These are the ten most sold cameras during the month of February in Japan:
I am not surprised by the ranking…
Source: DC.watch
At the Cp+ show Olympus released the updated FT and MFT lens catalogue (PDF here). And there is a very small note that marks the end of their Four Thirds Lens line. Olympus is now officially producing MFT lenses only
There is still no store in USA and Europe that has the Fuji GFX in Stock (Check: BHphoto, Amazon). The next shipment is due to start on March according to Calumet Germany. I am really surprised to see such a high demand for $6,500 camera. I am now seriously hoping Sony and others will make a medium format camera too. That way price may go down to $4,00 :)
And now some adapter news: Kipon annopunced a total of twenty adpaters for the GFX (Full info here). And this is the video showing the new Fotodiox GFX adapters:
Meyer Optik launched their new Kickstarter project to finance the new Trioplan 35 f/2.8. You get th elens for $599 and it’s available for different mounts. Those are the specs:
Focal length: 35 mm
Aperture: 1:2,8, – 1:22
Angle: +/- 31,5°
Focussing Distance ? to 0,3 m
Clip on diameter: 41 mm
Filter Diameter: M 39 x 0,75
Size: Ø 61,5 mm x 50 mm
Weight: ca. 220g
Aperture blades: 12
Mounts: Sony E, Fuji X, Micro Four Thirds, Leica M
Full presentation with image samples can be found on Kickstarter (Click here).
Meyer Optik Görlitz just sent me this:
Dear Meyer-Optik supporter,
Get ready – the final jewel of our Trioplan Trilogy of lenses will be unveiled this Thursday at 10 a.m. EST (4 p.m. CET) on Kickstarter.
While we can’t reveal the exact details of this lens, it will bring the Trioplan’s signature “soap bubble bokeh” to a wide angle lens for the first time. We think street and nature photographers will both be excited about the creative potential of this new lens.
Don’t miss your chance to be one of the first in line to get this new Trioplan lens, which will join the Trioplan 100mm f2.8 and Trioplan 50mm f2.9 in the Meyer-Optik lineup of premier, hand-crafted art lenses. Of course early Kickstarter backers will benefit from a groundbreaking price.Best regards,
Dr. Stefan Immes and the Meyer-Optik Team
Fotodiox releases five more GFX adapters! All of them are now available for preorder at Amazon US (Click here).
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PentaxForums had the chance to interview Ricoh/Pentax managers. When they asked them about the possibility of going back making 1 inch or APS-C mirrorless system cameras that’s the answer they got:
We keep watching the trends in the mirrorless camera market, however there is no specific plan on our roadmap at the moment.
And regarding the Q-Line they say:
The Q series is still an active line and the Q-S1 and lenses are still being made and marketed for Asian markets.
