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Sigma ’60 megapixel’ Foveon mirrorless camera delayed until 2020, report says

Sigma’s the only company that announced a full-frame mirrorless camera in 2018, but it hasn’t started selling it. When the company talked about it at Photokina in September, it didn’t provide much detail save to say it would be out this year. Now that’s slipped to 2020, but the company did state a resolution for the …

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Sigma working on a full

It seems that Sigma’s ready to join the full-frame mirrorless party, but it’s bringing its own twist: a Foveon sensor.  The company’s president confirmed its plans, as well as the decision to drop its proprietary SA mount, in an interview at Photokina 2018. (Here’s Photolari’s report.) The moves are somewhat unsurprising since Sigma just joined Panasonic and Leica in the …

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Canon EOS R full

Canon has had a pretty good clampdown on the rumor mill for its upcoming announcement compared to other manufacturers, but the information about the products might be launching next week started oozing out, culminating in a full product list of products launching on Sept. 5. it includes the long-awaited EOS R full-frame mirrorless with RF-mount lenses. According to CanonRumors, on …

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Rumored Panasonic full

It’s a Photokina year, so it’s not surprising that Panasonic would be announcing something besides its Lumix LX100 II advanced compact, but the company has been firmly Four Thirds since its first interchangeable-lens model came out over 10 years ago. So the rumor that the company plans to show a prototype of a full-frame camera on Sept. 25 at the …

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Nikon confirms full

In case you haven’t heard, Nikon’s working on a full-frame mirrorless with a brand-new mount and an F-mount adapter. The company decided to confirm it today, and has set up a teaser website to keep you hanging until it produces an actual camera likely before Photokina, which starts Sept. 26. Thanks to the usually accurate newshounds at Nikon Rumors, we know, …

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​Phase One gets new lenses as pro camera market livens up

Phase One has two new reasons for big-budget photographers to invest in its high-end camera system: new 45mm and 150mm “blue-ring” lenses designed to handle the highest image resolution. Even full-time photography professionals struggle to justify spending tens of thousands of dollars on medium-format cameras. These models feature large image sensors that can capture rich color and plenty of detail …

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​SanDisk shows off 1

If you’re the type who does a full day’s shooting in 4K video with an action cam, drone or SLR, you’ll appreciate SanDisk’s announcement Tuesday that it’s working on an SD memory card with a whopping 1 terabyte of storage capacity. That’s more storage space than flash memory-based laptops come with and four times that of a top-end iPhone 7, …

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Sigma debuts new trio of pro lenses

Sigma’s known for great lenses that generally cost under $1,000; for Photokina 2016, the company has debuted a trio of pricier models aimed at pro photographers. All of them are for full-frame Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts, and the Nikon versions incorporate an electromagnetic diaphragm. The wide angle 12-24mm F4 DG HSM Art has all the features and build characteristics …

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