Rokinon/Samyang Lens for Canon RF Mount out!

Third party lenses have finally start to come for the Canon R mount. Rokinon/Samyang has finally release a 14mm F/2.8 wide angle AF lens for Canon R. This is surprising because usually Rokinon/Samyang lenses are manual only but it looks like they went the extra mile for this lens.

Canon Launches RF F/2.8 70-200 Lens and RF f/1.2 85mm lens

Canon has launched two new RF lenses. The f/2.8 70-200mm zoom and the f/1.2 85mm prime lens. These lenses are priced at $2699 and $2999 respectively which is several hundreds dollars more expensive than their EF counterparts even if you buy the EF to RF adapter. But that is the price you pay for premium lenses. I'd probably just wait for the Tamron or Sigma versions myself.

Canon 1DX-III official specs out

Canon next professional sports/wildlife camera is not going to the mirrorless but is going to be the 1DX Mark III with these specs:

New CMOS sensor and DIGIC processor
16 fps viewfinder and 20fps Live view shooting
4k@60 and 4k 10-bit 4:2:2 Video
Dual C-fast slots
20.8 MP
AF Deep learning
New AF sensor with 28x resolution as 1dx II AF sensor
525 Selectable AF areas
Improved Battery life

Looks good but can it beat the D6 or A9II?

Sony gets four news lenses from Tamron, but not the one I'm looking for.

Sony is getting four new FE lenses from 3rd party Tamron, which is great news because these lenses usually are cheaper than the lenses from Sony and are high quality lenses. The lenses focus mainly on the wide-angle category but Sony still lacks a cheap 3rd-party zoom lens.

Fuji X-Pro 3 and thoughts

Fuji has announced their new rangefinder Camera series with the following specs:

26.1 mp X-trans CMOS 4 sensor
X-Processor 4 image processing
4k video
Improved AF algo
AF up to -6ev
HDR shooting options

Upper Peninsula Autumn Trip(Michigan)

Last week I took a trip to the UP again to see the autumn leaves for the first time. I've been up to the UP many times in the pat, but never when the leaves were changing colors. Although, I was a little early for Marquette and Pictured Rocks. The colors at Porcupine mountains and Copper harbor were all full display. Here's a video of the adventure. Picture are all available in their respective albums.



Photo Albums:
Copper Harbor
Houghton

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III Camera specs

Olympus has launched their OM-D M-5 Mark III Camera and its a significant upgrade from their previous version and compares well with the higher line the OM-D M-1 Mark II. With 30fps, 4k video, 6.5 of IS, and other advanced features, it is a small, lightweight camera that would be a great travel compansion.

Canon 1DX Mark III Rumored specs

After almost 4 years, Canon is finally going to come out with the 1DX Mark III professional Camera. It might just be the last of the Canon professional DSLR's. It seems like a good upgrade over the 1DX II with:

28.1 MP
30FPS
IBIS
Dual Digic 9

But will it be enough to beat out the Nikon D6 and the Sony A9II?

Nikon f/.95 58mm $8000 lens .. my thoughts

Nikon will release its $8000 F/.95 58mm lens in November. This ultra-fast lens should deliver super-sharp images, but at a huge premium price that may leave many Nikon Fans scratching their head. Because the truth is: who really needs a f/.95 58mm lens. After shooting with the F/1.4 50mm from Nikon and the F/1.2 50mm from Canon, there does't seem to be much of a need for a prime lens of the same zoom that costs $7000 more.

Sony A9II Specs and why I'm disappointed in Sony

The photography world was taken by surprised by the Sony A9 which far surpassed anyone's expectations. Now, 2.5 years later, the A9II comes out and its....kind of underwhelming. It features the exact same sensor and the same 20fps compressed and 12 fps uncompressed shooting. An improved processor, the same number of AF points and an improved AF algo. However, there isn't enough there to make me want to upgrade over the A9.