Leica Q2 officially announced
All specs and info on BHphoto, FocusCamera and Adorama. Looks like it uses the same Panasonic S1R sensor…
Fuji GF 50mm and XF 16-80mm lenses will be on market this fall. The 33mm f/1.0 lens might cost $3,000.
Fujirumors reports the two new GF 50mm and XF 16-80mm lenses will be on market this fall. And they also spotted the pricing of the 33mm f/1.0 on a Czech store:
$3,100! Damn!
Nikon on the other hand confirmed the 58mm f/0,95 lens will be released within 2019 but gave no specific timing and no pricing details.
Yes folks it can get worse: January 2019 camera shipments down again compared to previous year
Japanese companies shipped -25,3% compared to January 2018. There is a two digit drop for both DSLR and Mirrorless saless too. And this is particularly worrieng because Nikon and Canon’s new camera launches may could have stopped the trend but this was not the case.
Olympus promises E-M5III is coming soon and in the meantime shows this cool new concept
What you see on the image on top is a unique OM-D BrassEdition prototype. Olympus has no plan to bring this to the market. What’s really on their roadmap is the new E-M5III. They confirmed in an Imaging Resource interview the E-M5III will be launched soon!
Canon patent discloses a crazy RF 14-21mm f/1.4 lens
Fengniao spotted a new Canon patent describing the optical design of a new RF 14-21mm f/1.4 lens. This sounds crazy! Not sure if they will really do this as the lens would be certainly as big as a space shuttle!
Here are the new Kamlan lenses for mirrorless
At the Cp+ show Kamlan displayed their latest new lenses. On top you can see the new 50mm f/1.1 II lens for Sony E and Fuji X. Below the 8mm f/3.0 for MFT, Fuji X and Canon EOS-M.
