The 5DayDeal is back this year and it offers over $1,200 in savings on the purchase of:
The 2016 5DayDeal bundle contains resources which are 100% brand new and were not part of previous 5DayDeal offerings. See the full list of products induced in the package here:
Worldipreview reports that Fujifilm filed a lawsuit against grey market sellers in the US (grey market items are usually listed on eBay):
DIYphotography reports that Sigma is stopping to make some of their Sony mount lenses:
According to our source, Sony makes a fraction of the business for Sigma. They also note that Sigma wants more focus in their factories on their cine line, and resources are shifting. Lastly, our source told us that there are still some Sony ART class lenses in production so those will still be available, at least for this production batch.
The first batch of Sigma lenses that will no longer be made for Sony are:
In addition to start making AF lenses for Canon and Nikon, Samyang is also planning to start making zoom lenses – first for the Xeen line of cinema lenses and then autofocus zoom photography lenses. All this is according to another recent Samyang interview with Focus-numerique:
After the last delay, it seems that the Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera is getting close to being released – the first reviews already started appearing online: check out Bloomberg and Ming Thein:
The previously rumored Ricoh Theta SC camera is now officially announced. The US price is $296.95 and shipping will start on October 28th. Pre-orders are now open at B&H and Amazon. More detailed information can be found at PentaxRumors. Here is the basic run down on the specs:
The Kickstarter project for the Meyer-Optik Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens ends tomorrow. So far over $780k were raised (the initial goal was $50k). In addition to the Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens, Meyer-Optik also included a new Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 lens for certain support price levels. Here are few sample images from the prototype Primoplan 75/f1.9 lens taken with a Nikon D800E by the German fashion photographer Benedikt Ernst:
The Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary zoom lens is now on sale for $679 on eBay with free shipping and available for all three mounts:
This is a new low price, the regular price of this lens is $989.
Irix lenses started in March this year with a teaser and now they already have several lenses in their line-up. On their website, the Irix is described as “Swiss precision and Korean ingenious solutions that make a powerful mix“. There have been some speculations online that Samyang could be behind the Irix brand and I may now have the proof to back up this statement: the Facebook page of Samyang in Spain was recently changed to Irix Spain:
