Now you can be 100% sure the X-PRO 2 is coming soon! The camera just got officially registered by the Chinese public MIIT site. That registration is required to sell WiFi/Bluetooth capable devices before they go on sale on the Chinese market.
Start saving $$$!
via Digicameinfo
You see the beast lens above? it’s the fastest 135mm Full Frame lens on earth. And you can have it for $2,999 at Zyoptics (Click here to preorder). only 100 pieces will be produced and it will ship in early Spring. It may become a classic lens that will keep or gain value in time! Or it may not…but damn, let’s hope it’s not just a fascinating toy but a really great lens too!
Click on image to see the full size sample
Leica chief Andreas H Kaufmann posted that image shot on the Leica SL. Of course he doesn’t say it as clear as I am doing now. He writes on Facebook:
Salzburg, Getreidegasse, yesterday, shot with….? Who knows?
Andreas carefully removed all EXIF data but it seems like the image has been taken with the 24-90mm SL lens at widest aperture.
What we know so far of the camera:
– Will be announced on October 20
– Sensor 24MP CMOS
– Full autofocus support
– 4K Video
Three new SL lenses will be alunched along the new SL camera:
– Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 1: 2.8-4 / 24-90 mm ASPH.
– Leica Apo-Vario-Elmarit-SL 1: 2.8-4 / 90-280 mm
– Leica Summilux-SL 1: 1.4 / 50 mm ASPH.
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Thanks Mistral for sharing the Facebook link!
Fujirumors spotted that new image of the XF100-400 mockup lens. The small new info is that the lens has a f/4.5 to f/5.6 aperture range.
And one more info for Fuji guys: The XF 35mm f/2.0 and the 1.4x TC lens are going to be announced on October 21 at 1am New York time!
Canon Expo Paris posted a full hd video from glowworms in a cave New Zealand, they are not visible to the humans eye – very impressive! It has been taken with the ME20F-SH camera that will be released in December.
The conclusion at 01:32 min. demonstrates, the Professional camcorder Canon XA25 see only a light fluoresce with his highest 30db gain.
At 02:13 min. is the world first real time video from the worms in utter darkness, in the deep from the cave.
At 03:03 min. the camera can also capture the milky way in the sky in real time.
Source: CanonWatch. BBC video also on CanonWatch.
DxOmark tested the NX500 sensor and the results are impressive! It beats the previous leader the Sony A6000 by 5 points! Samsung really achieved some great results with their latest generation sensor. Beating Sony means beating the best sensor maker to date. I am now wondering if a performance like that will be enough to make the NX system attractive. Seems like Samsung has an “image problem” among the photographers community.
Zyoptics (also known as Mitakon) posted those images of their 135mm f/1.4 Speedmaster Full Frame lens! They did not specify when the lens will be launched and in what mount it will be available. On those pictures you can see it will certainly come for Canon EF mount. The Sony may use an adapter or a proper E-mount version of the lens. We don’t know yet. All current Speedmasters are sold for Canon-Nikon and Sony E-mount (Click here to see them on eBay).
I made a quick check and the fastest Full Frame lens I found is the Zeiss 135mm f/1.8 (Click here). If I am correct this should make the new Speedmaster the new fastest 135mm FF lens out there!
More images of the lens (Click on it to enlarge):
Low resolution image samples:
As soon as I have more info about the lens I will let you know!
