The Panasonic G9 MFT mirrorless camera was announced in early November and was supposed to start shipping in January 2018. A reader from Germany contacted me today to inform me that he just received his G9 - it seems that shipping started earlier than expected.
Check Panasonic G9 US availability at: B&H, Adorama and Amazon.
Update: the G9 manual can be downloaded here.
Picture credit: Ralf-Udo Thiele
Yongnuo will soon announce a new YN 14mm f/2.8 ultra-wide prime autofocus lens. Here is the lens design, MTF charts and few additional pictures:
Hasselblad announced a new XPan compact adapter for the X1D camera system that allows XPan lenses to be used with the medium format mirrorless camera. The XPan lenses are already discontinued, but they can still be found on eBay (30mm f/5.6, 45mm f/4 and 90mm f/4). The adapter adds 21.4 mm to the length of the Xpan lenses. Aperture and focusing are controlled manually on the lens. The XPAN lenses have no built-in shutter and the camera's electronic shutter must be used. Here are the technical specifications:
Yesterday Hasselblad released also a new X1D firmware update version 1.2.
Hasselblad X1D cameras are now up to $2,000 off.
Full press release and additional pictures:
Today Adobe released Lightroom 6.14 - the last standalone version of the software (you can download it from this page).
Information on the latest Lightroom CC update can be found here.
The current Adobe CC plan rates can be found here. You can get a free Lightroom CC trial on this page (no credit card required).
Via NikonRumors
The Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 FE lens for Sony E-mount is now officially announced. Here are the details:
Voigtlander is rumored to launch their new 35mm f/1.4 FE lens for Sony E-mount tomorrow (December 19th). The lens was initially supposed to be announced at the 2018 CP+ show (via Nokishita).
The new Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 FE lens is a re-design of the M-mount version ($599.99) and is optimized for full-frame E-mount cameras.
During the 2017 CP+ show Cosina announced the development of three new full frame Voigtlander lenses for Sony E-mount. The 40mm f/1.2 and 65mm f/2 are already available in stores.
The new Voigtlander FE lenses will have:
Here is an updated list of Panasonic GH5s camera specifications based on my previous blog post (I am still getting conflicting information on the exact video capabilities)
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