And here it is the lens that kills the Sony GM zoom: Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 FE

Sony managers will be quite pissed off today. Tamron announced the 70-180mm f/2.8 FE lens which costs less than half than the Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM lens. You can preorder the new Tamron now at BHphoto, Adorama and FocusCamera. In Eu at WexUK and ParkCameras.

The only reason to get the Sony is the additional in lens stabilization and 20mm extra tele reach. But I think for 99% of the people the Tamron will be THE choice.

Question is: Will Tamron make this lens for Nikon Z and Canon EOS-R cameras too???

ThisTanaka says you should give up the hope for a possible Ricoh-Pentax FF or MF mirrorless camera

Well informed source ThisTanaka made it clear that Ricoh-Pentax has no plan to launch a Full Frame or Medium Format mirrorless camera.

This makes sense to me. It’s now well too late to start a new system that can compete in the very niche Full Frame mirroless market. It would only make sense to start a new system if there is completely something new on the horizon….something like curved sensors for example which would give a distinctive advantage over current sensor tech. P.S.: Curved sensor is just one wild idea…there are some others too like the new flat lenses.

via Digicameinfo

There Are No Bad Cameras, Only Bad Photographers – And Some Other Harsh Camera Truths

Robin Wong:

There have been a lot of complains about how recent camera releases are not good enough and some even claimed a camera being “dead on arrival”. The chase for camera perfection is getting out of hand and honestly, quite pointless. The camera is just a tool, and seriously, the cameras we have today are so much more powerful and capable than any other cameras released more than 10 years ago. We should shift our focus away from demanding more and more and more and truly look into ourselves and ask ourselves – why are we not happy with our own photographs? Is the camera truly to be blamed?

Two lens news: Tamron 70-180mm FE will be released on May 14 for $1,199. Voigtlander 60mm f/0,95 MFT shipping from April 24

Today we got two lens news/rumors:

Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 FE:
The lens will be released on May 14 for $1199 (SonyAlphaRumors.com).

Voigtlander 60mm f/0,95 MFT:
The lens will start shipping on April 24 for 145,000 yen. Still no info about the possible price and shipment date outside of Japan. Image samples can be seen here: cosina.co.jp/gallery/kano-mft60mm/index.html

Roundup: New Tamron super fast zoom patent, Panasonic S1V cine camera, E-M1X firmware update, Fuji XF tele lenses

Here are a couple of rumors and news:

Tamron:
The Sony E-mount community might soon get a super fats lens. Tamron patented the 70-130mm f/2.0 Full Frame lens (SonyAlphaRumors.com).

Panasonic:
There is a new rumor about a possible L-mount cine camera. Read the details on L-rumors.com

Olympus:
Olympus should soon release a new E-M1X firmware update with Starry Sky AF (43rumors.com).

Fujifilm:
Fujifilm patented XF two new tele lenses: 300mm F4 and 500mm F5.6 (Fujirumors.com).