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Panasonic Debuts New Lumix G 30mm Macro and 42.5mm Portrait Lenses
Shutterbug Staff  |  Feb 24, 2015

Panasonic has announced the new Lumix G 42.5mm/F1.7 ASPH./POWER O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilization) (equivalent: 85 mm) and the Lumix G Macro 30mm/ F2.8 ASPH. / MEGA O.I.S. (equivalent: 60mm) lenses. Both lenses are designed for Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds camera systems.

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Sigma Reveals Pricing and Availability for 24mm F/1.4 Art Lens and 150-600mm Contemporary Lens
Dan Havlik  |  Feb 11, 2015

A few days after Sigma announced a new 24mm F/1.4 DG HSM Art lens, the company has revealed its pricing and availability. And the lens will cost a lot less than people were probably expecting.

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Fujifilm Reveals XF Lens Roadmap with New Telephotos, Zooms and Primes
Shutterbug Staff  |  Feb 10, 2015

Fujifilm North America has unveiled a new “roadmap” for its next XF lenses for its X-series cameras. You can see the Fuji lens roadmap above.

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Sigma Announces 24mm F/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens and dp0 Quattro Camera
Shutterbug Staff  |  Feb 09, 2015

Sigma announced two new photo products ahead of the big CP+ Imaging Show in Japan: a new 24mm F/1.4 DG HSM Art lens and the dp0 Quattro camera.

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Ricoh Announces Two Pentax DSLR Lenses For Sports, Action & Landscapes
Cynthia Boylan  |  Feb 05, 2015

Ricoh Imaging just introduced two new HD PENTAX D FA Lenses. Designed for use with the current PENTAX K-mount D-SLR cameras (and future PENTAX sensor technology) these lenses offer ranges not found in previous models, including a star-series telephoto zoom and super-telephoto zoom for capturing clear images of distant subjects and weather resistant for shooting in all conditions.

The HD PENTAX D FA lenses feature a high-grade HD Coating which helps produce extra-sharp, high-contrast images, minimizing flare and ghosting, even under demanding lighting conditions such as backlight situations. 

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Canon Announces EF 11-24mm F/4L USM Wide-Angle Zoom Lens
Shutterbug Staff  |  Feb 05, 2015

Canon just debuted the new EF 11-24mm f/4L USM ultra wide-angle zoom lens designed to deliver high quality, minimally distorted images throughout the entire zoom range. Canon says the new lens features the widest angle of view (126º05’ diagonal) ever achieved for a rectilinear full-frame Digital SLR lens, along with a minimum focusing distance of 11 inches (at 24mm).

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Rare Lens Alert: Giant Leica R 600mm F/5 Lens Goes on Sale for $230,000
Dan Havlik  |  Jan 29, 2015

Another extremely rare, very large, and very expensive lens has gone on sale on eBay. This time it’s a one-of-a-kind, all-black Leica R 600mm, F/5 Apo-Telyt Unicum lens, which had an asking price of $229,999.

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Samyang Launches New 135mm F/2.0 ED UMC Lens
Cynthia Boylan  |  Jan 13, 2015

Korean lens manufacturer Samyang has announced a new 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC len. The lens,  which will be available in The lens in Canon, Nikon, Sony E and MFT mounts, is a full frame compatible, prime telephoto lens with a fast f/2.0 aperture and 11 elements in 7 groups.

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Fujifilm Unveils Weather-Defying 16-55mm F/2.8 Lens
Cynthia Boylan  |  Jan 06, 2015

At CES this morning, Fujifilm announced its new Fujinon XF16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR, a weather-resistant standard zoom lens with a 24-84mm equivalent that offers users a classic zoom range with a constant f/2.8 aperture.

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Nikon Launches D5500 DSLR and Nikkor 300mm F/4 and 55-200mm F/4-5.6 Lenses
Dan Havlik  |  Jan 05, 2015

Nikon launched a new digital SLR and two long lenses at CES tonight. The company unveiled the D5500, an advanced amateur DSLR sporting a 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter (OLPF) and a new 3.2-inch varia-angle LCD touchscreen on back.

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This Humungous Nikon 2000mm F/11 Lens Is Selling on eBay for $32,777
Dan Havlik  |  Dec 22, 2014

Rare and exotic camera lenses go on sale on eBay from time to time and they’re always fun to ogle over.

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Confronting Lens Aberrations, Distortions, and Things that Go Bump in the Night: Or Why You Want To Purchase A High-Quality Lens
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Dec 19, 2014

Photographers depend on the physical characteristics of light to apply their craft, yet the average Joe knows surprisingly little about how light works. It’s not necessary to be an optical engineer to take great photos, but having a basic grounding in the physics of light could help you understand some of the defects found in nearly all lenses (to one degree or another) and the effect that imperfections have on images.

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Lens Review: Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD
Joe Farace  |  Dec 03, 2014

Tamron is a pioneer in all-in-one, do-everything lenses. Their new 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di PZD lens is designed for Canon, Nikon and Sony shooters and I tested the Canon EF version using an EOS 5D Mark I and an EOS 50D, which changes the lens’ angle-of-view to that of a 45-480mm lens.

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Fujifilm Announces Macro Tubes and New Firmware Updates
Cynthia Boylan  |  Nov 20, 2014

Fujifilm has introduced two new macro extension tubes for its line of X-Series interchangeable lens cameras and a launch date for its major firmware update and PC tethered shooting software HS-V5 for the FUJIFILM X-T1 (Graphite Silver) and X-T1 (Black) cameras. The updates offering additional features and enhanced controls will also be made available for the Fujifilm X-E2, X-E1, X-Pro1and X30.

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Check Out This Stunning Video Captured with a Rare Nikkor 6mm F/2.8 Fisheye on a Nikon D4S
Dan Havlik  |  Nov 19, 2014

The very rare and very large Nikkor 6mm F/2.8 Fisheye Lens surfaces every once in a while and when it does, people’s heads turn. That’s exactly what happened when someone attached this whale-sized Fisheye to a Nikon D4S and shot some eye-catching footage (below) on a street corner in Copenhagen, Denmark recently.

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