Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The new Zeiss Touit lenses are available for pre-order in both Sony NEX E-mount and Fuji XF-mount flavors. The Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 lens runs $1250, while the Touit 32mm f/1.8 lens is $900. B&H currently lists availability at 6-8 weeks – so, hopefully, by the end of June.
Check out all the options here at B&H Photo.
Zeiss has revealed its new line of lenses for mirrorless cameras in Sony’s NEX and Fuji’s X-Series line. The new lens line is branded as the Zeiss Touit (pronounced “to it”) will launch with the Touit 2.8/12 and Touit 1.8/32. [Read more…]
Fuji has released a firmware update for the X100S. Firmware version 1.02 provides the following bug fix:
The phenomenon is fixed that the brightness of the OVF bright frame doesn’t change according to a surrounding brightness in case of ISO 1600 and higher.
You can download the update on Fuji’s website.
Apple has issued an update to Digital Camera RAW 4.05, which adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11:
The update specifically provides supports for Fuji’s X-Trans CMOS sensor, which is present in all of the above cameras.
You can download the update from Apple’s website.
Adorama is now stocking SLR Magic’s line of lenses, including the Noktor 50mm f/0.95 HyperPrime lens and the new Noktor 35mm T 0.95 HyperPrime Cine lens. There are plenty of cool Micro Four Thirds, Sony E-Mount and other lens mount options from SLR Magic.
These ridiculously fast primes could also turn out to be solid mates for the upcoming Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, along with the 12mm T/1.6 lens, which works out to roughly 36mm field of view equivalent on the Super 16 sensor of the BPCC.
Check out the full line of SLR Magic lenses here at Adorama.
Along with the release of the new Fuji XF55-200mm lens, Fuji has updated its lens roadmap for its X-Series, which presently includes the X-Pro1 and X-E1 mirrorless cameras.
The new roadmap (full version below) includes the pancake XF27mm f/2.8, XF10-24mm f/4 OIS and XF23mm f/1.4 lenses by the end of 2013. Additionally, Fuji has the XF56mm f/1.2R as its flagship prime portrait lens slated for early 2014 (which I would expect to see at or just before CES 2014). [Read more…]
Fuji has announced the new the first XF telephoto zoom lens for the X-Series, the XF55-200mm F3.5-F4.8 R LM OIS lens. The new lens will work the Fuji X-Pro1 and X-E1 mirrorless cameras, which will also be receiving new firmware to improve autofocus performance (coming in July according to Fuji). [Read more…]
The Fuji X-Pro1 was introduced last year at CES 2012 and has proven to be a rather popular camera and part of the successful new Fuji XF system. [Read more…]
Adobe has released final versions of Lightroom 4.4 and Camera Raw 7.4, which are now available on Adobe.com.
Part of the update includes improved demosaic algorithm for better raw file support on cameras with X-Trans sensors – the X-Pro1, X100S, X-E1 and X20.
Additionally, Lightroom 4.4 and Camera Raw 7.4 offer RAW support for the following cameras: [Read more…]
The new Fuji FinePix S8400W is an all-in-one bridge camera that now features WiFi and a 44x optical long zoom (24-1056mm) lens along with a 16MP backside illuminated CMOS sensor. [Read more…]