Tag Archives: Photokina 2014

Film is not dead: Ferrania to start producing film again

Finally a good news for film shooters: Film Ferrania is going to start producing film again (35mm and 120 still formats, as well as Super 8 and 16mm cine formats) – they are making something similar to what The Impossible Project did with Polaroid. Film Ferrania is a new company that bought last year part of the ex-factory of […]

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Fuji X30 compact camera officially announced

Fujifilm officially announced the previously rumored X30 compact camera. The price of the X30 is $599.95 (available for pre-order in black and silver). Sample images taken with the X30 can be found here. Additional details:

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New Zeiss Photokina teaser, “Loxia” manual focus lenses for full frame mirrorless cameras expected

Zeiss has a new Photokina teaser on their blog – it looks like they will be announcing several new lenses. The lens on the top left seems to be for a mirrorless camera, while the big lens on the lower left I think is the new Otus (see Photokina 2014 rumors roundup).

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Photokina 2014 rumors roundup *UPDATED*

Update: this post has been updated multiple times to reflect the latest Photokina rumors. As you have probably already noticed, I do not post every single rumor that circulates on the Internet for the very simple reason that many websites just post unreliable information and in many cases just plain nonsense. Here is a quick recap […]

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Canon rumors for Photokina 2014: EOS 7D Mark II, 1″ compact, 24mm pancake and 800mm f/5.6 lens

A quick update on the latest 2014 Photokina Canon rumors: Development announcement for a Canon EF 800 f/5.6L IS II lens (may not happened at Photokina) New 24mm pancake lens (probably f/2.8) New PowerShot compact camera with 1″ sensor Canon EOS 7D Mark II DSLR camera, here are the rumored specifications:

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Sony QX1 camera, new 35mm f/1.4G and 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G A-mount lenses rumored for Photokina

Sony has filed for a “Certificate of Compliance” in Russia for two new cameras labeled as ILCE-QX1 and ILCE-QX1L. I find it strange that the QX1/QX1L are described as “Digital camera / Interchangeable lens digital camera” since the current Sony QX10 and QX100 models are lens camera modules that attach to a smart phone and not […]

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Pentax K-S1 camera specifications

Those are the specifications of the Pentax K-S1 camera:

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Rokinon to announce their new 50mm f/1.2 lens on August 26th

The previously rumored 50mm f/1.2 lens will most likely be announced on August 26th according to this Facebook post. Update: there is also a new Samyang lens teaser:

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