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New SLR Lens announcement: Canon 200-400mm f4 with built in 1.4x tele-extender (review and RAW samples available!), May 14, 2013
The Canon vs Nikon rivalry apparently extends to Lens Announcements as well! Nikon announced their 32mm f1.2 CX lens and Canon is answering with a new lens of a totally different giant, a weight lifter's dream, the 200-400mm f4 SLR... Continue

New Mirrorless Lens Announcement: Nikon 32mm f1.2 CX 1-System, May 14, 2013
Nikon added a new lens today to their CX 1-System, it is the new 32mm f1.2 native focal length portrait lens with a starting price of $900. This is roughly a 85mm equivalent lens, thus the "portrait lens" designation. A... Continue

Panasonic reveals second generation 14-140mm f3.5-5.6 OIS M43rds lens (with preproducton samples), April 23, 2013
Zoom zoom! Panasonic has announced a second generation Micro Four Thirds superzoom lens, the new 14-140mm f3.5-5.6 Power OIS! Panasonic 14-140mm Samples + six real world samples with pre-production version of the lens, on the new G6, at ePhotozine Panasonic... Continue

Zoom Wars Engulf the iPad as well - new 12x optical zoom lens for the iPad Mini, April 22, 2013
Fixed lens digital cameras and SLR/iLC zoom lenses are not the only ones swept by the superzoom ratio wars! The iPad/iDevices are also part of the Pinocchio-ing of lenses. Photojojo has announced a new 12x optical zoom lens for the... Continue

Sigma surprises with new 18-35mm f1.8 DC SLR lens (so real there are hands-on reports published!), April 17, 2013
Sometimes pigs do fly! Sigma is flying a new pig today, it is a brand new 18-35mm f1.8 (f-one-eight) DC SLR lens! DC as in for APS-C-ish DSLRs, so the usual 1.5x math is in order. Price has not been... Continue

Fuji officially announces 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 R LM OIS XF lens, April 16, 2013
Fuji has officially announced one of the previously road-mapped lenses, a zoom lens for their X/XF mirrorless system. The full name of this lens is 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 R LM OIS XF or something like that. The new 55-200 is out... Continue

New Schneider Kreuznach Xenon Primes for Video DSLRs with exchangeable bayonet interface, April 2, 2013
We have a new lens announcement! Schneider Kreuznach has announced a new wave of Xenon Prime 35mm full frame lenses to be used with video DSLRs. They are 35mm, 50mm and 75mm, all T2.1. They are expected to arrive in... Continue

New Canon Digital Rebel T5i/700D with 18mp sensor and DiGiC 5 (and new 18-55 kit lens), March 20, 2013
We have a new Digital Rebel leader! Canon has announced the new Digital Rebel T5i aka 700D with an 18mp APS-C sensor and the DiGiC 5 imaging processor with 14-bit A/D conversion, ISO 100 to 12800 (expandable to 25600). Burst... Continue

New Nikon 80-400mm f4.5-5.6G VR SLR lens, March 4, 2013
Nikon has also announced a brand new SLR lens, the 80-400mm f4.5-5.6G VR! The lens is available for pre-order for $2700 at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon which has a March-19-2013 release estimate. Sample Pictures + web size samples... Continue

New SLR lenses: Sony Alpha 70-400/4-5.6, 18-55 DT kit, Zeiss 50/1.4, February 19, 2013
Sony has also announced new lenses today, a trio of new SLR lenses and they couldn't be any more different amongst themselves. One of them is the Zeiss 50mm f1.4 SSM ZA, another is a 70-400mm f4-5.6 G SSM II... Continue

New IBE Optics 26mm f1.4 M43rds lens, February 7, 2013
A new wave of updates is coming as we finally caught up with the Timeline without the help of Doctor Who. We will start with the more newsy items and then proceed accordingly... It is raining new third-party lenses these... Continue

Kipon shows prototype Ibelux 40mm f0.85 lens for mirrorless systems, February 4, 2013
One thing that is helping fuel the mirrorless wave is photographer's love for primes and bright primes too. At the CP Plus 2013 trade show, a joint development by Kipon and E Optics of Germany is showing prototype Ibelux 40mm... Continue

New Voigtlander 42.5mm f0.95 (M43rds) and 50mm f1.4 (Leica M), February 2, 2013
At the CP Plus 2013 trade show, Cosina Voigtlander announced two Nokton primes, the 42.5mm f0.95 for Micro Four Thirds and the 50mm f1.4 for the Leica M compatibles. Details at Photoscala.de with lens specs and Fotopolis.pl with trade show... Continue

New Sigma Lenses: new 60mm f2.8 DN, new-metal 19 and 28 f2.8 DN, and redesigned 30/1.4 DC SLR, January 29, 2013
The three major Japanese third-party lens manufacturers paid homage to the Japanese CP Plus trade show with new announcements. Sigma's press release covers four lenses. One is brand new, and three are redesigned/updated versions of previous Sigma lenses. As usual,... Continue

New Tamron M43rds superzoom lens: 14-150mm f3.5-5.8 VC Di-III, January 29, 2013
Micro Four Thirds is on a roll attracting and convincing manufacturers to produce Micro Four Thirds gear. At the CP Plus trade show, Tamron paid its dues to the Press Release Overlords with the announcement of a superzoom lens for... Continue

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