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Unreleased Sony 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS FE lens prototype appears on auction website

05 Jun

Last month, a rumor surfaced that Sony has a new ‘wildlife/sports’ lens announcement scheduled for the first week of June. Following that leak, a new Sony 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS FE lens prototype appeared for sale on Yahoo! Japan’s auction website for 20,000 JPY ($ 185 USD). A number of images were included with the auction, which detailed the lens as ‘junk / for parts.’

The auction went live on June 1 and ended at a price of 31,500 JPY ($ 291 USD) on June 2. The prototype’s origins remain a mystery; the product was listed as slightly disassembled with ‘unconfirmed’ functionality. No box or accessories were included with the product, fueling speculation that the prototype was either stolen or found discarded.

The lens visibly contains Sony branding, as well as the model info stamped into the housing. The company hasn’t commented on the auction, which is still visible on Yahoo! Japan, but no longer open to bidding. It’s unclear whether the prototype was sold or the auction was cancelled. At this time, the lens doesn’t officially exist.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Apple used an unreleased 8K Canon cinema camera to show off its Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR

04 Jun

During the launch of Apple’s new hardware and software yesterday at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2019 an unreleased 8K Canon video camera was used to capture high resolution footage to demonstrate the quality of the new Pro Display XDR. The video camera was mounted on a robotic arm and was feeding the Apple display with 4:4:4 ProRes 8K raw video via an Atomos Shogun, according to tech YouTuber Jonathan Morrison who live streamed from the event.

During his video the Apple rep refers to the camera on the robotic arm as an ‘unreleased 8K Canon camera’ and from the clips it is easy to see it is designed in the style of the company’s C series. Interestingly, it appears to be mounted with a Sigma 18-35mm T2 in the EF mount. The relevant portion of the video is at roughly the 10:55 mark in the video below:

Canon has featured 8K demonstration cameras and displays in the past at its Canon Expo events, but this is the first time it has allowed the technology to be shown outside of the ‘showcase’ environment, and in a body form that we would recognize.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Leaked images: A detailed look at the unreleased Zeiss Otus 100mm F1.4 lens

11 Apr

It’s not official yet, but it appears Zeiss will soon announce the Otus 100mm F1.4 lens for Canon EF and Nikon F mounts, making it the longest focal length in the Otus lineup. DPReview has obtained leaked images, with permission, from Nokishita showing in detail the impending manual lens and its accompanying specifications from Zeiss.

According to the leaked technical sheets (that appear to come directly from Zeiss), the lens will feature an Apo Sonnar design with 14 optical elements in 11 groups including one aspherical element placed at the very back of the lens and multiple ‘special glass’ elements throughout. It will feature an aperture range of F1.4 – F16, have a minimum focusing distance of 100cm / 39.37in and weighs in at 1336g / 2.95lbs for the Nikon F version and 1405g / 3.10lbs for the Canon EF version.

The lens features a nearly identical design to Zeiss’ three other Otus lenses — the 28mm F1.4, 55mm F1.4 and 85mm F1.4 — and features the same 86mm front filter thread as the other three to negate the need of stepping rings for filters and accessories. Below is a full gallery of product shots of the unreleased lens:

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Being the lens isn’t yet official there’s no detail on availability or pricing, but based on the $ 4,990 price tag for Zeiss’ other Otus lenses, it’s a safe bet the 100mm F1.4 will end up around the $ 5,000 mark.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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