Fuji releases the new X-H1 and X-T2 firmware update
FUJIFILM announces the firmware updates for X-H1 and X-T2.
[ X-T2 Ver.4.10 * : June 13 June 2018 ] [ X-H1 Ver.1.10 ** : June 13 June 2018 ]Neewer announced a new 35mm f/1.2 APS-C lens for Fuji X and Sony E
Neewer announced a new 35mm f/1.2 APS-C manual focusing lens. You can buy the Fuji X version on Amazon US. The E-mount version is not available yet.
The rumored Fuji Lens Roadmap
Fujirumors shared the details about the Fuji Lens Roadmap:
“GF 35mm F2.8 (coming 2018)
GF 20-36mm F3.5-4.5 (in 2018 this or the GF 100-200)
GF 100-200mm F4.5-5.6 (in 2018 this or the GF 20-36)
GF 80mm F1.4 (not in 2018 – personally I’d not expect it before 2020)
Tilt Shift lens (coming 2018/2019)”
The new $5,500 Leica SL 16-35mm lens has been actually designed by Konica-Minolta!
Leica has recently announced this new $5,500 SL 16-35mm lens. Well I spotted a new patent application from Konica Minolta which describes the exact same optical design. It’s interesting to see that Leica is selling expensive lenses they have NOT designed. Still, if the lens proves to have superb performance owners shouldn’t be disappointed.
New Micro Four Thirds rumors (with some bad news)
G9 vs the older G85 via CameraSize
Here are the latest MFT rumors with some bad news:
- It seems likely that Panasonic will no more introduce any entry level G camera (43rumors)
- If you were hoping to see a new OMD camera at Photokina…welll seems liek you have to wait til early 2019 to get one (43rumors)
- The cheap and super compact Olympus 17mm f/2.8 lens has been officially discontinued (43rumors)
Overall it doens’t seem like we will get a lot of new stuff at Photokina…maybe a couple of new lenses? :(
mmCalc v2.0 Released – Crop factor calculator website and app
This is a very useful tool to calculate the crop factor calculator for both the focal lenght and aperture. Joe posted this on Reddit:
I recently re-did my website mmcalc.com.
mmCalc is a 35mm lens equivalent and crop factor calculator. Simply input your lenses focal length, the size of your sensor, and what the maximum aperture of your lens is and you’ll get what the lens would be in terms of 35mm full-frame. mmCalc also provides a crop factor calculator that allows you to input the dimensions of your sensor and find out what the exact crop factor is. If you’re unable to calculate for you lens with the pre-defined values, mmCalc also provides a completely customizable calculator that allows you to input your own crop factor, aperture, focal length, and even sensor dimensions.
In addition to standard sensors (m43, aps-c, 1/2.3″, etc), mmCalc also provide calculations for medium and large format sensors. It also has both an Android and iOS app.
First leaked image of the new Leicas C-LUX camera
This is the first leaked image of the new Leica C-LUX compact camera. It will be announced soon.
via Nokishita