According to Fujirumors we will soon get a new pancake zoom lens from Fuji:
In the bad or in the good Blockchain technology is taking over the photography world too.
Press text via Dpreview:
KODAKOne platform and KODAKCoin cryptocurrency give photographers a new revenue stream and a secure platform for protecting their work
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Today Kodak and WENN Digital, in a licensing partnership, announced the launch of the KODAKOne image rights management platform and KODAKCoin, a photo-centric cryptocurrency to empower photographers and agencies to take greater control in image rights management.
Utilizing blockchain technology, the KODAKOne platform will create an encrypted, digital ledger of rights ownership for photographers to register both new and archive work that they can then license within the platform. With KODAKCoin, participating photographers are invited to take part in a new economy for photography, receive payment for licensing their work immediately upon sale, and for both professional and amateur photographers, sell their work confidently on a secure blockchain platform. KODAKOne platform provides continual web crawling in order to monitor and protect the IP of the images registered in the KODAKOne system. Where unlicensed usage of images is detected, the KODAKOne platform can efficiently manage the post-licensing process in order to reward photographers.
“For many in the tech industry, ‘blockchain’ and ‘cryptocurrency’ are hot buzzwords, but for photographers who’ve long struggled to assert control over their work and how it’s used, these buzzwords are the keys to solving what felt like an unsolvable problem,” said Kodak CEO Jeff Clarke. “Kodak has always sought to democratize photography and make licensing fair to artists. These technologies give the photography community an innovative and easy way to do just that.”
“Engaging with a new platform, it is critical photographers know their work and their income is handled securely and with trust, which is exactly what we did with KODAKCoin,” said WENN Digital CEO Jan Denecke. “Subject to the highest standards of compliance, KODAKCoin is all about paying photographers fairly and giving them an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a new economy tailored for them, with secure asset rights management built right in.”
The initial coin offering will open on January 31, 2018 and is open to accredited investors from the U.S., UK, Canada and other select countries. For more information visit www.kodakcoin.com. This initial Coin Offering is issued under SEC guidelines as a security token under Regulation 506 (c) as an exempt offering.
For more information and to sign up for product updates, please visit www.kodak.com/go/kodakone.
I didn’t expect this: The GH5s has dual native ISO (great!) and no IBIS (not so great!). But for sure this is a film makers dream camera. Now it’s Sony’s turn to answer this with the A7sIII.
Preorders:
GH5s at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera and Panasonic.
Hands-on and previews:
First impression at Dpreview. Cameras.reviewed. Test by Imaging Resource. GH5 vs A7sII by Dpreview. Review by Photographyblog. Review by Jacob James. Hands-on by CameraJabber. GH5 vs GH5s at CameraJabber. Spanish hands-on by Photolari. GH5 vs GH5 by Mirrorlesscomparison. Hands-on by Cinema5D.
In an interview with Nikkei Canon boss Fujio Mitarai said that it’s time for Canon to think outside the box. And he is very honest when he states this:
Our primary management goal this year is to raise our antennas high toward cutting-edge technology. It is on this point where we lag behind other companies.
I hope this means that the years of boring incremental updates are over.
CIPA released the November camera shipment data. And it’s a highly depressing result. Shipments were far lower than in 2016 which already was a bad year. While mirrorless system camera sales were more or less stable DSLR sales hit a new low.
We need new 200 Megapixel mirrorless cameras to get back some sales! Just joking :(
No surprise to see here. We knew the Gh5s was coming and we knew it had the same Gh5 body but with some added red marks :)
via Nokishita
It took a couple of years but Sony today reminded us all that it still can do lenses for the APS-C E-mount system :)
Preorders (start on Jan 11):
18-135mm lens at BHphoto.
Silver A6300 at BHphoto.
Sony, a worldwide leader in digital imaging and the world’s largest image sensor manufacturer, today announced its 46th E-mount lens. This new APS-C lens features a versatile 18-135mm focal length, aperture range of F3.5-F5.6 And Optical SteadyShot™ stabilisation.
The new lens (model SEL18135) features a compact, lightweight design measuring only 67.2mm x 88mm and weighing in at a mere 325g, as well as a high magnification 7.5x optical zoom that covers the wide-ranging focal length of 18-135mm on APS-C or 27-202.5mm in 35mm equivalent focal length. The lens is an ideal fit for Sony’s popular APS-C sensor cameras including ?6500, ?6300 and ?6000, and is an extremely useful tool for a wide range of shooting situations ranging from daily life to portraiture, landscape, nature and travel photography.
The E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS produces outstanding corner-to-corner sharpness throughout the entire zoom range thanks to its advanced design featuring one aspherical lens and two Extra-low Dispersion glass elements that minimise aberrations. This lens also allows photographers to produce close-up images with pleasing ‘bokeh’ or background defocus as a result of its maximum magnification ratio of 0.29x and minimum focus distance of 0.45m. It also offers built-in optical image stabilisation to support handheld shooting.
Additionally, the 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 Zoom lens offers fast, precise, quiet AF performance thanks to a linear motor, making it a perfect complement to the high speed shooting and impressive video capabilities of many of Sony’s mirrorless cameras.
Pricing and Availability
The SEL18135 will be available from February 2018, priced at approximately £570.
