What’s going to be announced next week: One Sony lens, one Tamron lens and maybe three new Sigma lenses

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Next week the big CP+ show will open. Like I told you many times Sony will not announce any new camera but there will be plenty of new lenses:

  • February 21 at 3pm London time Sony will announce the new 50mm f/1.4 GM. Note: The 16-35mm GM II and the new ZV FF camera are likely to be announced in March
  • February 22: Tamron will announce a new lens (unclear if it’s a X or Z-mount version of a current E-mount lens or if this will be a completely new lens)
  • Next week or in March? It’s unclear if Sigma will announce the three new E-mount lenses next week or in March. What’s sure is that we are going to get soon the new 17mm f/4, 50mm f/2 and 23mm f/1.4 lenses
  • Voigtlander/Tokina/Samyang/Laowa and others: I have no rumors about other E-mount lenses coming from those manufacturers but it might well be that we are going to get something new from them next week!

It’s unclear if Sony will also announce a new A1 firmware update on Feb 21. I hope so, but don’t hold your breath fro this to happen.
I am working now on the rumors about the three new Sony cameras coming between March and June/July.

Hope I will be able to share more about this soon! So be sure to follow my new Youtube channel, Discord channel, Instagram (with funny AI images to annoy people), Facebook and Twitter to not miss news and rumors.

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Dpreview Head-to-head: Adobe Super Resolution vs. ON1 Resize AI vs. Topaz Labs Gigapixel AI

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Topaz released the new Photo Ai 2.1 version ($40 off now til Feb 17).

Dpreview tested compared the three major upscale software and concluded:

For my money, the clear winner here overall is Topaz Gigapixel AI. While it’s a bit prone to over-smoothing it generally gives clearly better results than its rivals. And that smoothing can easily be dialed back manually if, like me, you prefer a less-plasticky look.

The big disappointment of the trio was, surprisingly, Adobe. While there’s a more noticeable difference to be found in upsampling from higher-res source photos, in the lower-res shots where it’s potentially most useful, Super Resolution proved to be basically indistinguishable from the Preserve Details 2.0 filter.

Reminder: Topaz Gigapixel is available as standalone or within the now discounted new Photo Ai 2.1 version ($40 off now til Feb 17).

Reminder: New Kickstarter projects:

  • The new Spinn CP is now available on Kickstarter (Click here). It’s a different way to carry your camera and an update to their previous CP version. It now comes with two different base plates and a adjustable comfort strap made in five colours. From recycled raw materials.
  • The new Korin Anti-Theft bag launched on Kickstarter (Click here). No knife can cut this bag!
  • The new Power Junkie 2 is now available on Kickstarter (Click here).
  • Clever supply launched the new Camera Sling on Kickstarter (click here).
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Triple Sigma lens leaked specs: 17mm f/4, 50mm f/2 and 23mm f/1.4 are to be announced soon!

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Sigma will soon announce those three new lenses:

17mm F4 DG DN | Contemporary (Full Frame)

  • Lens construction: 9 elements in 8 groups
  • Shortest shooting distance: 12cm
  • Maximum magnification: 1:3.6
  • Filter diameter: 55mm
  • Size: φ64.0mm x 48.8mm (50.8mm for E mount version)
  • Weight: 225g (220g for E-mount version)
  • Magnetic metal cap

50mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary (Full Frame)

  • Lens construction: 11 elements in 9 groups
  • Shortest shooting distance: 45cm
  • Maximum magnification: 1:6.9
  • Filter diameter: 58mm
  • Size: φ70.0 x 68.0mm (70.0mm for E mount version)
  • Weight: 350g (345g for E-mount version)
  • Compatible with magnetic metal caps

23mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary (APS-C)

  • Lens construction: 13 elements in 10 groups
  • Shortest shooting distance: 25cm
  • Maximum magnification: 1:7.3
  • Filter diameter: 52mm
  • Size: φ65.8 x 76.9mm
  • Weight: 340g
  • Mount: L mount, Sony E mount, Fujifilm X mount

via Asobinet

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