Lumix 28-200mm review at Digitalcameraworld: “the travel photographer’s new best friend”
Preorder at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, WexUK.
Digitalcameraworld tested the new lens and concluded:
Superzoom lenses often get a bad rep despite their usefulness for covering a wide range of focal lengths. The Lumix S 28-200mm covers a fantastic range and does so in a design that is more compact and lightweight than ever before. This lens deserves a place in any Lumix shooter’s arsenal for traveling light. Image quality is very good throughout the range for a lens of this class, and the image stabilization is excellent, with super steady photos and video even at full stretch.
Chinese manufacturer SG-IMAGE announced the 25mm /1.8 APS-C L-mount manual lens
SG-IMAGE announced this new 25mm f/1.8. The specs are:
- 7 elements in 5 groups
- 7 aperture blades
- stepped aperture
- minimum focusing distance of 0.25m
- 43mm filter interface
- all-metal lens body
- weighs about 185 grams
- Sony E, Nikon Z, Fuji X, Canon R, Canon M, M43, L mount.
No info on pricing yet.
Panasonic Interview: Their Latest Updates and a Quick Glimpse of What the Future Holds
CineD interviewed Toshiyuki Tsumura-san, Executive Vice President of Panasonic and Director of the Imaging Business Unit. He didn’t spill out any hints about possible future products…
German company Spinn just announced this new magnetic quick release plate
The German company Spinn is known for launching many successful products. today they announced the new magnetic Swift-lock on Kickstarter (Click here). This is how it works:
Two new leaked Leica SL3 images
You really don’t see that much but those two images appeared on Weibo today. All you can learn from this is that the SL3 has button illumination function! Quite cool 🙂
New Sigma reviews and hands-on articles
Preorders:
500mm f/5.6 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, Calumet, WexUK.
15mm f/1.4 fisheye at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, Calumet, WexUK.
SIGMA Unveils 500mm Sports Lens & 15mm Fisheye Art Lens for Mirrorless Cameras: Hands-On Review (42West).
First look: Sigma 15mm f1.4 dg dn diagonal fisheye art lens (Sigma Blog).
First look: Sigma 500mm f5.6 dg dn os | sports lens for l-mount (Sigma Blog).