gear and gadgets...
Nikon has announced a new fast prime lens, the AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4G ED – finally a new, fast prime for FX and DX format, long awaited by all available light fans:
It features all the bells and whistles: silent wave motor, Nano Crystal Coat, two ED and two aspherical lens elements. Nikon speaks of “pleasing blur characteristics” so we can expect a smooth bokeh.
Here is a first report from Bob Krist about the lens – he calls it “Fast, Wide and Handsome”
Nikon has announced a new lens, the AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR. Pretty new for Nikon: a VR II (vibration reduction) in a wide angle lens.
The new Canon Rebel T2i (EOS 550D) features…
A first preview is avaiable at Dpreview or watch a Youtube hands on preview
Fujifilm is announcing FinePix HS10 featuring a 30x optical zoom (24-720mm!) and Olympus is introducing the superzoom models SP-800UZ and SP-600UZ with 30x and 15x zoom lenses. All cameras feature HD video recording but the HS10 also features high speed movie recording at 1000 fps.
Don’t be surprised when you can’t expect too much optical quality from a Superzoom lens
Samsung has launched the NX10, a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. It features
Additionally Samsung now has a new 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 kit lens, a 55-200mm telezoom and a 30mm F2 pancake lens. It will be interesting to see reports how the camera is recognized in the photographic world…