2015年5月22日金曜日

Meyer-Optik-Görlitz launches a new “soap bubble” focused Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 E-mount lens.

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If you need to get a special “soap bubble” effect than this lens may be the right one for you! Meyer-Optik-Görlitz Trioplan announced that their Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 E-mount lens will ship in December for 1.400 Euro. It’s a lens made with the only purpose to create that kind of bubble effect. You can see some low resolution samples below. The lens is a new version of the already existing m42 mount 100mm Trioplan available on eBay (Click here).

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The original Trioplan f2.8/100 lens from Meyer-Optik-Görlitz gained a fanatical following of photographers who fell in love with its dream-like soap bubble ‘bokeh’ effect.

The modern remake of the famous lens, currently in prototype, uses experience and modern technology to emulate this stunning effect more authentically than ever before. Great news. But what exactly is a ‘bokeh’ effect, and why is it so well-loved?

Bokeh, usually pronounced ‘BOH-Kay’ but sometimes ‘BOH-ka’, is a photographic effect that produces an aesthetic blur in the parts of an image which are out of focus. Derived from the Japanese word ‘boke’, meaning ‘blur’ or ‘haze’, bokeh describes the way a particular lens renders out-of-focus points of light. Whereas some lenses unintentionally produce blurring that is distracting and undesirable, others use clever alternate aperture shapes and other engineered adaptations to create ‘good bokeh’ that is pleasantly ghostly and pleasing to the eye.

The distinctive circular shape in the Trioplan bokeh derives from the number of aperture blades. The Trioplan f2.8/100 is made of fifteen steel aperture blades whereas modern lenses often have only six plastic blades. This results in a circular aperture rather than the more common hexagon. The more blades, the more circular the aperture is.

The soap-bubble bokeh effect is, strictly speaking, actually a lens aberration – but it is so pleasing to the eye that it has become a desirable effect. Of course, state of the art engineering could simply correct these aberrations which would make the transfer function of the lens look better on paper (in MTF diagrams, magazine tests, etc) but then the soap bubble bokeh effect, so admired by photographers, would be lost.

Bokeh has many creative applications. Most commonly though, photographers specializing in portrait, macro or long-zoom images use good bokeh to their advantage, by enhancing blurred areas created by the shallow depth of field and making the subject stand out starkly against a gossamer background.

Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz has been associated with innovation, precision, durability and quality in the world of photography for nearly 120 years. In 2015 the Trioplan f2.8/100 finally returns, nearly a century after its first appearance in 1916, ensuring that a new fan base will be able to experience a modern take on the classic soap bubble bokeh lens.

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Big Sony UK Cashback action (Save up to £200).

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The Big Sony UK cashback action started and you get all the info here: http://ift.tt/1F13CTo.

P.S.: Zeiss Batis updated preorder list:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens in US at Adorama, Bhphoto. In Eu at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Lens shade for 85mm at Adorama, Bhphoto.
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2015年05月21日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました!

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New Mitakon 85mm f/1.2 FE lens on preorder at BHphoto.

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The new  Mitakon 85mm f/1.2 FE lens is listed on preorder at BHphoto too (Click here). It will ship in 2-4 weeks according to the US store. In Asia it’s available via Asian eBays sellers.

Sony refurbished stuff with 90 days warranty from Secondipity:

E-mount ebay:
Open Box A7r for $1599 (Click here).
A7r for $1299 (Click here).
Black A5100 with double lens kit for $489 (Click here).
Zeiss 16-70mm lens for $749 (Click here).
18-200mm lens for $569 (Click here).
18-104mm lens for $419 (Click here).
55-210mm lens for $174 (Click here).
18-55mm lens for $99 (Click here).
28-75mmm FE lens for $269 (Click here).
Silver C3 with lens for $569 (Click here).
Black C3 with lens for $569 (Click here).
CL-ECU1 Wide Angle Conversion Lens for $74 (Click here).
LAEA3 A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter for $126 (Click here).
LAEA4 A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter for $215 (Click here).

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2015年5月21日木曜日

(SR4) New A6xxx tidbits from trusted sources.

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These are the brand new rumors I got from two trusted sources. These kind of sources shared correct “rumors” in the past. But that’s yet not a guarantee the info here will be correct too. Here is what they told me:
1) New A6xxx will not replace the A6000 but be placed above it. The final name of the name is yet not clear as it has a “working title” only.
2) The A6xxx was indeed scheduled to be released earlier in May. But it’s now scheduled to be announced around mid June.
3) The camera will ship in late June in Japan. July elsewhere.

So far five(!) trusted sources who contacted me told me that the new A6xxx camera is placed above the A6000. That’s good news! Now let’s just hope this is the real final announcement date rumor!

Short heds-up for US readers: You got a Gold Box on Sony SD cards at Amazon (Click here)

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