Fuji X 23mm f/1.4 officially announced!

Preorder links:
XF 23mm at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).

News and Press:
Fujifilm GLOBAL press release,

FUJINON XF23mmF1.4 R key features

  • 35mm equivalent F1.4 lens
  • Fully compatible with FUJIFILM X-Mount
  • 1 lens group consisting of 3 cemented lens elements and 1 aspheric lens element
  • Built-in high-torque DC coreless motor
  • Seven round-edged aperture blades, which offer 22 stops in 1/3 EV steps
  • Lens elements treated with Fujifilm’s multilayer HT-EBC (High Transmittance Electron Beam Coating)

Fuji And Ricoh announcements tomorrow!

We will have a double announcement tomorrow! Ricoh will announce “something” at 15:00 Berlin time (Source: PR) while Fuji will announce the new 23mm f/1.4 lens (Source: Fujirumors). The lens will be priced at 929 Euro and ship in October!

P.S.: Olympus will announce the X-M1 on September 10.

Sony goes Full Frame mirrorless! First lens specs leaked!

And now it’s definitely no more a rumor! The image on top shows you the specs of the soon to be announced Sonnar T FE 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss lens. And as you can read on the text it’s a lens designed for Full Frame E-mount cameras. From what I know this lens will be announced on Tuesday. But there will be one more announcement in two weeks for more FF lenses (at least three of them) and one new NEX-FF camera.

The price of camera the kit lens (a new Sony G FF zoom) is rumored to be around 3300-3500 Euro.

Exciting times ahead!!!

Samyang 10mm f/2.8 lens to be annoucned for all mirrorless systems!

 

Fujirumors spotted the new Samyang 10mm f/2.8 lens that will be available for all mirrorless systems. No word yet about price and release date but these are the specs:

Specification 1:2.8 10mm ED AS UMC CS
Aperture Range F2.8 ~ 22
Optical Construction 14 Element in 10 Groups (2 ASPHERICAL LENS)
Angle of View 109.5?(APS-C)
Minimum Focusing Distance 0.25m (0.82ft)
Filter Size NONE
Length 76.7 ~ 105.5 mm
Maximum Diameter ?86mm
Weight 710 ~ 740g
Mount Canon EOS, Canon M, Nikon, Pentax, Sony, Sony-E, FUJIFILM X, Samsung NX, Four-thirds, Micro Four-thrids
Lens Coating Multi-coating