Samyang AF 85mm f/1.4 EF lens for Canon DSLR cameras now officially announced. The Samyang AF 85mm f/1.4 EF is a Full Frame Canon EF Mount lens that sets new standards for portrait lenses thanks to its compact size and light weight construction. The bright prime lens weighs 485g and measures just 72mm long (without lensContinue Reading
Great news!! Looks like the Canon G7X Mark III, Canon EOS M5 Mark II and Canon SX740 compact cameras to be announced soon. One of the biggest digital imaging events in the world is scheduled to begin in September this year. Many new cameras and lenses are expected to be presented in anticipation of thisContinue Reading
New reports indicate that the Nikon D850 sensor (IMX309AQJ) is made by Sony. ChipMod took a Nikon D850 camera apart and came to the conclusion that the sensor inside is made by Sony. ChipMod also provided a picture of the back of the sensor where we can clearly see IMX309AQJ and 1183456. Sony sensors have “IMX” inContinue Reading
Leica Camera has announced the Leica C-Lux compact camera that features a 24-360mm F3.3-6.4 zoom lens and a 20MP 1” BSI-CMOS sensor. This is a re-branded Panasonic ZS200 and the camera offers 4K video and it has a viewfinder with a 2.33 million-dot resolution. Featuring a Leica DC Vario-Elmar 8.8–132 mm f/3.3–6.4 ASPH. lens and aContinue Reading
The Chinese lens manufacturer Neewer released a new mirrorless lens. Neewer 35mm f/1.2 lens now available for Fuji X and Sony E-mount cameras. The manual focus prime fixed lens has a construction of 6 Elements in 5 Groups. Durable, Compact and Lightweight Aluminum body weighes 0.33lb/150g. It has 9 diaphragm blades so providesbeautiful bokeh while the subject remainsContinue Reading
Here is an updated list of the product expectations of Canon in 2018. Canon is expected to announce at least three new cameras and several new lenses. We told about the cameras we were expecting from Canon as three because a full-frame mirrorless camera could be a development announcement rather than an official announcement. In the pastContinue Reading
Canon is working on the popular standard zoom lens EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM replacement. The latest rumor is that the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L III USM lens will be announced at the Photokina 2018 event. As you know, Canon has two choices in the standard zoom range of 24-70mm with bright aperture. One isContinue Reading
Nikon officially announced the development of the AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens. The new lens will be compact and lightweight super telephoto lens just like the 300mm f/4. The FX-format optic will use the Phase Fresnel (PF) lens element and will be a portable glass. For a comparison the current 500mm f/4 lens weighes 6.81lb/3.09kg and costsContinue Reading
Sigma released new firmware update for MC-11 lens adapter, electronic flash EF-630 and selected lenses. The Sigma glasses gets the new firmware are the 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM A013, 24-70mm F2.8 DG OS HSM A017, 35mm F1.4 DG HSM A012, 50mm F1.4 DG HSM A014, 85mm F1.4 DG HSM A016, 135mm F1.8 DG HSM A017 and 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSMContinue Reading
Fujifilm released firmware updates for Fujifilm X-T2 and Fujifilm X-H1. This is a major upgrade for both X-series cameras. As you might follow the latest major firmware update 4.00 for Fujifilm X-T2 has introduced quite some bugs. According to this the company has needed a bit more time to fix them all. The all new X-T2 firmware 4.10 is a revisedContinue Reading