The new Zyoptics 25mm f/0.95 Micro Four Thirds lens is the world’s smallest f/0.95 lens for mirrorless system cameras. And you can now preorder it on eBay (Click here).
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Vancouver, Canada, September 18, 2015: Metabones® adds phase-detect autofocus (PDAF) support for Olympus OM-D E-M1 and Sony Alpha 7R2 to its EF-mount Speed Boosters and Smart Adapters through firmware update version 1.8, available from Metabones’ web site for download.
Free of any potential misalignment issues, on-sensor phase-detect autofocus is capable of attaining excellent accuracy. Overall, phase-detect autofocus offers a significant performance improvement over contrast-detect autofocus, and for shorter focal length lenses the autofocus speed approaches that found in digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras. Performance, features and limitations of our solution are comparable to other on-sensor PDAF systems involving adapted DSLR lenses on mirrorless cameras, such as A-mount lenses on Sony Alpha 7R2 with LA-EA3 adapter, Four Thirds System DSLR lens on Olympus OM-D E-M1 with MMF-3 adapter or Canon SLR lens on EOS M3 with Mount Adapter EF-EOS M.
Limitations include:
Also added to Metabones firmware update version 1.8 is fast contrast detect AF for other Olympus cameras including E-M5II, E-M5, E-M10 and E-P5. Contrast-detect AF accuracy on Olympus is lens-dependent with most Canon-brand lenses introduced over the last 10 years working satisfactorily. However, some older Canon lenses and some third party EF-mount lenses may not be able to achieve pinpoint-accurate focus on Olympus cameras with contrast-detect AF. These lenses should be used on OM-D E-M1 instead.
In addition, AF support for JVC GY-LS300 is added to this new firmware version. Existing Panasonic contrast-detect AF support is enhanced with 24p added as a supported frame rate for single-autofocus (AFS) during video recording.
By simply downloading and running Metabones App Version 1.8, new autofocus support is added to the following Metabones products:
The following discontinued products must be updated by factory service. Please contact Metabones customer service for details.
In your warm large bed have you ever dreamed of….owning a 200mm f/1.0 fast telephoto lens? Well such lens really exists! The 200mm F1.0 Germanium Thermal Lens can be yours for just $380,000 on eBay Uk (Click here). And even if you have the money for that beast you still have to figure out how to mount it on your camera.
And look at that massive 26cm front glass…magnificent!
Masaya Maeda from Canon got interviewed by David Pardue from Imaging Resource. And there seems to be great news coming from Canon very soon. Mr. Maeda said:
Going forward, and this would be a repeat of what I said before, but we will put more effort into mirrorless, and also, naturally, we will continue to expand the EF-M lens group. In the very near future, I think that Canon will come out with a mirrorless camera that you would really like.
David from Imaging Resource added a note based on his impressions:
[This is very interesting indeed. While the EOS-M3 only recently came to the US, it sounds like a significantly more capable M4 may not be too far in the future. Mr. Maeda’s particularly emphasis that I would like it suggests it will be a model aimed particularly at the enthusiast market. We wonder what features it might include; improved AF seems like a must-have.]
This could be a new EOS-M4 but I think it could also be a much more high-end camera with 4K recording and DSLR style. Let’s see if I am right with my guess. And I think it’s highly likely the new Canon Mirrorless camera will be announced at PhotoPlus.
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found via CanonWatch.
Nice, we have a new A7sII with real 14 Bit RAW recording but …we cannot preorder it yet! You will have to wait exactly 24 hours from now (time of writing) to preorder it. The camera is now listed in many US stores like Amazon US (Click here), FocusCamera (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). It’s also listed in Asia at Digitalrev (Click here).
P.S.: European folks should check out the Smayang 8mm E-mount Gold Box deal that starts at 18:00 at Amazon Germany (Click here).
Ah right in time! After months of pressure Sony today released an official statement that will excite all E-mount camera owners! They confirmed the new A7sII has real 14 bit uncompressed RAW! The A7rII and other E-mount cameras will get it too via future firmware upgrade! And to make that day even more perfect Sony said eight new FE lenses will be announced til early 2016. What more could you wish today from Sony? Ah yes, better battery life, better lens quality control, better support in US, better heat issue handling, better….ok you got me :)
Here is the full Sony press text via SonyAlphaRumors:
Sony Electronics, a worldwide leader in digital imaging and the world’s largest image sensor manufacturer, has today announced user selectable Compressed and Uncompressed 14-Bit RAW image capture will be featured in the new ?7S II once it arrives in stores this October.
Additionally, they have announced plans to add user selectable compressed or uncompressed 14-Bit RAW still image capture via firmware update to additional cameras beginning with the recently introduced ?7R II full-frame mirrorless model.
“The voice of our ? community remains the most important guiding force of our product development plans,” said Neal Manowitz, Deputy Vice President for Digital Imaging at Sony Electronics. “The addition of Uncompressed 14-Bit RAW processing is a direct result of customer feedback. Widely requested by photo and video enthusiasts, we believe the choice of RAW processing types will further elevate the performance of these extraordinary cameras.”
The ?7S II and ?7R II are compatible with Sony’s growing lineup of ? -mount lenses, which now totals 63 different models including 12 native ‘FE’ full frame lenses. By early 2016, Sony will add an additional 8 new lenses to its FE full frame lineup, bringing the FE total to 20 lenses and the overall ? -mount assortment to over 70 different models.
