2015年4月30日木曜日

Leica Monochrome officially announced!

As "predicted" by my sources the new Leica Monochrome camera just got announced! Full details and image samples can be seen at Leica (Click here).

Preorders will be online soon at BHphoto (Click here).

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First pictures of the amazing little Perar 21mm f/4.5 lens!

Those are the very first images of the new supertiny MS-Optical Perar 21 mm f/4,5 MC Super Wide Triplet lens!

The lens has a close focusing distance of 80cm, tre element optical design, 5,2mm thick(!) and weights 43g only! You can buy the lens for $800 on eBay (Click here).

via DSLRmagazine

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Fuji X-T10 will definitely be announced on May 18!

I am pretty sure Fujirumors is spot on here: The Fuji X-T10 will be announced on may 18! I got similar rumors from my sources and there is little that can go wrong now.

The X-T10 has no ISO dial, X-E2 EVF and built in flash. The real question is how much you will have to pay for it. I hope it will be really cheap because otherwise I doubt it will sell fine!

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2015年04月29日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!


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2015年4月28日火曜日

Samsung rumored to have "rewritten" the NX1 firmware code.

Apparently the reason why Samsung delayed the new firmware release for the NX1 is quite...surprising:

A source who shared correct Samsung rumors in the past told me that Samsung has "rewritten" the NX1 code. I don't know how deep those changes are. We will likely see that new NX1 code with the next firmware update. Let's hope this means we can expect some great improvements!
 

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2015年04月27日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!


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2015年4月27日月曜日

Sony, Fuji, Panasonic and Olympus announcements in May!

April is almost over and in May we will get plenty of new cameras and lenses. Here is a roundup of the planned announcements:

Sony will announce the A7rII by mid-end May. The A6100 could be announced on the same event or in June along the new RX cameras

Fuji will announce the X-T10 in mid May.

Panasonic will announce the G7 in mid May.

Olympus will release the pricing info of the new 7-14mm PRO lens that will ship in late June (see BHphoto).

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2015年04月26日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!


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2015年4月26日日曜日

2015年4月24日金曜日

DxO about the NX1 sensor: "Hail the new king of APS-C hybrids!"

DxO (Click here) tested the new Samsung NX1 sensor and indeed it is the best APS-C sensor of all mirrorless cameras yet tested. It beats by a hair the current best of the class, the Sony A6000. DxO writes:

The new sensor in the NX1 has upped the stakes in terms of hybrid image quality, making Samsung’s latest hybrid the current king of mirrorless APS-C cameras in our database.  The BSI sensor is not only the physically largest sensor of its type, but boasting a 28.2 million pixels, it’s also the highest-resolution APS-C hybrid currently available. With an overall DxOMark Sensor Score of 83 points, the NX1 knocks our previous APS-C hybrid champion, the Sony A6000, down into second place with 82 points.

As we’ve also seen with the impressive image quality results from the latest APS-C sensor in the Nikon D7200, the NX1’s smaller chip offers image quality close to that of full-frame sensors. It’s not quite as good, but still, being just one stop behind in all categories against models such as the Sony A7R, the image quality on the NX1 is impressive.

Add to that high-caliber features such as the 205-point autofocus system and 15fps burst shooting, and the NX1 is an attractive-looking proposition. The slightly bulkier design, not to mention the hefty $2400 price tag, will put off some consumers. For the more discerning enthusiast, however, the DSLR-style body, larger handgrip, optional vertical handgrip, external controls, and great image quality will certainly appeal.

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2015年04月23日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!


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2015年4月22日水曜日

Zeiss launches a new autofocus Full Frame lens line for Sony FE!

That's quite a surprise! Today Zeiss announced a completely new line of lenses for Sony FE cameras! Unlike Loxia those lenses have autofocus and a huge OLED display on the lens!

Preorder links:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens at Adorama (Click here)
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama (Click here)
Lens shade for 25mm at Adorama (Click here)
Lens shade for 85mm at Adorama (Click here)

And here is the press text:

The new ZEISS Batis 2/25 and 1.8/85 lenses are the first full-frame autofocus lenses with an OLED display for the mirrorless Sony α series and therefore the pioneers of a new era. As professional tools, they enable outstanding outcomes with optimal image performance, impressive contrast and maximum resolution down to the very last detail.
The innovative OLED display shows the distance of the focal plane from the camera system and the depth of fields, therefore ideally supporting creative image composition. For the demanding photographer, the OLED display is an absolute highlight – an innovation that is currently unparalleled in camera lenses.  ZEISS Batis lenses are available in a wide-angle and portrait focal length and are the perfect match for the existing lenses offered for the system. The ZEISS Batis 2/25 and Batis 1.8/85 lenses will be available for purchase from July 2015 – place your order now!

Plenty of more images and video on SonyAlphaRumors.com

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2015年04月21日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!


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New Lightroom CC (or standalone 6) released.

Adobe launched both, the new cloud and standalone version of Lightroom. Here they are:
Lightroom CC (cloud version) at Adobe (Click here).
Lightroom 6 (standalone version) at Adobe (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).

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New Leica Monochrome will be announced soon!

Digicameinfo spotted the name of a new Leica Monochrome camera registered by the Korean RRA agency.

We have yet no info about the possible specs of the camera! All I got is that there may be a new Leica announcement in mid-end May!
 

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2015年4月21日火曜日

Strange rumors: Nikon to launch a mirrorless Full Frame camera with... F-mount?

Image courtesy: Nikonrumors.

Nikonrumors reports that Nikon is developing a Full Frame Mirrorless camera. In a recent interview at Dpreview Nikon stated that there would be no need for a larger sensor mirrorless camera. But maybe they were just trying to hide their cards. What's strange with the rumor is that apparently Nikon will keep the regular DSLR F-mount for that camera! Just like Pentax did with their bulky K-mount mirrorless cam. Don't know if it makes sense to keep a mount with long flange distance for a mirrorless camera...

Anyway, those are the rumored spec of the camera:
mirrorless / mirrorless-styled
the camera will be small (about the same size as the Olympus E-M1)
no EVF
regular F mount
currently being field tested
the official announcement is expected in late 2015 or early 2016

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2015年4月20日月曜日

Awesome (if true)! Fuji plans to launch a superfast 30mm f/1.0 lens!

Fujirumors reports that:

Fujifilm is working on a Super Fast XF lens, that will have a widest opening of F1.0. The source says that the specs are not final until now, but the focal length planed at the moment is around 30mm.

Would be awesome if Fuji would really do it! A lens to remmeber, a lens few will buy but that will make you WOW thinking at it :)

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2015年4月18日土曜日

2015年04月17日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

Jlian Assange also leaked us the new A7rII, A6100 and RX camera announcement time!


Julian Assange from Wikileaks published the full Sony (North Korea?) hacked material. And among all that stuff SAR spotted the new A7, A6000 and RX series cameras on a product roadmap. Those cameras will be announced by Sony between now and end of June!


The new A7 camera should be the 36MP and 5 axis stabilized A7rII

The new A6100 should feature IBIS too and advanced video recording

The new RX camera could be the Four Thirds sensor RX100m4.


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2015年4月15日水曜日

Next Sony RX100 camera rumored to have a larger sensor!


While I do not expect Sony to announce a new RX100M4 model soon I got some reliable info about it. The camera is rumored to increase slightly in size to make space for a much larger sensor. The sensor should be around as big as the one used by the Panasonic LX100.


Hope to get info about the release date soon!


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2015年04月14日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

2015年4月14日火曜日

Fuji 16mm f/1.4 lens image and specs leaked!


Within the next 48 hours Fuji will announce the new 16mmf /1.4 lens. It has those specs:


– Nano-GI coating

– Works at Low-temperature till minus 10 degrees

- Over-the-counter price is $ 1,150


via Digicameinfo and Fujirumors.


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2015年04月13日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

Surprise: Fuji XF 16mm F1.4 WR will be announced within 2-3 days!


Fujirumors reports that the new Fujinon XF16mm F1.4 R WR will be announced this week.



"It will weigh 375g, have a filter size of 67mm, a Focus range from 0.15m to ∞ , 13 elements 11 groups, 9 (rounded diaphragm opening) 1/3EV (22 steps)."



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Micro Four Thirds news: New GH4 firmware update and two new cameras from Blackmagic.


We have a couple of MFT news coming from the NAB show:


Blackmagic announced two new MFT cameras. The Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera and the Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K.


Panasonic will release a new firmware for the GH4 by end of this month. It adds in camera support for anamorphic shooting, improved HDMi out and V-LOG.


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2015年4月13日月曜日

Blackmagic will announce an amazing small Micro Cinema Micro Four Thirds camera today!!


Matthew Allard and Eric Naso posted those pictures of the new Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera that will be announced today at Las Vegas NAB show. It's a Micro Four Thirds 4K camera with 13 stops of dynamic range and RAW recording.


Quite an amazing toy! Price and other specs are yet unknown but will be unveiled at 9.30am Las Vegas time!


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2015年04月12日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

Nikon says they will not make bigger sensor mirrorless cameras.


If you were hoping to get an APS-C or even FF mirrorless camera from Nikon you will have to digest that. In an interview at Dpreview Nikon said:



We still believe that Nikon 1 has room for further evolution. This is the area we want to put effort in to, rather than making bigger sensor mirrorless cameras.


We have two different categories: the D-line and the 1-series, and with these lineups, we believe we’ll meet all the needs of customers.



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2015年4月11日土曜日

Mirrorless news roundup.


[Samsung SMART CAMERA NX1] Enchanted Icelandic Aurora Caught in 4K/UHD Time-Lapse


Samsung NX500 Shooter’s Report at Imaging Resource.

5 Lessons Learned Switching from DSLR to Mirrorless for Travel Photography (DPS).

The Mirrorless party 2015 by Thecamerastoretv.

Island life: Samsung NX500 Shooting Experience (Dpreview).

Retro, refined: Fujifilm X100T reviewed (Dpreview).

Sigma dp0 Quattro Hands-On Preview at ePhotozine.

Fuji 16-55mm review: An excellent versatile lens (Theinspiredeye).

Samsung NX1 review at Dpreview.


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2015年4月9日木曜日

New Fuji rumors: XF90mm lens coming in July. And X-Pro2 comes with 1/8000 shutter.


We have two new Fuji rumors:


Fujirumors says that the new XF90mm f/2.0 lens will be announced in July. And it's rumored to become the best Fuji prime lens to date. Fujirumors also reports that the X-Pro2 will have a 1/8000 mechanical shutter.


Really hope it will not take a long time to get my hands on the X-PRO2. It's now a lot of time I am waiting for it to be announced!


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2015年04月08日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

2015年4月8日水曜日

Canon XC10 gets announced in Japan.


Canon Japan announced the XC10. It's a 4K camera with a 12MP sensor and it will be released in mid June 2015.


Key Features


The new product, aimed at professionals and advanced amateurs users involved in video production, is the 4K video camera that was both high image quality and compact and lightweight. Video production and media, such as promotional videos and documentaries, as a sub-camera of digital cinema, making it suitable for a variety of applications such as the shooting of the scene that require mobility.


The high-quality 4K video can be video production immersive high definition


And 1.0-inch CMOS sensor of high sensitivity, 4K video lens equipped with a 10x optical zoom, image processing platform DIGIC DV 5 performs arithmetic processing in high speed, the newly developed all of Canon's proprietary video format "XF-AVC", I realize the shooting and recording of high-quality 4K video. Compression method 4K video adopts the Intra Frame for achieving high bit rates up to 305Mbps, while maintaining the high quality of 4K video Through the high compression, can reduce the data capacity. In addition, it is equipped with a video recording system that has been adopted in video production equipment CINEMA EOS SYSTEM, you will be able to shoot a high-luminance portion and the overexposure and underexposure less impressive video even in dark. Furthermore, by adopting a high-speed recording media CFast 2.0 card to 4K movie recording, you can built-in recording of 4K video.


About 12 million can be cutting out the still image from the high sensitivity of the still image shooting and 4K video pixel


The installation of an effective pixel count about 12 million pixels 1.0-inch high-sensitivity CMOS sensor, you can still image shooting of ISO20000. In addition, it is equipped with a mechanical shutter, camera is ready to take a picture not only quickly moving subject also distortion (Strain). Furthermore, in "4K frame capture", I can record still images of about 8.29 million pixels moment from 4K video of 30 frames / sec.


Contributing to video production that require mobility


About 125 (width) × 102 (height) × 122 (depth) mm, and has realized the size and weight of about 930g ※. Furthermore, by adopting approximately 90 ° rotatable grip front and rear tilt type liquid crystal and the vertical, such as high-angle and low-angle, allows shooting from an arbitrary position and angle of the user, requiring mobility image I will contribute to the production.


※body only. Battery pack food unit finder unit of memory card and shipped (same root) is not included.


Market trends in video production equipment


With the digitization of the video production industry, and at the same time respond to 4K video progresses rapidly in productions such as movies, efforts to practical use of 4K broadcasting has begun in many countries in the broadcasting industry. From input to output, by 4K of the video production workflow progresses, it is of course, the needs of the digital 4K video camera suitable for video production in a compact and lightweight come increasingly in the future equipment is a high-resolution and image quality It is expected that. (Canon survey)


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2015年04月07日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

2015年4月6日月曜日

澤村徹氏が講師のオールドレンズのセミナーです

New DSLR and Mirrorless shipment data from Japan. Flat sales...


Personal View posted the graphs of the February digital camera sales. As you can see there is no big news. Camera sales are still bad compared to the previous year (which was alreayd a very bad year). And this time both DSLR and Mirrorless camera shipments were lower than the same month 12 months ago. Wondering when this will ever end to fall and fall...


The full detailed numbers can be see on that CIPA PDF.


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2015年04月05日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

2015年4月3日金曜日

Sony keeps working on a new Foveon alike multilayer sensor.


I guess the question that we have to answer is not "if" but "when" Sony will finally make their first multilayer sensor cameras. The last few years Sony patented many such Foveon alike sensor ideas. And the newest patent underlines their effort to design a much improved version of the Sigma sensor. To get rid of the corner issues of foveon sensor Sony plans to add a lens on top of the sensor. This will correct the Light Ray angle and allow a perfect sharp image on the entire frame.


Really Sony...do it now!


via SonyAlphaRumors.


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2015年04月02日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

2015年4月2日木曜日

First images of the new Nikon 1 J5!


Digicameinfo got his hands on the very first images of the Silver and Black Nikon 1 J5. The 20MP camera will be announced in late April!


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2015年04月01日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

Not an April's fools joke: Brand new Rokinon 100mm macro lens announced!


The new Rokinon 100mm macro lens can now be preordered at BHphoto (Click here). This brand new and yet not officially announced lens is the first that has been designed for mirrorless systems only (no DSLR version).


Product Highlights

Fuji X, Samsung NX, MFT and Sony E-mount version available

100mm (35mm Equivalent)

Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/32

One High Refractive Index Element

One Extra-Low Dispersion Element

Ultra Multi-Coating

1:1 Magnification, 1' Minimum Focus

Internal Focus; Manual Focus Design

Non-Rotating Filter Mount

Rounded 9-Blade Diaphragm


Great lens!


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2015年4月1日水曜日

New Nikon 1 J5 to be released soon (with specs).


Digicameinfo is sure the Nikon j5 will be announced soon (likely within days). It will come in Black and Silver. And it will have following accessories:

- MH-31 (battery charger)

- EP-5F (power connector)

- CB-N2220SA (body case set)

- CT-406 (trunk case)


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Next great Fuji X-T1, X100T and lens firmware update.


Fuji keeps showing the world how to take care of customers by releasing the next major firmware update. I hope other companies will learn from it :)


X-T1 FIRMWARE (download here)


X-T1 firmware update: 1. Improvement of the flash function when “MECHANICAL+ELECTRONIC” is selected. An external non-TTL flash will fire when the “MECHANICAL+ELECTRONIC” is selected in the “SHUTTER TYPE” option of the SHOOTING MENU. If “S (Shutter-Priority)” or “M (Manual Exposure)” mode is selected, set the shutter speed to 1/180 sec. or slower. 2. Improvement of the Wi-Fi function when “FUJIFILM PC AutoSave” is used. The phenomenon is fixed that Wi-Fi communication with “FUJIFILM PC AutoSave” stops at the moment the LCD turns off 3. Improvement of the display for the “USB MODE” in the SET-UP menu

1) When “PC SHOOT FIXED” is selected, the warning of “IMAGES ARE NOT SAVED IN THE CARD” appears [screenshot]. 2) In case that “PC SHOOT FIXED” is selected in the “USB MODE” and the camera is not connected to a PC via a USB cable, you cannot turn off the camera when you turn the ON/OFF switch to the OFF positon or remove the lens from the camera becasue the camera stays in the waiting mode for image transfer. With this upgrade, the message below will appear to confirm whether you stop the image transfer to the PC or not in such operations. If you press “OK” button, the camera will turn off without recording images.


X100T FIRMWARE (download here)


X100T firmware update: 1. Addition of the messages when “COVERSION LENS” setting is changed in the FUNCTION (Fn) SETTING. When an Fn button with “CONVERSION LENS” setting is pressed, one of the messages below appears in a cyclic manner in addition to the icons. 2. Improvement of flash function when “MECHANICAL+ELECTRONIC” is selected. An external flash will fire when the “MECHANICAL+ELECTRONIC” is selected in the “SHUTTER TYPE” option of the shooting menu. 3. Improvement of the viewfinder display. When the dual optical viewfinder/electronic range finder (ERF) display is used with the Digital Split Image, the white Focus frame appears in the center of the viewfinder. 4. Improvement of Focus Peaking display in the electronic viewfinder under a dark environment for easy focus setting.


IMPROVED OIS


Also, the OIS has been improved for the following lenses (download link): XF 10-24 , XF 18-55 , XF 18-135 and XF 55-200 .


found via Fujrumors.


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2015年03月31日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!