Tamron is rumored to announce a new tele lens next week, most likely on November 7th. Most likely it will be the previously rumored 16-300mm lens for APS-C DSLR cameras.
Update: here is a teaser found on a Polish forum – this will be a serious lens (not the 16-300mm):
Brian Hirschfeld talked to the folks at Zeiss during the Photo Plus Expo and reported that the price of the Zeiss Touit 2.8/50 macro lens will be around $1,000:
Panasonic filed design patents in Japan for several different camera models (above: classical design). Here is the Panasonic GF design:
The price of the Fuji X100s camera dropped to $1,189.98 on Amazon from $1,299.95 ($110 off).
The Olympus STYLUS 1 camera is now officially announced. Shipping will start in December and B&H is currently taking pre-orders at $699.99. The camera is available only in black. Here are the basic specifications:
Press release and accessories:
Few more Olympus STYLUS 1 pictures surfaced on the Web from an online retailer (click for larger view). The official announcement is tomorrow. The US price will be $699.
→Check out those new Canon deals on Amazon.
→Kodak wins $76million in patent dispute with Ricoh.
→Similar to Nikon Canon also cut their full-year forecast as camera users switch to smart phones.
Some Fuji rumors from the Photo Plus Expo:
The new Pentax K-3 DSLR camera is scheduled to start shipping in early November. I was offline during the K-3 announcement and I had multiple emails from readers asking for some additional coverage (I only briefly mentioned the K-3 in this recap):
Sakar Kodak 25mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Four Thirds
Sakar Kodak 50mm f/1.1 lens for Micro Four Thirds
Sakar Kodak 8mm f3 fisheye lens for Micro Four Thirds
Ther is a new Kodak-branded Micro Four Thirds lenses at the PhotoPlus Expo in New York: 25mm f/0.95, 50mm f/1.1 and 8mm f/3 fisheye . The lenses are manufactured by Sakar – the same company that produced the Polaroid iM1836 mirrorless camera. Sakar is not to be confused with JK Imaging who is the manufacturer of the Kodak S1 Micro Four Thirds camera.
Olympus UK is currently running a photo competition where the second prize will be a “soon to be announced high-end compact from Olympus“:
