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Photokina 2016: Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera

By PR admin | Published: September 24, 2016

Some additional Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera coverage from Photokina. First, a recap from Photographyblog and Ephotozine interviews with Hasselblad:

X1D has just started shipping
Hasselblad sold more X1D cameras in 10 days, than they expected to sell in a year.
Hasselblad has a roadmap of 5 additional XCD lenses for the X1D (already in development by Nitto)
The new Hasselblad XCD 30mm lens will cost 3,300 Euros ($3,995 in the US)

Hasselblad X1D camera unboxing, hands-on and interview videos:

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YI M1 mirrorless Micro Four Thirds camera US pricing revealed

By PR admin | Published: September 22, 2016

The US pricing of the new YI M1 mirrorless Micro Four Thirds camera is now available:

YI M1 with 12-40mm Lens: $499.00
YI M1 with 42.5mm lens: $599.00
YI M1 with 12-40mm f/3.5-5.6 & 42.5mm f/1.8 lens: $699.00

YI M1 related videos:

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I bet you have not seen a lens like this (Laowa 24mm f/14 macro lens)

By PR admin | Published: September 22, 2016

This new Laowa 24mm f/14 Replay 2x macro lens by Venus Optics was spotted at Photokina (yes, f/14 not f/1.4) – a full frame macro lens (maximum magnification 2:1) with a long and thin lens barrel meant to be used to shoot shy subjects at difficult spots. Shipping will start next year and it will be available in Nikon and Canon mounts. Price was not announced. Here are few more pictures of the lens:

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Deal of the day: 50 free 4×6 prints from Amazon

By PR admin | Published: September 22, 2016

Amazon has a new printing service and they are giving away prints for free: Amazon Cloud Drive customers and Amazon Prime members can get 50 free 4×6 prints with promo code BABY50FREEPRINTS (free shipping included):

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Photokina day 2 recap

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2016

Photokina day 2 recap:

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How big exactly is the medium format sensor inside the Fuji GFX 50S camera and other related coverage

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2016

FujiAddict published so far the best Fuji GFX 50S sensor size comparison that in addition to the ratio to other sensor sizes also gives you the new Fuji G lens mount as a reference:

Some additional info on the sensor inside the Fuji GFX 50S camera:

51.4MP
Size: 43.8 × 32.9mm
Effective pixels: 8256 x 6192
Various aspect ratios, including 4:3 (default), 3:2, 1:1, 4:5, 6:7 and 6:17
Flange distance: 26.7mm
Crop factor: 0.79x
Sensor “developed by Fujifilm”
Bayer Array sensor

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Tokina FiRIN lens roadmap (Sony FE mount)

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2016

After the announcement of the new FíRIN 20mm f/2 FE MF full frame lens for Sony E-mount, Tokina displayed their FiRIN roadmap that shows three new lenses to be announced by 2018: