Fujifilm and Insight Group have come together for a strategic partnership to innovate and expand its solutions for the Graphic Arts portfolio. Fujifilm says that it has taken a lead in providing reliable and convenient solutions that raise productivity and quality with this partnership with Insight Group, which comes with 30 years of expertise in the field. Commenting on … [Read more...]

Canon has announced that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of its FD 55 mm f/1.2AL (released in 1971), the company’s first lens for interchangeable-lens SLR cameras that employs an aspherical lens element. Aspherical lens elements are not only used in the company’s interchangeable-lens SLR cameras, but also broadcast lenses, semiconductor lithography … [Read more...]

Sony has unveiled the newest addition to its G Master full-frame lens series, the FE 50 mm f/1.2 GM (model SEL50F12GM). The new GM lens features optics that includes three XA (extreme aspherical) lens elements that contribute to high resolution across the entire image, and is maintained even when fully opened at f/1.2. The lens boasts of clear images in backlit scenes, owing … [Read more...]

Canon has announced the launch of three new RF lenses, i.e. the RF 100 mm f/2.8L IS USM, RF 400 mm f/2.8L IS USM and the RF 600 mm f/4L IS USM. The RF 100 mm is a medium telephoto macro lens with a maximum shooting magnification of 1.4x, while the RF 400 mm and RF 600 mm are super telephoto lenses. All three lenses are constructed from 17 elements in 13 groups. The RF … [Read more...]