Sony A7III could be unveiled at Photoplus. Rumored specs look promising…


image above shows the current A7II

With the notable exception of the A9 Sony has been very quiet this year. Their short camera release cycle madness seems to be over. But luckily we will likely get a new camera at PhotoPlus (late October). SonyAlphaRumors got his hands on the possible camera specs:

24Mpx
6fps with mechanical shutter
ISO up to 51200 (expanded to ISO 204800)
693 phase detection AF (which is same as a9!!)
minimum focus sensitivity is EV-3
4k 30p recording

Not bad, and hopefully it will have the large A9 battery!

New Cambo products for the Hasselblad X1D

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With the recent firmware bringing electronic shutter to the X1D, Cambo has stepped up and introduced two new options for photographers to get the most out of their systems.

Cambo Actus-XCD

As a further development of the ACTUS-G product line for medium format mirrorless cameras, Cambo is now introducing the ACTUS-XCD to host the Hasselblad X1D camera body.

The ACTUS-G system was already available as ACTUS-GFX for the Fujifilm GFX series, now the bayonet holder can be supplied with the XCD bayonet from Hasselblad. The bayonet holder is interchangeable and includes Cambo’s convenient internal rotation between landscape and portrait position.

Cambo CA-XCD

Based on the knowledge used in our other Canon lens adapters, Cambo has now created an adapter to enable the use of Canon lenses on the Hasselblad-X1D camera.
This adapter is mounted directly to the X1D camera bayonet and it controls the aperture of Canon lenses electronically, by similar controls as on the ACB-CA, WRE-CA and CA-GFX. Be aware that there is no further protocol to communicate with the X1D camera for setting aperture, auto focus or EXIF date from the lens.

It may be obvious that only Canon lenses that have a larger image circle, such as the T/S lenses, will have enough coverage for this sensor.

This combination makes it possible to use the Hasselblad X1D camera with a 17mm (and 24mm) focal length that covers the full format of the X1D 33x44mm sensor. Depending on the composition you may still be able to use the T/S movements on the lens unobstructed. More information will be released about compatibility with the newly announced Canon TS/E Lenses as they are available for testing, however at this time it can be assumed that the image circles will be of an acceptable size.

As there is no mechanical shutter in this setup, there are limitations in use with certain light sources, exposure times and subjects, we refer to the information from Hasselblad about this.

Kenko announces the new 400mm f/8.0 mirror lens

Kenko announced their new 400mm f/8.0 Reflex lens. It will be available as MFT, EOS-M, Sony and Fuji X mount version too. It will go on sale on Sept 15. Price info has not been released yet.

Different mount version codes: