The new Canon rebates now also include the new 7D Mark II camera (shipping starts on October 30th):
New Fuji rebates – up to $300 off:
Additional instant rebates:
→ Canon EOS 6D camera is listed as discontinued at Amazon UK.
→ Sony RX1 camera is listed as discontinued at DigitalRev.
→ Nikon D800E (and D800) cameras are listed as discontinued at B&H.
→ Fuji X100s camera is listed as discontinued.
→ Leica X2 camera is also listed as discontinued.
The current Mamiya 7 II medium format camera
Few weeks ago I reported that two new medium format digital rangefinder will be announced in the next few months by Sony/Zeiss and Mamiya. Today I received some additional information:
Ricoh announced three new “sweets collection” colors of the Pentax K-S1 camera. Adorama has listed also few other colors as “new releases“:
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You can tell that many companies were in a rush to announce their products for Photokina because many of them are not yet ready to ship them. After Sigma and Sony, Olympus is next to issue an apology because their latest M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens and 1.4x MC-14 teleconverter will be delayed “due to hight demand“. It’s just hard to believe that many m43 users dropped $1,500 on that lens. The new shipping date is November 29, 2014.
Lomography announced new LomoChrome Turquoise XR 100-400 film available in different formats and packaging (only 5,000 rolls are available, this emulsion develops in C-41):
→ Canon announced EOS C100 Mark II cinema EOS camera with dual pixel CMOS AF (press release):
→ Canon announced the world’s longest 4K Canon CINE-SERVO 50-1000mm T5.0-8.9 ultra-telephoto zoom lens for large format cameras.
→ The Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM lens is scheduled to start shipping on October 24. Sigma already published an official apology that due to the high demand, the new lens will be in short supply.
→ The Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* lens for Sony E mount is now shipping and is currently in stock.
→ The new Ricoh WG-M1 and Ricoh WG-30W action cameras are now shipping.
→ The German design firm WertelOberfell created some interchangeable shells for the Panasonic GM1 MFT camera.
→ The Casio EX-FR10 camera with detachable LCD screen/remote control is now available for sale in the US.
→ New underwater camera: Praktica DPix 1400 WP.
Update#1: the SanDisk microSDHC deals are back.
Update#2: the world’s first 512GB memory card in now in stock.
Several SanDisk deals with free shipping that are valid only for today:
The newly released SanDisk CFast cards are now available for pre-order:
This is the most interesting/serious leak/rumor since Photokina – the first pictures of the Olympus Stylus 1 camera successor:
For comparison, here is the current Stylus 1 model:
Today’s guest post “Creating a photo booth with a GoPro Hero camera” is written by the Danish photographer Lars Brandt Stisen (website | blog | Twitter | Pintrest | Behance):
I promised our friends a photo booth for their wedding. They had already been scouting the internet and asking around for a solution without any luck, so I proposed to build one for the occasion.
The party were to be held here in Berlin (Germany) where I live, and I wanted to make a portable solution that wouldn’t be too delicate, something I could throw in a taxi and take back with me when the party was over. So I came up with the “Selfie-Booth” which basically is a GoPro camera on a tripod.
Topaz Labs Clarity at currently 25% off until the end of the month with coupon code Octclarity. Here is a quick description of the software:
