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New Topaz Labs 35% off coupon code

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2015

Topaz Labs has a new 35% off discount coupon code valid on all Topaz products. From December 17th through December 31st they are offering 35% off of the entire Topaz store – just use coupon code ‘TOPAZ2015‘ during checkout.

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Few last moment holiday deals

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2015

B&H offers free next day shipping on many items
The Panasonic Lumix LX100 camera is now $100 off plus a free $200 gift card
Lytro Illum 40 megaray light field camera for $379.99
Handevision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 lens is now $1,100 off (available in different mirrorless mounts)
Rokinon 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS lens: up to $60 off
Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens for $749 (after $120 mail-in rebate and $200 Slickdeal rebate)
New Sigma lens specials

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Samsung’s CES 2016 press conference is on January 5th

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2015

It seems that Samsung’s main new products for the 2016 CES show will be TV and home appliances, no word of new imaging solutions:

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Sony Alpha a68 coming to the US

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2015

The new a68 camera with a (plastic?) A mount is coming to the US. Two different version will be available:

Sony Alpha a68 camera body only (price not yet available)
Sony Alpha a68 camera with 18-55mm lens ($699)

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The release date of the Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2) camera is postponed

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2015

Sony Japan announced that the release of the Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2) full frame compact camera ($3,299) is postponed till mid-January, 2016. No further details were given on the reason for the delay and whether the camera production is halted because of an issue.

Pictures credit: Alexander Guerra

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New Fuji X70 camera registered in China

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2015

We can add the new Fuji X70 camera to the list of products to be announced in early 2016: the camera was recently registered on the website of a Chinese government agency:

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The HD Pentax-D FA 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens delayed again till April 2016

By PR admin | Published: December 16, 2015

Ricoh Japan announced that the new HD Pentax-D FA 70-200mm f/2.8ED DC AW lens is delayed again and will be announced in April, 2016. In the US the lens is already available for pre-order. Here are the technical specifications:

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Firmware update version 4.2 for the Fuji X-T1 camera officially announced

By PR admin | Published: December 16, 2015

The firmware update version 4.2 for the Fuji X-T1 mirrorless camera I reported about a week ago is now officially announced. Here is the list of improvements in this firmware update: