After the Laowa 60mm f/2.8 Macro 2:1 and the Laowa 15mm f/4 Shift Macro 1:1 lenses, the Chinese company Venus Optics will shortly announce the Laowa STF 105mm f/2 (T/3.2) – a new full frame portrait lens with an apodization filter that gives a more progressive and velvety bokeh than an ordinary lens (STF stands for Smooth Trans Focus).
More information available over at PhotoRumors.
With the lack of good Nikkor DX wide angle lens choices and the new D500 camera, Tokina got the timing right to release their latest 14-20mm f/2.0 AT-X Pro DX (most of the information already leaked last year). The new lens is now available for pre-order at Adorama and B&H. Shipping is expected in mid-March, 2016.
Tokina 14-20mm f/2.0 AT-X Pro DX lens technical information and specifications:
Refurbished Nikon D7000 cameras are now selling for $349 (with free shipping) from an authorized dealer on eBay – this is a new low price.
Here are few screenshots of the upcoming Nikon Coolpix B500 camera I mentioned earlier today – it looks like a replacement for the current Coolpix P500 model (the official announcement should be in the next few days):
I received some information on the new Sony XQD M series memory cards designed for the D5: they won’t be available in the U.S. until the end of May. All three versions were listed for a short time on Amazon Japan (now removed) – here are the prices:
A reader confirmed that three new Coolpix cameras will be announced in the next few days: A10, A100 and B500 (thanks Mistral75). I already reported on the A10 and A100, I am not sure what the B500 will be. We are also still waiting on new Nikon compacts with 1″ sensor.
Update: you can see the upcoming Nikon Coolpix B500 camera here.
Ole J Liodden, (see his previous guest post) just published the first Nikon D5 review/test report. You can read the entire article here:
“As you already has understood – the new Nikon D5 camera is in my opinion not only a small improvement, but has set new standards especially regarding the AF-system and High ISO performance which will be hard to beat for other camera models. For me it looks like Nikon has found back to the “Nikon DNA” and again has a camera that is on top of the line. I’m really looking forward to get my final version of this camera (not Beta) and use it on my upcoming photo expeditions.”
Ole’s article includes several amazing photos taken with the D5 (more D5 photos from Ole can be found here, here, here and here). There are also some high ISO samples:
