Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
BlackRapid’s new LensBling lens caps are now in stock for popular Canon and Nikon mount lenses. At just $8.50 each, these actually seem like a pretty good deal and a useful tool for those who carry several lenses and make frequent changes. [Read more…]
The instant savings deals on Sony NEX cameras and lenses expire September 1, 2012. Check out all the cameras, lenses and adapters for up to $100 instant rebates here at B&H Photo.
There are now over 80 million Canon EF lenses out there in the world. Canon reached the 80 million mark on August 3, 2012 after passing the 60M and 70M marks in 2011. [Read more…]
Samyang Optics has launched three new cinema lenses for Nikon and Canon mount HDSLRs.
These new cine lenses accompany the existing Samyang 8mm T3.8 Fisheye cine lens and feature “follow-focus gearing on focus and decoupled aperture. Such alterations allow the user to smoothly and quietly change focus and aperture / depth of field whist filming. Another feature is the visibility of the aperture and focus scale on the side of the lens.”
The new lenses should be available in August/September 2012.
SMAPP put together the above video that highlights 5 Canon lenses that are great for shooting video on Canon HDSLRs. While I haven’t used all of these, I found their insight to be particularly compelling for uses of the 14mm and 135mm. And, while I use the 24-105mm regularly, I hadn’t considered the 135mm + 1.4x extender as an alternative to the 70-200mm f/2.8 lens in my kit.
The full list of “killer” lenses is as follows.
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
[via FStoppers]
Canon has (again) extended its DSLR and lens double instant rebate program through July 28, 2012. There are tons of lenses in this promo, as well as the 5D3, 5D2, 7D and 60D DSLRs.
The full line of available products can be found here at B&H Photo.
There are only 3 days left to cash in on the Canon double instant rebate deals. B&H has a dedicated page for the applicable cameras and lenses. These rebates are set to expire June 2, 2012.
Leica has unveiled five new S system lenses for the S2 medium format camera, all of which are now available in a CS version with a central leaf shutter.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Canon 30-105mm Cine Zoom
Along with the Canon EOS 1D C and EOS C500, Canon also unveiled a pair of new Cinema Zoom lenses today – each in PL and EF mounts. The CN-E15.5-47mm T2.8 L S/SP and CN-E30-105mm T2.8 L S/SP lenses are designed to cover Super 35 frames and deliver top notch performance at 4K resolution.
Canon 15-47mm Cine Zoom
No word yet on price or release dates; however, given the $45K+ price tag of the last Canon cinema zoom lenses announced, I wouldn’t expect these to be much less.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Zeiss CP.2 15mm T2.9
Zeiss has unveiled two new compact prime lenses – the CP.2 15/T2.9 super wide angle lens and the CP.2 135/T2.1 lens. The new CP.2 lenses offer full frame coverage in multiple mount options – PL, EF, F, MFT and E mounts.
Zeiss CP.2 135mm T2.1
The lenses will retail at $5700 each and will have their official coming out party at NAB 2012.
More info in the press release below. [Read more…]