The new Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 distortion-free lens I reported about back in February will be officially announced on July 30th at 7 pm EST. The retail price will be USD 949, early birds will be able to get discounts. There are several better photos of the actual lens on flickr (credit: Daniel Han):
Update: the Nikon version of the lens can be seen here.
The first lens preview is now online:
Sample video footage taken with the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D lens:
Few days ago I reported about the new Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 autofocus (AF) full frame lens for Sony E-mount. The US price of $699 is now confirmed and the lens is currently available for pre-order. Reviews of the same Samyang branded lens can be found here and here.
Lens features, specifications and AF speed video test:
If you are confused with the Panasonic camera naming conventions, you are probably not the only one:
Panasonic is going to change all of that – the company is planning to kill the GM and GF lines and concentrate on the G, GX and GH lines by grouping future releases by “form factor“:
The latest deals on photo gear:
Northlight Images posted several blurry pictures of the upcoming Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR camera. The official announcement date could be August 25, 2016. A new Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II lens could also be announced as a kit lens for the new 5D camera.
Adobe released Camera Raw 9.6.1 with support for the Fuji X-T2 camera:
DNG Converter Links: Win | Mac
Here are the bugs fixed in this version:
A reader sent me this banner for the first Rokinon autofocus (AF) full frame lens that will be available in August: AF 50mm f/1.4 for Sony E-mount. The US price will be 699$. The Samyang version was announced back in May.
The Samyang/Rokinon AF lenses have been in development for a while – I reported the first rumors back in 2014.
Phase One announced the first two Schneider Kreuznach medium format zoom lenses with blue ring (built to tighter tolerances):
The latest lens patent applications recently filed in Japan:
→ Tamron SP 60mm f/2.8 Di VC USD lens
→ Tamron SP 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 VC lens
→ Canon 15-75mm f/2-5.6 lens (APS-C)
→ Canon EF-M 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens (EF-M)
