The German website Photoscala reported the bad news: The company Net SE is now officially bankrupt. The company has many Kickstarter projects branded as Meyer Optik Görlitz, C. P. Goerz und Oprema Jena. And if you had one of these lenses on preorder well you will surely NOT get your money back :(
Dpreview published their Sigma CEO interview. And there is a lot of interesting info but I am only reporting two of them here:
This is what he said about the mirrorless future:
Within three or four years I expect our mirrorless mount lens sales to be much bigger than for DSLR. Maybe 70% to 30%.
This is what he said about the Canon EOS-R
The 50mm F1.2 and 28-70mm F2. Very impressed – and a little jealous! They’re possible due to the wide diameter and short flange back. Otherwise such lenses would be very difficult or impossible. Having the larger elements at the rear of the optical system makes it easier to achieve good performance at large apertures.
He confirmed indirectly what Leica manager said about the E-mount…it’s really not optimal for lens design.
On top you can watch the new review of the Fuji X-T3. At the same time Dpreview also posted a preview of the new Canon EOS-R:
I suspect that most users that will invest in an EOS R will be mid-level enthusiasts (i.e. Rebel and EOS 80D upgraders) that are most interested in the larger sensor and the fact that it says ‘Canon’ on the front; I also suspect they’ll not be terribly interested in the fact that it’s Canon’s first ‘serious’ mirrorless offering. Unfortunately for those users, if you come to the EOS R with expectation of how a Canon camera ‘should work,’ you’re likely to be frustrated for a bit. You’ll be much better off approaching it with an open mind.
All that said, we’re not meaning to let Canon off easy on this one. There are definitely some aspects of the EOS R that need to be refined or reworked (the default out-of-box action for the M-Fn Bar is to cryptically flash ‘not available’ at you), even for a less demanding audience. We’ll of course be addressing those when we complete our full review. In the meantime, for those of us waiting for Canon to usher in a truly revolutionary camera built around the new RF mount, one aimed at more demanding users and more demanding use cases, I think we’ll just have to wait a little longer.
X-T3 preorders are now open at Bhphoto, Adorama and Amazon. In Europe at ParkCameras, Calumet.de. In Australia at CameraPro.
And here is Kai Won’gs take on the camera:
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The endless and justified complains against the weak Sony APS-C E-mount support finally had some effect. Mr. Tanaka from Sony confirmed in an interview at Pronews.jp that they will now focus on APS-C again.
In his words Sony had to complete the FF camera line first before to move on to APS-C again. As rumored weeks ago Sony is expected to launch a new High End APS-C model soon. It will have:
Let’s hope some nice APS-C glass is going to be announced too…
Nokishita leaked the first images of the soon to be announced new Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 lens. There is yet no info about pricing and official release date. As usual expect this lens to be available in native Canon EF and Nikon F mounts. But you can use it on any mirrorless system camera with the proper adapter.
Skylum pre-announced the new Sky Enhancer feature (full announcement blog post here). It’s going to be released as a free Luminar update on November 1. If you plan to buy Luminar use our code “MIRROR” to get a $10 discount.
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