Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 announced, Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Olympus M Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f 2.8 Pro lens

Along with Olympus OM-D E-M1 mirrorless camera, Olympus has also unveiled a high-end standard zoom to match the E-M1, the M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO. It offers a 24-80mm equivalent range, is dust-, splash- and freeze-proof, and uses a manual focus clutch design similar to the 12mm F2 and 17mm F1.8 primes. A minimum focus distance of 0.2m offers 0.3x magnification, and the lens has a L.Fn button whose function can be customised from the camera. The 14 element / 9 group design is packed full of exotic glass, and includes two aspheric elements. Minor ergonomic improvements include a locking lens hood and centre-pinch lens cap.

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 announced, Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus has announced its new OM-D E-M1 interchangeable lens camera, which is now the flagship of its Micro Four Thirds lineup. Rather than calling it the follow-up to the E-M5, Olympus says that the E-M1 is actually the ‘successor’ to the E-5, a Four Thirds DSLR introduced back in 2010.

The E-M1’s 16.3-megapixel Live MOS sensor has on-chip phase detection, which promises to focus legacy Four Thirds lenses (using the optional MMF-3 adapter) at much faster speeds than previous Olympus m4/3 cameras.

Other interesting features include the E-M1’s large electronic viewfinder, which has a magnification of 1.48X, a touch-enabled LCD, a rugged body that is water, dust, and freezeproof, and an impressive number of customizable buttons. Wi-Fi is also included.

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Leica C Typ 112 announced, Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Leica C Typ 112

Leica just announced an enthusiast compact with a 12MP 1/1.7″ CMOS sensor, 28-200mm equivalent F2.0-5.9 zoom, and built-in 200k dot EVF, which it’s calling simply the Leica C (Typ 112). If the specs look familiar, that’s because this is essentially Leica’s reworking of the Panasonic DMC-LF1.  It offers such goodies as Full HD movie recording, optical image stabilisation, built-in Wi-Fi and NFC, and RAW format recording. It’ll be available in October with a choice of two rather fetching finishes, ‘Dark Red’ and ‘Light Gold’.

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Rumors: Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG (OS) HSM lens to be announced in 2013

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We have told Sigma will announced another full frame lens sometime in 2013. This rumored lens is Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM lens(Not sure if has optical image stabilizer).

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