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- Now Available: Sony Electronics’ Custom Grid Line License SonyAlphaRumors (3 days ago) - Finally available! Here is the official press text just issued by Sony: Now Available: Sony Electronics’ Custom Grid Line License Gives Alpha Users Creative Consistency SAN DIEGO – Apr. 18, 2024 – Sony Electronics is addressing one of the most common challenges for professional content creators – maintaining consistency and...
- Competition news: Canon RF only “partially” opened their RF mount to Sigma and Tamron SonyAlphaRumors (3 days ago) - Canon did a Canon thing and managed to disappoint even when sharing what should be good news! Why do I think that? Today Sigma and Tamron announced the launch of their first RF autofocus lenses, but they are all APS-C. There is a strong suspicion that Canon has allowed competition...
- Note: Sony asked me to remove the gridline news SonyAlphaRumors (3 days ago) - Sony made a mistake when sending out the press release to different outlets. They asked all of us to take down the article until it’s official tomorrow...
- FY2023: best-selling cameras at the Japanese Mapcamera store with OM-1 on eleventh place 43Rumors (3 days ago) - Mapcamera shared the list of the most sold 20 cameras during their fiscal year 2023 (April 1 2023 to March 31 2024): Nikon Z8 Nikon Z f Sony α7C II Canon EOS R6 Mark II Sony α7RV Sony α7IV Fujifilm X-T5 Ricoh GR IIIx Sony α6700 Canon EOS R8 OM...
- Canon Patent Application: SPAD Stacked Sensor Canonrumors (3 days ago) - In this patent application (2024-056859) Canon is looking at improving the reliability of an SPAD sensor. A SPAD (Single Photon Avalanche Diode) sensor, operates by putting the diode into, yes, you guessed it – avalanche mode. In loose terms, that requires a high negative bias voltage (somewhere around -50 to...
- Upcoming 2024 Canon RF lens recap Canonrumors (3 days ago) - The last day or two we have seen a flurry of information for all things RF mount lenses, which also includes the addition of both SIGMA and Tamron to the fray. Simon from The Ordinary Filmmaker is the source for a lot of this information. According to TOF, all of...
- First real life preview of the upcoming Shutter Angle update for the FX3 SonyAlphaRumors (3 days ago) - Back in January Sony officially announced it will release a major firmware update for the FX3 and FX30 in September 2024 (or later). It will include: Addition of Shutter Angle: Users will be able to choose from both Shutter Speed/Shutter Angle similar to what is available with the FX6 Ability...
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- Some images of the upcoming Viltrox 135mm f/1.8 FE AF lens on the Sony A7cR SonyAlphaRumors (3 days ago) - At the NABshow Viltrox displayed the 135mm f/1.8 FE autofocus lens. They still did not disclose the exact release date and pricing of the lens. But here you can see the lens mounted on the Sony A7cR. You can see the LED display and all manual controls. Looks like a...
- TAMRON announces development of its first CANON RF mount lens Canonrumors (3 days ago) - The compact, lightweight, fast-aperture F2.8 ultra wide-angle zoom 11-20mm F/2.8 Di III-A RXD (Model B060) April 23, 2024, Tamron Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Shogo Sakuraba; Headquarters: Saitama City, Japan; “TAMRON”), a leading manufacturer of optics for diverse applications, announces the development of TAMRON’s first CANON RF mount lens, 11-20mm...
- The first SIGMA RF lens arrives in July, more in Q4 of 2024 Canonrumors (3 days ago) - SIGMA has announces which lenses will be coming to the RF mount in 2024 and the first one will hit the market in July of this year. The cavaet? Just like the initial launch of Z mount lenses for Nikon, they first round of lenses for the RF mount from...
- Nikon Z8 firmware update version 2.01 released Nikonrumors (3 days ago) - Nikon released firmware update version 2.01 for the Z8 camera (download here). Here is what’s new: Changed the default values for the following settings displayed when connecting wirelessly: Encryption keys The password displayed after the camera’s default settings are restored Fixed the following issues: Green color casting occurred with some...
- Upcoming Nikon Z8/Z9/ZF classes by Steve Simon Nikonrumors (4 days ago) - Here are the upcoming Nikon Z8/Z9/ZF classes by Steve Simon: Steve Simon’s Nikon ZF Mastery Online Bootcamp: Friday, May 3, 2024. Steve Simon’s Nikon Z8/Z9 Mastery Online Bootcamp (includes comprehensive coverage of firmware updates 2.0 & 5.0): Friday, May 10, 2024. Steve Simon’s Nikon Z8/Z9/ZF New York City 1-cay/night masterclass:...
- Now available: New Peak Design Coyote Straps 43Rumors (4 days ago) - Peak Design announced the new Coyote straps you can get now at Amazon (hover the product image and click on “Add cart”), Peakdesign and BHphoto. These are well-known straps with a unique Anchor mount that allows for quick addition/removal of the strap. And it’s not just a new color version:...
- UDPATED: Airusan cheapest CFexpress Type A VPG 400 cards has NOT the approval from the CFS association! SonyAlphaRumors (4 days ago) - Airusan just launched a new 256GB Type A card you get for $151 only at Amazon US (Click here). This is the cheapest VPG 400 rated card you can get. UPDATE: PetaPixel had a chat with the Compact Flash association and it really looks like the Airusan VPG400 claim has...
- Airusan has just launched the cheapest CFexpress Type A VPG 400 cards for Sony cameras: One third of the price pro GB! SonyAlphaRumors (4 days ago) - Airusan just launched a new 256GB Type A card you get for $151 only at Amazon US (Click here). This is the cheapest VPG 400 rated card you can get. Note: VPG 400 means it will never drop under 400 MB/s which makes it a reliable card for professional work....