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Samyang 16mm f/2.0 & 300mm f/6.3 lenses announced, Price, Specs

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Samyang announced two manual focus lenses for APS-C cameras or Four Thirds type sensors mirrorless cameras, a 16mm f/2.0 wideangle for SLRs and mirrorless, and a 300mm f/6.3 for mirrorless. The 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS offers a 24mm-equivalent angle of view with an unusually bright maximum aperture, and comes in a wide range of mounts to fit almost every brand of camera. Its RRP is €395, or €435 for the Nikon mount ‘AE’ version. Meanwhile the Reflex 300mm f/6.3 ED UMC CS is a compact catadioptric or ‘mirror’ lens to fit Micro Four Thirds, Canon, Sony and Fujifilm models, and comes in a choice of silver or black for €259. Both will be available in July.

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Pentax K-500 announced, Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Pentax K-500

Pentax has refreshed its entry level DSLR lineup with the announcement of K-500. The K-500, meanwhile, gets most of the K-50‘s features – the main loss being weather sealing – in a less expensive package.
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Pentax K-50 announced, Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Pentax K-50

Pentax has refreshed its entry level DSLR lineup with the announcement of the K-50. The K-50 is an update of the K-30, featuring less controversial styling and slightly tweaked processing, helping it offer a maximum ISO of 51,200. While not radically different from the K-30, this camera brings twin dial controls and 100% glass prism viewfinders to price points, where features are rare. Alongside the cameras, Pentax is launching revised, DA-L versions of its 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 WR and 55-200mm F4-5.6 WR lenses.
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Pentax Q7 announced, Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Pentax Q7

Pentax Ricoh has announced the Pentax Q7 – its latest Q-mount camera and the first to feature a larger, 1/1.7″ type sensor. The 7.44 x 5.58mm, 12MP BSI CMOS sensor is the same size as the one used in many enthusiast compacts, with the company claiming a 60% improvement in S/N ratio over the existing Q10. This improvement also allows the camera to focus faster in low light.
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Leica X Vario (Mini M) announced, Price, Specs, Where to Buy

Leica X Vario

Leica camera AG today now officially announced the Leica X Vario Type 107 (Leica Mini M) – the world’s first compact camera with an APS-C sensor and fixed zoom lens. Its Vario Elmar 18-46mm 1:3.5-6.4 ASPH lens offers a 28-70mm equivalent range, and sits in front of a 16.1MP CMOS sensor. Viewing is via a 920k dot 3″ LCD, or the same optional plug-in EVF as used by the M Typ 240 and X2. As we’d expect from Leica the camera has a full set of traditional analogue controls for shutter speed, aperture and exposure compensation
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EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM now announced, Price, Specs, Release Date

EF-M 11-22mm f 4 5.6 IS STM lens

Canon just announced the EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM – an image-stabilized wideangle zoom for its EOS M mirrorless camera. It’s Canon’s first wide zoom with IS, promising three stops of stabilization for stills and ‘Dynamic IS’ for video. A linear stepper motor offers silent autofocus during movie shooting, and a retractable barrel design makes the lens about the same size as the 18-55mm kit zoom when collapsed.

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Nikon D400 Rumored Specs

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Recent rumors show that the Nikon D400 is to be announced in late 2013 or early 2014. Nikon has been working on a new generation EXPEED 4 processor and advance AF system for the Nikon D400. Since Nikon D7100 is not the flagship DX DSLRs from Nikon, D400 is definitely coming in next few months.
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