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LEICA CAMERA ANNOUNCES SECOND NORTH AMERICAN ROAD SHOW

Carlos Echenique — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:51:11 +0000

Allendale, NJ (September 1, 2010) – Leica Camera, Inc. is pleased to announce its second Leica North American Road Show, bringing 29 workshops to 20 North American cities starting on October 5, 2010 in Toronto, Canada and concluding on December 11, 2010 in Tampa/St. Pete, Florida. Product specialists from Leica will be traveling across the [...]

Carl Zeiss to Offer Camera Accessories

Carlos Echenique — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:10:08 +0000

OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 07.09.2010. - Carl Zeiss now offers photographers special accessories to support their work with ZEISS lenses. The new UV and POL filters from Carl Zeiss are optically and mechanically tailored to the high-quality ZEISS SLR lenses and protected against light reflections with the ZEISS T* multi-coating. Because good optics can be somewhat heavy at [...]

Leica Drops Another Photokina Hint

Carlos Echenique — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:13:51 +0000

Reader Dr. Josesph forwarded me a copy of a letter sent to him by Leica concerning the R-System and a possible solution that might be announced shortly. A m4/3 based system with an adapter would make all of those R lenses floating about quite viable again and would not limit the camera to a niche [...]

Carl Zeiss Introduces the Distagon T* 1,4/35 Lens in Nikon (ZF.2) and Canon (ZE) Mounts

Carlos Echenique — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:17:22 +0000

OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 01.09.2010. A woman is sitting at the bar of a dimly-lit cafe. Lost in thoughts, she doesn’t notice the glass of wine the bartender places before her. From a distance, a photographer tries to capture her mood. He brings her face, which is leaning toward her phone, into focus. Everything around her becomes [...]

Two New Powerful Olympus Micro Four Thirds Zoom Lenses

Carlos Echenique — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:14:31 +0000

World’s Smallest 600mm Telephoto Zoom Lens and 80-300mm Equivalent Lenses Deliver Both Extreme Portability and Optimal HD Movie Recording CENTER VALLEY, Pa., August 31, 2010 – Olympus today announces two new lenses to its Micro Four Thirds lens family: the M.ZUIKO® DIGITAL ED 75-300 MM F4.8-6.7 and M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150MM F4.0-5.6. Both lenses feature [...]

Olympus Announces Special Edition EP-2 in Black

Carlos Echenique — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:49:51 +0000

Hamburg, 31 August 2010 – The remarkable PEN camera range is already a firm favourite with design enthusiasts and now Olympus has a special treat in store. Two exclusive kits for the flagship E-P2 feature a mouth-watering selection of matching accessories, all in elegant black. In addition to the sleek black version of the E-P2 [...]

Carl Zeiss at Photokina 2010

Carlos Echenique — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:13:08 +0000

OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 24.08.2010. This year’s visitors to the Carl Zeiss booth at photokina will be able to touch, test and even walk through high-quality lenses. The optical experts want to make an encounter with the world ofCarl Zeiss something to remember. “We will present new lenses and, for the first time, accessories at photokina. You’ll have to [...]

Mamyia, Phase One and Profoto Introduce V-Grip Air

Carlos Echenique — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:27:28 +0000

ELMSFORD, NY, COPENHAGEN, TOKYO, and STOCKHOLM, August 23, 2010 – Mamiya and Phase One, leaders in open platform medium format digital camera systems and solutions, and Profoto, the light shaping company, today announced the Mamiya/Phase One V-Grip Air. This is the first product resulting from these companies’ collaboration. The Mamiya/Phase One V-Grip Air is [...]

Cosina Voigtlander Updates 75mm Heliar Lens to M Mount

Carlos Echenique — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:57:28 +0000

Cosina today announced a new lens in their family of M-mount lenses: the Voigtlander Heliar Classic 75mm f/1.8. An update to their excellent Color Heliar 75mm f/2.5, this version of the lens adds an M-mount (the original was Leica Thread Mount and had to use an adaptor on M-mount cameras) and is just about [...]

Hints of a Leica Micro 4/3 Camera?

Carlos Echenique — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:43:45 +0000

An interesting tidbit cropped up on the Mecablitz 58 AF-2 announcement on Photoscala: Depending on the model offers the mecablitz 58 AF-2 digital, the main special features of Canon (E-TTL and E-TTL II), Nikon/Fujifilm- (i-TTL and D-TTL, 3D-flash mode), Olympus / Panasonic / Leica (Four Thirds-TTL mode), Pentax (P-TTL) or Sony (ADI DSLR) cameras. Can [...]