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)
The first out of five new Samyang lenses I reported about last week got officially announced today: it is the 135mm T/2.2 from the Xeen cinema lineup. Additional information on the new lens can be found here (check US pricing and availability).
Samyang already has 14mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm Xeen lenses.
Press release:
Hasselblad X1D additional coverage/recap:
