Photo Rumors

First Black Friday deals are already here

By PR admin | Published: November 15, 2016

Adobe already announced their Black Friday deals:

The German software manufacturer Franzis also published their Black Friday deals online (valid till November 28th):

I will be collecting all Black Friday deals in this page.

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Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens additional coverage

By PR admin | Published: November 15, 2016

Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens additional coverage:

Dpreview posted their Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Art lens sample gallery online.
Ephotozine, Petapixel, MPEX, Optyczne/LensTip and Photographyblog posted their reviews of the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Art lens.
The Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Art lens is already shipping – the next batch is expected on November 25th.
The lens features are explained in details here.
The Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens is currently available for pre-order at B&H, Adorama and Amazon
The MTF chart and lens design of the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 lens are now available:

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Pictures of the Fuji X-A10 mirrorless camera leaked online

By PR admin | Published: November 14, 2016

The first pictures of the previously rumored Fuji X-A10 mirrorless camera leaked online. The X-A10 will be the “cheaper” version in the Fuji X line and will most likely have the same 16MP Bayer sensor. Expect the official announcement in the next few days.

Via Digicame-info

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The latest patents from Samsung, Tamron, Olympus, Sigma, Fuji, Panasonic and Canon

By PR admin | Published: November 13, 2016

With all the announcements around the Photokina and PhotoPlus shows, I have not covered the latest patent applications in a while. Here is an update:

Samsung

→ I addition to the 70-200mm f/2.8, there is another full frame mirrorless lens patent from Samsung for a 24-70mm f/2.8 OIS lens that was recently published in Japan. Having just a few patents doesn’t really mean that Samsung ever worked on a full frame mirrorless camera.

Tamron

→ Tamron 18mm f/2.8 full frame mirrorless lens patent

→ Tamron 60mm f/2.8 Macro VC full frame mirrorless lens patent

Olympus

→ Olympus half-adjustable ND filter patent

→ Olympus 2.0x and 1.7x teleconverter patents

Sigma

→ Sigma 8mm f1.8 fisheye lens patent (designed for 4/3 sensor)

More after the break:
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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: November 13, 2016

Here is this week’s recap from both the rumors and addict blogs:

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Leica M10 camera leaked in FCC filing

By PR admin | Published: November 11, 2016

You can now see the upcoming Leica M10 camera thanks to a recent FCC filing. Addition information/rumors can be found here.

Nokishita via LeicaRumors

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Samyang to announce one or two wide angle AF full frame lenses for Sony E-mount in 2017

By PR admin | Published: November 11, 2016

In a recent interview, Samyang confirmed that they will be releasing “one or two” wide angle EF autofocus full frame lenses for Sony E-mount in 2017 (at 2:00 mark). Samyang currently has two EF autofocus lenses: the 50mm f/1.4 FE AF and the 14mm f/2.8 FE AF:

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The latest rebates from Fuji, Tamron, Pentax, Olympus, Sony, Nikon and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: November 10, 2016

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What’s happening in the Wi-Fi memory cards business?

By PR admin | Published: November 10, 2016

Few weeks ago I reported about the strange “disapearing” of Eye-Fi. A reader (thanks Petter!) did some more digging and sent me this detailed report/timeline on what’s going on with the Wi-Fi card manufacturers:

We have three major Wi-Fi-card manufacturers:

Trek manufactured the Flu-card which Pentax/Ricoh used in their cameras.
Eye-Fi manufactured their cards together with a cloud service.
Toshiba had their FlashAir cards.
Update #1: readers also mentioned the PQI Air card adapter and the new Canon W-E1.
Update #2: Toshiba announced their new FlashAir cards at the 2017 CP+ show in Japan (more info available here and here)
Update #3: Toshiba announced new FlashAir W-04 memory cards. Here are the highlights:
- Enhanced wireless performance
- Improved read/write speed up to 90MB/s***
- ‘Eyefi Connected’ feature
- Up to 64GB Capacity SD Card
- Supports 4K video recording
- 5 Years Warranty

Update: on November 18th Ricoh Imaging had renamed the Eye-Fi Cloud service to Keenai. It seems that existing users can still use their Eye-Fi cloud account to log in, but everything (app name and icons) are now all replaced by the new name.

Here is a timeline:

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