Canon EF 200-400mm f4L IS USM lens with 1.4x Extender commercially available

Canon EF 200-400mm f4L IS USM lens with 1.4x Extender commercially available

  London, UK, 14 May 2013 – Canon today adds a new category to its range of high-performance super-telephoto lenses, with the introduction of the EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x to Canon’s acclaimed L-series. The EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x features a flexible 200-400mm focal range with a fixed f/4 aperture, 4-stop optical Image Stabilizer and for the first time in a commercially available lens, a built-in 1.4x...

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New Olympus Pen Flagship – Hands-on Preview

New Olympus Pen Flagship – Hands-on Preview

  Olympus has launched their latest mirrorless camera offering, the Olympus PEN (E-P5). It has a similar retro design as the Olympus Pen F with interchangeable mount of the 1965 period. We were invited to the launching of this Olympus PEN model. There was a touch and feel session to get ourselves familiar with the workings of this new offering. What we were told was that this new Olympus PEN has the following features. I have to use...

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Rumours : Sony RX200 with built-in pop up viewfinder coming in June?

Rumours : Sony RX200 with built-in pop up viewfinder coming in June?

  Photo Rumours May: posted a rumour to a new Sony RX200 compact camera that will be announced in the first week of June, 2013 as a replacement of the very popular RX100 model. The RX200 will have an improved 28-140mm f/1.4-2.2 lens (compared to the current 29-105mm f/1.8-4.9) and an unique built-in pop-up viewfinder (similar to the pop-up flash). Definitely an interesting development if true. This will be an interesting model if...

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Check if you own any of these Radioactive lens.

Check if you own any of these Radioactive lens.

  Camerapedia has listed 54 lenses that are tested to be radioactive. There are a significant number of lenses produced from the 1940s through the 1970s that are measurably radioactive. Main source of radioactivity is the use of thorium oxide (up to 30% by weight) as a component of the glass used in the lens elements. Thorium oxide has a crystalline structural similar to calcium fluoride (fluorite). Like fluorite, its optical properties...

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Pentax Full Frame Mirrorless – A Dream?

Pentax Full Frame Mirrorless – A Dream?

  There are rumours going around that Pentax may be offering a full frame mirrorless camera very soon. Pentax Users have been anxiously waiting for a full frame camera but to no avail. The new source told us that “Pentax’s new fullframe “might” be a mirrorless, using a newly developed hybrid mount that accepts current K-mount lenses and adds the ability to use newer short flange lenses as well.” .. Photosafari organises...

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