This is the first image of the new Nikon 105mm f/1.4 autofocus F-mount lens. This is the world’s fastest 105mm autofocus lens and some mirrorless owners maybe be interested to grab this one and to adapt it on their camera. This is definitely a lens with a huge appealing WOW factor!
The lens will be priced at 233,280 YEN ($2,200) and released on August 26.
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image via Digicameinfo.
Sony E-mount folks will get a new lens before the end of this month. Venus Optics will launch a new 12mm f/2.8 E-mount lens on July 30.
The lens specs will be:
Image circle: 24×36
Field of view: 121.96°
Optical formula: 16 elements, including 2 aspherical elements and 3 elements made of glass with anomalous dispersion, in 10 groups
Number of aperture blades : 7
Aperture range: f/2.8 – f/22
Manual focus
Minimum focusing distance: 0.18m
Maximum magnification: 0.2x
Maximum diameter: 74.8mm
Length: 82.2mm
Weight: circa 570g.
UPDATE: The lens will be available in Canon / Nikon / Sony A / Pentax K / Sony FE mount.
And of course they like the camera :)
Leica folk can now preorder the new anodized 50mm Summicron lens at BHphoto ($7,995). The Sexyness of that lens is only matched by the pricyness :)
MFT folks will just have to wait one month to get their next MFT camera:
It is still unclear if the GH5 and E-M1II will be both introduced at Photokina. If I would take a guess the GH5 will be announced a couple of months after Photokina and the E-M1II will still be announced at Photokina but ship in early 2017.
Different store owners from different EU countries told us all the same story: In August Canon, Nikon and Sony will increase the price on cameras and lenses by up to 20%! The increase is caused by the weak Pound and Euro compared to the YEN.
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Note: Interesting that all three top companies increase the prices at the same time….
We keep receiving info via different sources that the Kumamoto Sony sensor shutdown will have effects til late 2016. All major companies had to delay their camera release roadmap by at least four months.
And a lucky note on Fuji: They ordered a big lot of the X-T2 sensors made by Sony long before the Kumamoto earthquake. And lucky enough Sony produced most of those sensors before the shutdown in April. Fuji could ship the new X-T2 already now but they prefered to start shipping the cameras in September to reduce the production gab between this first batch of cameras and the second batch that is affected by the Sony four month production delay.