Officially announced and available for preorder: Laowa 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom for E, M, Z and RF mount
The new Laowa 12-24mm lens is now available for preorder at Venusstore (worldwide shipment). This is Dpreview’s take on the new Laowa:
Sigma will soon announce the new 20mm f/1.4 and 24mm f/1.4 lenses for E and L-mount
The Japanese blog Digicameinfo spotted the specs of these two upcoming Sigma Full Frame E and L-mount lenses:
- 20mm F1.4 DG DN Art
Lens configuration: 17 elements in 15 groups (2 SLD glasses, 3 aspherical lenses)
Number of aperture blades: 11 (circular aperture)
Minimum shooting distance: 0.23m
Maximum shooting magnification: 1: 6.1
Filter Diameter: 82mm
Size: φ87.8 x 111.2mm (E-mount version 113.2mm)
Weight: 635g (E-mount version 630g) - 24mm F1.4 DG DN Art
Lens configuration: 17 elements in 14 groups (1 piece of SLD glass, 2 pieces of FLD glass, 4 pieces of aspherical lens)
Number of aperture blades: 11 pieces (circular aperture)
Minimum shooting distance: 0.25m
Maximum shooting magnification : 1: 7.1
Filter diameter:
72mm Size: φ75.7 x 95.5mm (E-mount version 97.5mm)
Weight: 520g (E-mount version 510g)
CIPA data shows positives signs for the camera business. E-mount still the most popular system in Japan
The latest MAY CIPA report is out and it shows that for the first time system camera shipments were higher than a year before. And BCN+R claims that the most popular mount in Japan is Sony’s E-mount with 32% of the market share. Followed by MFT with 17,1% and Canon EF with 12,3%.
Officially announced: New Nikon Z30 and 400mm lens
Nikon just announced the new Z30 (specs and info here) and the new 400mm lens (specs and info here).
Fujifilm X-T5 to Feature 40MP Non-Stacked Sensor
We got the X-H2s, we will get another X-H camera this year but Fuji being Fuji they won’t stop here: The new X-T5 is coming too and according to Fujirumors it will feature 40MP Non-Stacked Sensor.
What Fuji is doing is stunning if you consider that Sony still hasn’t announced any new model since late October 2021…