The XCD 21mm is an ultra wide-angle lens for the X System. Its extremely short focal length provides a 17mm full frame equivalent lens, making it perfect for landscape and architecture photography. The lens features a 32 cm close distance setting (1:10 image scale) and an aperture range between 4 and 32. The XCD 21mm features full automatic focusing as well as instant manual focus.
More info at hasselblad.com/x-system-lenses/xcd-4-21mm/
A lituanian store leaked the price of the upcoming tow new Sigma lenses that will be available for Sony E-mount too:
The 105mm f/1.4 will cost €1,999
The 70mm f/2.8 macro will cost €999
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! In this week’s episode of DPReview TV, Chris and Jordan go to the zoo with the Fujifilm X-H1. Watch as they photograph lemurs, red pandas and maybe even a Tyrannosaur while putting this camera to the test.
Fujirumors got an insider info that reveals this:
As much as I love Fuji…I don’t think that’s going to happen. Canon and Nikon future FF mirrorless are likely to stop (or at least mitigate by a lot) the Sony-Fuji-MFT mirrorless success story.
The new Sony camera regsitered in Asia with the code “WW771132”
We are going to have again some busy announcement time:
1) Fuji is rumored to announce some new gear within May. We know Fuji registered a camera code…maybe a new fixed lens X100 model coming?
2) There is a 80% chance Sony will announce new E-mount stuff too. Also Sony registered a new camera code: Could be A6700 or A7sIII.
3) Leica will also announce a new camera as they also registered such a code
No word yet if the big Canon meeting in mid-May will give us some new camera too…
The Open Source RAW editor Darktable 2.4.3 has been released: https://www.darktable.org/
New Features
Support for tags and ratings in the watermark module
Read Xmp.exif.DateTimeOriginal from XMP sidecars
Build and install noise tools
Add a script for converting .dtyle to an .xmp
Bugfixes
Don’t create unneeded folders during export in some cases
When collecting by tags, don’t select subtags
Fix language selection on OSX
Fix a crash while tethering
Camera support, compared to 2.4.2
Fujifilm X-H1 (compressed)
Kodak EOS DCS 3
Olympus E-PL9
Panasonic DC-GX9 (4:3)
Sony DSC-RX1RM2
Sony ILCE-7M3
White Balance Presets
Sony ILCE-7M3
Noise Profiles
Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III
Nikon D7500
Sony ILCE-7M3
It sounds a bit odd but Canon is either hiding their card or really still believe mirrorless is for beginners only…
In their NHK interview they only seem to think mirrorless is good for beginners and did not mentione anything at all about going Full Frame or High End with their mirrorless cameras.
My bet is that they are only hiding their true intentions :)
