According to ePhotoZine, Samyang plan to launch 8 new lenses this Spring – Samyang have announced a plan to launch 8 new lenses throughout spring 2019, with announcements coming at CP+ in Tokyo and The Photography Show in Birmingham.
Nokishita Camera just confirmed that the world’s widest full frame DSLR lens Samyang XP 10mm f/3.5 lens (Also known as Rokinon SP 10mm f/3.5 Lens in US)will be announced soon. This lens was first shown off at Photokina 2018 in September.
Tokina today has officially announced the Opera 16-28mm f/2.8 FF lens for Canon EF mount, the US price for this lens is only $699.00. Now available for pre-order at B&H Photo Video/Adorama. Release date is on March 15th, 2019.
According to CR, the upcoming Canon EOS-1D X Mark III now in testing by a small number of photographers and/or engineers. The Canon EOS-1D X Mark II was announced on February 1st, 2016, now it is three years old.
Canon recently has filed a new lens patent in Japan. This patent is for 400mm f/4 DO lens, 600mm f/4 DO lens, and 800mm f/5.6 lens. The patent didn’t mention whether this lens is EF mount or RF mount, but hi-lows-note said these lenses could be RF mount, and upcoming EOS R could have IBIS.
The first Canon EOS R Body price drop now available. Canon USA authorized dealer Office Depot currently has Canon EOS R body for $2,070.00. This is lowest price online ever from Canon authorized dealers. This is a limited time deal, will be expired soon.
At Photokina 2018 in September, Tokina shows off their Tokina Opera 16-28mm f/2.8 FF lens for Canon EF mount. Now according to latest rumors, this lens will be available for pre-order on February 22th, the release date is in Mid March, 2019. Japan price for this lens is JPY 94,500.
FroKnowsPhoto has just compared the RAW files of new Canon EOS RP (B&H Photo/Adorama/Amazon) with Canon EOS R (B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama) and Canon EOS 6D Mark II (Same sensor as EOS RP). You can see the dynamic range comparison in this video.
Nokishita Camera now confirmed that upcoming Canon camera code PC 2355 is Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II compact camera (to replace current G5 X). This means we will also see Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II to be announced soon as G7 X Mark III.