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OM Digital Reiterates Promise for New Cameras and Lenses This Year

February 25, 2021
OM Digital Solutions, the new name of the company responsible for the Olympus-brand cameras and lenses, continues to make public promises for new products in 2021. The latest comes from CP+ where the company confirms a new flagship camera and multiple lenses are on the way by the end of 2021. In a recap courtesy of DCLife (and translated from Japanese), Olympus leadership continues to beat the…
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Pentax Unveils K-1 Mark II J Limited 01 Recolors, Plans Four More Lenses

February 25, 2021
In addition to the Limited Lens series announced yesterday, Pentax has also updated its lens roadmap to include four more optics as well as launched a set of K-1 Mark II recolors for Japan. Pentax published two lens roadmaps, one for all K-Mount lenses and one for specifically lenses that are compatible with 35mm Full-Frame format cameras. The full K-Mount lens lineup introduces four total…
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Pentax Unveils Three ‘Limited Lenses’ for K-Mount SLR Cameras

February 25, 2021
While some information leaked earlier this week, Pentax has today officially announced the availability of three lenses for K-mount cameras: the HD Pentax-FA 31mm f/1.8 Limited, 43mm f/1.9 Limited, and 77mm f/1.8 Limited. All three lenses are available in black or silver. Pentax describes the 31mm f/1.8 Limited as a lightweight, versatile wide-angle lens offering sharp imaging performance with…
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Photographer Paints Pastels with Her Camera

February 24, 2021
Teresa Freitas is a photographer, although her photographs look more like airy pastel paintings. Her imagery is not just art for art’s sake, but she makes a living as a professional photographer working with brands like Adobe, American Express, Chloé, Club Med, DKNY…
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Who Should Own Photos of Slaves?

February 24, 2021
In 1976 while rummaging through an attic of Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in search of old museum publications, editorial assistant Lorna Condon opened a drawer in a wooden cabinet. Inside, she found a number of flat leather cases which contained a…
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Sigma Launches 28-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary Lens

February 24, 2021
Sigma has announced the 28-70mm f/2.8 DG DN zoom lens for Sony E-Mount and L-Mount. In contrast to what is commonly associated with Sigma lenses, the company says this new lens is the smallest and lightest full-frame f/2.8 standard zoom for mirrorless systems currently available. Sigma says that this new lens, though categorized under the Contemporary line, is based on the company’s famed Art…
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