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Sony FE full frame lens roadmap

Sony Japan published a new FE full frame lens roadmap for their latest a7/a7r mirrorless camera line. In addition to the 5 new lenses that got announced last night (the 24mm f/1.8 lens pictured here was not announced), in 2014 Sony is expected to announce 5 more FE lenses. By the end of the 2015, there will be a […]

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Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens coming in 2014, new ZUIKO lens roadmap, no more Four Thirds products

Last week I reported that Olympus will announce also a new M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens. The new lens was briefly mentioned in the E-M1 press release: “The M.ZUIKO Digital ED 40-150mm F2.8 PRO (80–300mm, 35mm equivalent) also joins the new M.ZUIKO PRO lens category. This lens is currently under development, with a […]

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Updated Pentax K-mount lens roadmap published

After yesterdays’s announcements, Ricoh Imaging published an updated Pentax K-mount lens roadmap for 2013 and beyond. The planned K-mount lenses are: 12-28mm DA wide zoom lens 24-38mm DA zoom limited lens 120-380mm DA tele zoom lens 18-85mm DA zoom lens DA AF RC 1.4x teleconverter

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Fuji announces new XC 50-230mm f/4.5-6.7 OIS lens, updates X-mount roadmap, releases new firmware

Fujifilm published an updated X-mount lens roadmap that includes a new XC 50-230mm f/4.5-6.7 OIS lens (75-350mm equivalent) that will start shipping by the end of the year. Fuji also officially released the latest firmware update that will introduce focus peaking for the X-Pro1 and X-E1 cameras

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Updated Zeiss roadmap hints for a new line of lenses

In a recent press event in Japan for the unveiling of the new Touit lenses, Zeiss showed an updated roadmap that in addition to the existing ZM, ZF/ZE/ZF.2, the not yet released high end DSLR and Touit lenses, also had a fifth unnamed product line marked with a question mark. Maybe this will be a new line of […]

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Updated Fujifilm XF lens roadmap

In addition to the new XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8R LM OIS lens, Fujifilm also published an updated XF lens roadmap which includes one small change: the upcoming XF 56mm lens will have a f/1.2 aperture instead of the previously planned f/1.4. The new roadmap includes also two (Planar T* 1.8/32 and Distagon T* 2.8/12) of the upcoming Zeiss lenses for Fuji mirrorless […]

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First leaked picture of the Sony NEX-3N mirrorless camera *UPDATED*

One of the major changes in upcoming Sony NEX-3N camera is the electronic zoom control located next to the on/off switch. The camera is rumored to have 16MP sensor. As previously reported, there is there is no firm release date yet.

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Panasonic adds 42.5mm f/1.2 and 150mm f/2.8 Micro Four Thirds lenses to its roadmap

At the 2013 CP+ show Panasonic added two new Micro Four Thirds lenses to their roadmap: 42.5mm f/1.2 and 150mm f/2.8. Prototypes of the new lenses were also on display:

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