part and the circuit part are independent. By utilizing this OPF CMOS image sensor's unique structure, we have been able to newly develop and incorporate high-speed noise cancellation technology and high saturation technology in the circuit part. And, by using this OPF CMOS image sensor's unique sensitivity control function to vary the voltage applied to the OPF, we realize global shutter function. The technology that simultaneously achieves these performances is the industry's first*1.

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