A long list of camera and elns deals can be found on eBay Camera page (Click here). A few examples:
$365 off on the Sony FE 70-200mm lens (Click here).
$330 off on the Panasonic GH4 (Click here).
You remember that 250MP prototype Camera from Canon? On that video you can see why the hell that crazy Megapixel number matters! The tester sent me (And Also CanonWatch) that text:
The test with the 800mm lens is impressive!
A advertising on an hotel can read with the 800mm on top from 15km distance!
An human can see from 3km distance.
A big building can see from a distance 20-25 km with a normal lens!
And canon can stabilize the ,,fata morgana effect” (see at 2:04 min) from hot rising air. Canon call it ,,removal Turbulence”.
Cool!
Forget it guys. The Megapixel war will never be over! Just one month after the Canon 120 Megapixel prototype camera presentation Sony started the marketing counter offensive. Sony Manager Kimio reported at Amateur Photographer:
“If the customer needs 100-million pixels, if the customer needs more than 100-million pixels, we will create such kind of a product. Right now we don’t get a strong demand from the customers for this.”
I guess as soon Canon released their 120MP DSLR Sony will also launch a new A7rmarkIII with similar resolution.
Tomorrow (Friday) Sigma will launch a new amazing 20mm f/1.4 ART lens. The lens will be available in Canon, Nikon Sigma mount but I guess Sony FE camera owners will be happy to know they can use that lens with full autofocus control if they buy the Canon version and use a Metabones adapter.
I am really excited about this lens. If I am not mistaken this is the fastest wide angle Full Frame lens on market right now!
Here are the full specs:
– Lens construction: 15 sheets group 11
– Large-diameter aspherical lens
– Two FLD lens, adopted five SLD lens. Correction of magnification chromatic aberration to the limit
– AF motor HSM. Adopted a new full-time manual mechanism
– Total length: 129.8mm
– Maximum diameter: 90.7mm
– Weight: 950g
– The diaphragm blades: 9 sheets and (circular aperture)
– Maximum magnification of 1: 7.1
– Thorough the flare and ghost measures
– Design distortion is very small
– The consideration of the sagittal coma flare
– Mounts for Canon, Nikon, for sigma
– Suggested retail price of ¥ 162,000 (over-the-counter price of around ¥ 120,000 in the lowest)
via Digicameinfo.
The new Leica SL teaser at Leica.com.
A source (Thanks!) just sent me this:
“I learnt that the upcoming Leica Camera will be able to mount other manufacturers’ lenses (i.e. Canon, Nikon) by using specific adapters, that are already available.”
While the source didn’t metnion this I am pretty sure this means the Leica SL has a T-mount. Because for that mount we already have all those adapters (see them on eBay).
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Teaser info via Digicameinfo.
Sony announced a new Full Frame RX1RII camera! Full specs and preorder option at BHphoto (Click here). The camera has a Tilt screen, pop up EVF and also the world’s first variable low pass filter! See it in action on that video:
The official camera presntation can be seen here at Sony.net.
Such a lens has a strong “I want it!” factor! That new Zeiss 28mmf /1.4 claims to be the best FF wide angle lens on market. Zeiss said it will ship in Spring 2016 for a price that has yet to be unveiled. But expect it to cost more than $5,000!
Here is the full press text:
With the new ZEISS Otus 1.4/28, users of shorter focal lengths can now also take advantage of the most powerful image quality of the ZEISS Otus lens family.
Where details count in wide-angle photography, the Otus 1.4/28 for DSLR cameras with F- and EF-mount is the lens of choice.
The Otus 1.4/28 shows off its strengths particularly in landscape and nature photography. Even with a maximum aperture, the corners of the image are completely usable, so there are no limits to composition. In poor light combined with fast-moving objects, the lens also doesn’t break a sweat – thanks to its high speed of f/1.4. While other lenses reveal their shortcomings in correction in night photography, especially when lots of open light sources dominate an image, the ZEISS Otus 1.4/28 boasts a stellar performance. Finally, the latest member of the ZEISS Otus family is excellent for taking pictures of image elements in the foreground, as they take on a greater feeling of depth to the scene due to the wide background and the open aperture; here, the lens’s harmonious bokeh ensures a 3D effect.
Inner focusing, a dial window and yellow labeling of the dials for easy legibility designate the Otus 1.4/28 as a lens, developed to meet the high demands of professional photographers. The mechanical quality also impresses: the soft focus operation with the large rotation angle allows for the finest variations when focusing – something that is only possible with a metal construction. In every focusing situation, the user is given freedom to compose – one of the most important creative factors in photography. An artistic tool is literally put in the photographer’s hands. With its robust all-metal barrel and easy-to-grip focus ring, the Otus 1.4/28 is also well suited for a photographer’s demanding everyday work.
With high image contrast all the way into the edges of the image – already at an open aperture of f/1.4 – the Otus 1.4/28 demonstrates its optical brilliance. At all distances it offers consistent performance (minimum working distance of 0.15 m), highly detailed images without any bothersome artifacts, and a neutral bokeh in the background.
“With these features the ZEISS Otus lenses set themselves apart from the other ZEISS SLR lenses, such as the ZEISS Milvus family, which we recently presented,” said Christophe Casenave, Product Manager with ZEISS Camera Lenses.
A view inside the lens reveals how such optical excellence is achieved: The lens consists of 16 elements in 13 groups. One of the lens elements has an aspheric optical surface and one element is aspheric on both sides. Eight other lens elements are made of special glass. The basis of the optical design is a Distagon. The special glass has anomalous partial dispersion, as is typical for an apochromatic lens. This corrects the longitudinal chromatic aberrations superbly, which therefore lie considerably below the tightly defined boundaries. Bright-dark transitions in the image, in particular highlights, are depicted almost completely free of color artifacts. The floating elements design (the change of distances between certain lens elements when focusing) allows for unrivalled imaging performance along the entire focusing range, from 0.3 m to infinity.
When ZEISS introduced the ZEISS Otus 1.4/55 in 2013, creating a new family of high-end SLR lenses, the trade press and users alike were enthusiastic. The ZEISS Otus 1.4/55 has exceeded its promises up to this day. The second member of the family, the ZEISS Otus 1.4/85, which was presented at photokina 2014, continued this success story in the short telephoto range. It enables photographers to express their creativity in a unique way – and that with the unsurpassed high imaging performance for which the lenses in the ZEISS Otus family are known.
“The ZEISS Otus 1.4/28 continues the tradition of its lens family. It is the best wide-angle that has ever existed. Now we can offer three outstanding lenses for the widest variety of applications,” added Casenave.
The Otus 1.4/28 ZF.2 and Otus 1.4/28 ZE will be available worldwide starting in the second quarter of 2016. The lens shade is included with delivery. The retail sales price is unknown to date.
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