Photo Rumors

New Laowa STF 105mm f/2 lens to be announced soon

By PR admin | Published: January 13, 2016

After the Laowa 60mm f/2.8 Macro 2:1 and the Laowa 15mm f/4 Shift Macro 1:1 lenses, the Chinese company Anhui Changgeng Optical Technology Company Limited, better known as Venus Optics (see www.venuslens.net/about), will announce shortly a new 24×36 lens: the Laowa STF 105mm f/2 (T/3.2).

Update: the lens is now available for pre-order.

Posted in Laowa, Venus Optics| Tagged Laowa STF 105mm f/2 lens| 16 Comments

The latest from LeicaRumors and PentaxRumors

By PR admin | Published: January 13, 2016

The latest from LeicaRumors and PentaxRumors:

→ New Pentax full frame DSLR camera teaser

→ Leica to announce three new M lenses tomorrow?

Posted in Leica, Pentax, Ricoh| Leave a comment

This is the new digital Olympus PEN-F camera

By PR admin | Published: January 13, 2016

Based on the first leaked picture of the new digital Olympus PEN-F camera, we can see the optional grip, a large front dial and a built-in EVF (via digicame-info). The official announcement is on January 27th.

Posted in Olympus| Tagged Olympus PEN-F| 19 Comments

Fuji X-Pro2, X-E2S and X70 promo videos now available on YouTube

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2016

The Fuji X-Pro2, X-E2S and X70 promo videos are now available on YouTube:

Posted in Fuji| Tagged Fuji X-E2S, Fuji X-Pro2, Fuji X70| 20 Comments

2015 worst camera of the year: vote now

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2016

It’s time again for our 3rd annual Worst Camera of the Year Award.

Please vote and share this poll. Here are the nominees in a random order:

Posted in Canon, DxO, Hasselblad, Leica, Sigma| Tagged Worst camera of the year| 81 Comments

Sony a7R II vs. a7S II cameras comparisons (videos)

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2016

B&H published a series of videos comparing the Sony a7R II and a7S II cameras:

Posted in Sony| Tagged Sony a7R II, Sony A7S II| Leave a comment

FujiRumors.net and SonyCameraRumors.com

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2016

I recently registered FujiRumors.net and SonyCameraRumors.com domains and they now point to the corresponding Fuji and Sony sections of this blog for an easy access (in case you are interested only in a particular brand). I already separated PentaxRumors.com into a separate blog. Stay tuned – there are some more “exciting” news coming soon.

Posted in Fuji, Sony| 32 Comments

Samsung already registered for the 2016 Photokina show

By PR admin | Published: January 10, 2016

For some odd reason Samsung is already listed/registered to be part of the 2016 Photokina show that will take place in September (thanks for the tip Tinus). Maybe they registered before they decided to kill their camera business or maybe they really have something new to announce?