Monthly Archives: August 2016

Double Lens Cap Preorder From OpTech For m43

    I’m careful about keeping my equipment clean and OP/Tech’s new double lens mount cap system seems like it might help photographers protect their valuable glass. The built in protective O ring should provide a good seal to keep dust/moisture out of your lens mount better than a stock cap and the double sided design could help […]

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New m43 Lens Yasuhara Momo 100 28mm f/6.4 Soft Focus

Poised to deliver creative soft focus imagery, the Momo 100 from Yasuhara is a 28mm f/6.4 lens designed for Micro Four Thirds system cameras, and provides a 56mm equivalent focal length. Characterized by its simple doublet optical design, this lens relies on spherical aberration to produce a soft and glowing image quality, while still delivering in-focus results, for an […]

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New Olympus HLD-9 Battery Grip Coming

  The Olympus HLD-9 battery grip was registered with the Korean Radio Research Agency and should be followed by an official announcements 30-60 days after the registration date of July 20th. Via Nokishita Camera, Photorumors

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Panasonic 90-280 F2.8-4 OIS Full-Frame?

Egami reported a new lens patent from Panasonic, a 90-280mm F2.8-4.0 OIS lens for Full-frame cameras. Maybe this lens is for the Leica SL. Patent Publication No. 2016-139125 Published 2016.8.4 Filing date 2015.1.21 Example Zoom Ratio 2.95713 Focus Length 92.2864 158.6671 272.9028 F number  2.90761 3.28448 4.10547 Angle of View 13.1946 7.6150 4.4177 Image Height 21.6300 21.6300 21.6300 Source: EGAMI

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Olympus and Panasonic Win 2 EISA Awards Each

Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II The Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II is a compact and lightweight camera with excellent ergonomics. With a 16.1-million-pixel Four Thirds Sensor, a high-end electronic viewfinder with 2.36 million dots and fast autofocus it is technologically state-of-the-art and delivers pictures of high quality. Thanks to the 5-axis image stabilization the camera […]

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Discounted

The Olympus OM-D E-M1 will be discounted $200 for 24hrs at B&H Photo Black Silver PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS 16.3MP Live MOS Sensor TruePic VII Image Processor Micro Four Thirds System FAST Dual Phase- & Contrast-Detection AF Interactive 2,360k-Dot EVF 3.0″ 1,037k-Dot Tilting LCD Touchscreen 5-Axis Image Stabilization with IS Auto Built-In Wireless Connectivity 10 fps and 1/8000 sec. […]

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