Chinese lens manufacturer Zhongyi Optics announced a pair of fast prime lenses for Sony E-mount (Micro Four- Th irds) and Fuji X-mount. Th e Zhongyi Mitakon 42.5mm f/1.2 lens includes 9 elements in 7 groups and weighs 310g. Th e Zhongyi Mitakon 24mm f/1.7 lens off ers a 0.15m minimum focus distance. It has 9 elements in 8 groups and weighs 246g. Both the lenses have manual … [Read more...]

Nikon’s operating profit for the April- September 2014 period appears to have dropped roughly 77% on the year, better than the previous forecast of 82%. While global sales of digital cameras were sluggish, highly profitable mid-tier and high-end cameras accounted for a larger proportion of sales. The company’s operating profit for the fiscal first half came around to 5 billion … [Read more...]

Panasonic’s new Lumix CM1 Smart Camera looks like a Smartphone. It is Smartphone capable of LTE telecommunication with a 2.3 GHz quad-core processor, a SIM card slot and runs on Android 4.4. However the CM1 is a camera with a large-size 1-inch Type 20 MP Live MOS sensor and a Venus image processing engine. The CM1 can capture 4K video and images in RAQ format. The lens is a … [Read more...]

On September 2, 2014, Seiko Epson announced a series of new inkjet printer models, for the year end holiday season. The SCPX5VII is a new model in the Pro Series, targeting professional photographers and hobbyists. This replaces the PX-5V that was launched in February 2011. The new A3 plus model utlizes the newly-developed Epson UltraChrome K3 INK. The new photo black ink … [Read more...]

The ‘Capture One’ RAW converter and image editing software from Phase One has been newly adapted for Sony. ‘Capture One Express (for Sony)’ will be provided at no extra charge to users who purchase an Alpha series interchangeable-lens camera or Cyber-shot RX digital still camera. This image processing tool incorporates an advanced RAW image processing engine to enable delicate … [Read more...]