Category Archives: Press releases

Venus Optics Magic Shift Adapter

The Magic Shift adapter is a stretch goal from Venus Optics, for the Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 distortion-free lens that will be launched on July 30th at 7pm EST via Kickstarter. Early birds will get a discount on the Zero-D during the Kickstarter period before the lens is available after the Kickstarter for $949. I am hopeful they will reach the […]

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Official Odin II TTL Flash Trigger for Sony Announcement

Official Press Release: Now, Anything Goes for Sony Users North White Plains, NY – July 19, 2016 Introducing the Odin II TTL Flash Trigger for Sony “This was totally worth the wait. Combined with my Mitros+ flashes for Sony and my Indra360 and Indra500 TTL lights, I now have a perfectly reliable, consistent and awesome lighting […]

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Kenko Mount Adapters coming June 25th

Kenko Co., Ltd., to add it possible to mount the Old lens to the latest mirror-less camera to the lineup of “Kenko mount adapter”, for Contax / Yashica mount lens and the Canon FD mount lens, 2016 we started from the sale June 25. via Kenko

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Sony Announced Delays/Shortages Due to The Earthquake

Sony announced potential shortages/delays today, of specific camera bodies, due to the impacted of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. The following camera models were mentioned. Sony α7 Sony α7R Sony α7S Sony α5100 Sony α77 II Sony α99

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Portraits of Love

Sony, Fujifilm, Nikon, Panasonic, Ricoh, Canon, Samsung, Sigma, Tamron, EyeFi, and Digital Photo Academy, sponsor the Portraits of Love project along with the USO and PMDA, which is a project that tries to capture a memory for soldiers to take with them when they are deployed. If you have the time/resources/skill it is a worthy cause to donate too. Alpha […]

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Sony’s Warning Against Third-Party Firmware Hacks

Sony Japan released a statement that any uncertified third party software loaded onto your camera from non-sony websites makes it “outside of the object of repair and warranty.”   (Google translation): Part of the Web site, the Internet bulletin board, etc., has been tested and confirmed that the software tool to rewrite the body software specifications of Sony […]

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