New crazy fast and expensive Handevision 40mm f/0.85 lens available for preorder at BH.

If you want the world’s fastest lens for any digital mirrorless system than grab the Handevision 40mm f/0.85. You can preorder it now in four different mounts at BHphoto:

Handevision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 Lens for Canon EF-M Mount (Click here)
Handevision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 Lens for Sony E Mount (Click here)
Handevision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 Lens for Micro Four Thirds Mount (Click here)
Handevision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 Lens for Fujifilm X Mount (Click here)

Fuji X-T1P goes 4K…with the viewfinder :)

This could upset the brand new X-T1 owners but Fuji is really already going to offer a new hardware updated X-T1P camera soon!

Fujirumors reports that among the hardware changes there will be a new 4K viewfinder! And now, this doesn’t mean the X-T1P will have 4K recording capability. The new X-T1P will have the same “sub-par” video performance.

The camera will be officially unveiled the beginning of July. And I am wondering why Fuji hurried that much to bring an updated X-T1…

Look at this: First Sony Full Frame curved sensor image!

We saw it only as a sketch on Sony patents before. But now we have it in real! This is the new Sony curved sensor and it comes in two variations: Full Frame (43mm) and for Mobile Phones and Tablets (11mm).

The Full Frame sensor is likely to find his way in the new RX2 because this is also what Sony patent were showing us: a FF curved sensor used along a 35mm f/1.8 lens.

As far as we know Sony is the only company offering such a sensor and Sony also said at the 2014 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits event that they developed a special production technique to produce it in mass.

At the end what matters is that: With such sensors corners become 2x more sensitive and have a lot less of issues. And lenses can be designed in a more compact way.

Sigma DP2 Quattro pricing announced. Preorder it now at Adorama or BHphoto!

Sigma US finally announced the Sigma Dp2 Quattro pricing and you can already preorder it at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

The DP2 Quattro camera will differ from earlier generations of the DP cameras as it will feature:

The new Foveon X3 Quattro Direct Image Sensor that delivers images equivalent to 39MP output from a conventional sensor
1) Increased resolution from the DP Merrill cameras A Fixed 30mm 2.8 Lens specifically designed for the new sensor
2) The TRUE III Image processor, providing ultrafast processing of an immense volume of image data without any deterioration of the final image
3) Better high ISO performance with one to two stops of improvement
4) Improved 3A performance: Auto Exposure, Auto Focus and Auto White Balance
5) Enhanced Standard, Vivid, Neutral, Portrait, Landscape, FOV Classic Blue, and Monochrome color modes, and new Cinema, Sunset Red, Forest Green, and FOV Classic Yellow color modes

 

 

Panasonic is soon going to announce the Monster-Superzoom FZ1000!

Digicameinfo just shared that image of the new Panasonic FZ1000 super zoom camera. And the real amazing thing here are the specs which seem to say: Kiss my butt dear Sony RX10 :)
Unlike the Sony it has a much larger zoom range of 25-400mm f/2.8-4.0 (vs 24-200mm f/2.8 from the Sony).
The sensor size is the same (1 inch) but the Panasonic records 4K videos too!

Full FZ1000 specs:

– 1.0-inch CMOS sensor 
– Venus engine
– 25-400mm equivalent f/2.8-4.0 Leica DC Vario Elmarit lens.
– Lens configuration is 15 pieces in 11 groups. 5 aspherical lens (8 Side)
– AF linear motor. AF speed is 0.09 seconds
– 0.66 seconds start-up time
– 4K video 
– 4K PHOTO to cut out a still image of 8 million pixels from 4K video
– The space recognition AF by DFD
– EVF is 2.36 million dot-inch organic EL 0.39
– A monitor 920,000 dot 3.0-inch
– Continuous shooting 12 frames / second
– Wi-Fi, NFC
– Focus peaking, ring type manual focus
– Camera RAW development