Zeiss issued a press release about the upcoming 2012 Photokina show. The company has a new Distagon 55mm f/1.4 lens that will be available for sale by the second half of 2013 and will come for both Nikon and Canon mount. The interesting news is the official plan to produce a “family of autofocus lenses for […]
Pentax Australia promised on Twitter (via Pentaxforums) that “good things are coming” in reference to a question about a full frame Pentax DSLR camera. The company is expected to have 9 new press releases next week. Rumors are circulating about a Pentax 645D replacement, a new Pentax K-3 APS-C DSLR and the introduction of the DA 560mm f/5.6 lens.
The last few weeks have been very busy with information and rumors on new product announcements for the 2012 Photokina show, Here is a quick recap: Canon Canon EOS-3D X Canon EOS-7D Mark II Fujifilm Fujifilm XF1 (or XP1) compact camera Fujifilm E-X1 New firmware update with the new XF lenses Hasselblad New family of digital cameras and […]
I tried to collect all available specs for the upcoming Panasonic GH3 camera: 16MP “Wide Dynamic Range” CMOS sensor New Venus 7 engine ISO range: 100-12,800 6 fps The GH3 will have the fastest AF to date Focus peaking Electronic shutter Weather sealed Improved EVF 1740k OLED LVF Touch LCD screen OLED 610k. Built-in Wi-Fi 3.5 Mic […]
This is the first image of the upcoming Samyang 24mm f/3.5 tilt-shift lens courtesy of LensTip. Few months ago Samyang confirmed on Facebook that they will be releasing a new 24mm tilt-shift lens. No other information is available at that point, but my guess is that this lens will be officially announced at the 2012 Photokina show in 3 weeks.
Pentax will announce their new DA 560mm f/5.6 lens at Photokina. The design will be slightly different from the prototype we have seen few months ago. The peculiarity of this lens is the possibility to disassemble/collapse it for easy transportation. The lens is very long for its focal length in order to keep the price […]
I received those images of the not yet announced Pentax X-5 camera. Some specs were already published on photoprice.ca: the X-5 will not be a DSLR but a high-end point and shoot camera with 16MP and 26x ultra-zoom. Pictures of the same camera in black:
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