The first Opteka lens for Fuji, Sony, Canon, MFT will be the 6.5mm f/2.0
first image of the Opteka 6.5mm f/2.0
A couple of weeks ago we reported that Opteka is developing five new manual focusing lenses for the Sony E-mount, Fuji X-mount, Olympus and Panasonic Micro Four Thirds, Canon EOS-M mount, and Nikon CX mount systems.
Well their first lens that will go into production is the Opteka 6.5mm f/2 HD Multi-Coated Circular Fisheye Lens. Those are the specs:
Features:
6 elements in 5 groups
9 aperture blades
1.9” (0.05m) minimum focus distance
Unlike current Opteka lenses (here on Amazon) these lenses are designed for mirrorless cameras only.
10 Predictions for the Future of Photography
The world of photography changes so quickly that it’s sometimes hard to keep up! To celebrate World Photo Day on the 19th of August, the COOPH team makes 10 exciting predictions about the future of photography that will get your imagination racing. What are YOUR predictions for the future?
Hasselblad X1D firmware update adds electronic shutter up to 1/10,000 and resizable autofocus points
Hasselblad announced the new firmware Update 1.17.2 for the X1D. It adds two new features:
– fully electronic shutter up to 1/10,000 of a second
– resizable autofocus points
More info and download at hasselblad.com/our-world/products/hasselblad-x1d-firmware-update-1-17-2
Thanks Aaron!
Fuji financial report confirms the GFX sold extremely well
Fuji published the full Q1 financial results. There are three key info:
1) Instax sales are very strong in Europe and US. And particularly well for the Instax SQ10.
2) Fuji reported “strong sales” of the GFX camera
3) Lens sales are steady
The good news for Fuji is that the Instax business has ZERO competition and increasingly popular. This is probably an area were near dead filmmaker companies like Kodak could actually create something similar…
K & F Concept announces new Pentax K to Sony E, MFT and Fuji X mount adapters
This is the new K & F Concept Pentax K to Sony E, MFT and Fuji X mount adapter. it’s priced at ¥ 4,000 (excluding tax). Don’t know when it will go on sale outside Japan. More info at Stkb.co.jp
Future Mirrorless Nikon camera may comes with an extra “pellicle” adapter for Nikon F lenses
A newly released Nikon patent discloses their plans to make Nikon F lenses work on their future professional (Full Frame?) mirrorless system camera. A special adapter with pellicle and PDAF module could allow to use Nikon F system with the best possible focus system.
Basically this works like the current Sony LAEA4 adapter.That adapter has a semitransparent pellicle mirror that reflects a bit of light to the PDAF sensor. The downside is that you loose about 1/3 of a stop of light. But that’s negligible in most situation.
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