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For the first time the 1TB Angelbird Type A card is in Stock at Amazon US and BHphoto. There is also a Angelbird CFexpress Type A Card Reader and Angelbird Media Tank for CFexpress Type A Memory Cards.

Asobinet spotted a newly published patent that describes two lens designs. One is the currently available Sony 70-200mm GMII and the other one is a new yet not announced lens. The 150-400mm with constant f/4.0 aperture:

• Focal length: 154.53-387.86
• F-value: 4.12
• Angle of view: 15.94-6.39
• Image height: 21.64
• Total length: 339.98

A patent is NOT a guarantee that this lens will hit retail. But it shows what Sony engineers are thinking about. This would be a variation of the current Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens. And maybe the differences are to small to justify the production of a 150-400mm variant. What’s your take on this?

The L-mount alliance might be growing bigger soon with Blackmagic rumored to join the system.

Laowa announced two new “Ranger” zooms: laowacine.com/product/laowa-ranger-compact-cine-zoom-series/

Sony held its 2023 Business Segment meeting on May 24, 2023 and they shared this interesting PDF about their future sensor strategy:

It’s clear that the main focus is on sensor for the smartphone and automotive industry. Overall they see a trend towards large size sensor in both mobile and “classic” image sensor market. As a whole the company plans to have 60% of the market share in 2025 (now 51%).

via Image Sensor World

Comica announced the new VM30 (Click here to get it on Amazon US&EU). It’s the world’s first wireless shotgun mic. Full specs can be seen at Comica’s website.