The 200x Excope DT1 has made a ton of sales on Kickstarter. But before you place your preorder read the latest article on PetaPixel. They made a serious investigation into the marketing material they got from the company and discovered that some images were taken on “normal” cameras like the Canon 70D. P.S.: Great work Jeremy Gray!

UPDATE: The Excope team contacted me and told me this:

All the necessary changes have also been made to our Kickstarter campaign page to avoid any confusion among our backers in the future.

Below some youtube videos that re likely to NOT be misleading and do show how the camera works:

Congrats ;)

You can now preorder them on Indiegogo (Click here).

Sirui Optical officially announced that the new Nightcrawler 16mm T1.2 and 75mm T1.2 lenses will be released on May 7, with Canon R/Sony E/Fuji X/M43 and L mounts, and are available in black and gun gray colors. , 67mm filter interface, stepless aperture, each weighing about 500g, and has previously launched 24mm/35mm/55mm focal lengths. Sirui Optics may launch 16mm/75mm sniper series autofocus lens versions in the future.

Preorders:
USA at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama
EU at FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, Calumet, WexUK, Amazon.

My take on this lens:
It’s a much more interesting lens than the 24-50mm f/2.8 G announced a month ago. This new 16-25mm G lens makes sense because:

1. First of all it’s almost half the price of the 16-35mm GM.
2. It’s much lighter and compact (perfect for gimbal shooters, vloggers and travel photographers)
3. And if you think about it…most of us do own a 24-70mm GM lens and you will not miss the 35mm focal length anyway.

One more news: Today Sony Japan also announced that reorders were much higher than expected:

Orders for the FE 24-50mm F2.8 G “SEL2450G” for digital single-lens camera α [E mount], which we started accepting orders for from Thursday, February 29, 2024, have far exceeded our expectations. , it may take some time for the product to be delivered.
We are currently working hard to respond to customer requests as much as possible, so we appreciate your patience.

Preorders for the new 7Artisans 50mm f/1.4 APS-C Tilt Shift Lens:

Amazon US (10% OFF with code “101EATIJ“. Amazon CA (10% OFF with code “RTQV7UHQ“. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon FR. Amazon IT. Amazon ES. And on Pergear store (10% OFF with ” 7AR50MMF1.4TILT“)

Features:

•  7 elements in 6 groups, Only 364g, Metal material, De-clicked Aperture ring, 46°Angle of view.
• Special Tilt-Shift lens compatible with mirrorless cameras, allowing you to create charming Liliputian visuals that resemble miniatures.
• Wide F1.4 aperture and shift axis is unparalleled, allowing you to explore new dimensions in photography.

CineD writes:

On the show floor at NAB 2024, we stopped by Blackmagic Design’s booth to learn more about their upcoming URSA Cine 17K from Business Development Manager Stuart Ashton. The camera is still under development and won’t start shipping before the end of this year, but we could still get an idea of what is all about. Let’s take a look!

I am impressed Blackmagic did this kind of effort. it might force the hand of the big guys like Sony to also make truly large sensor “affordable” cameras!

You can get it now on Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Insta360.