New curved sensor patent from Sony

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Sony patented a new curved sensor design. This looks like it’s made for smartphone cameras. The past years we also saw curved sensor patents for Full Frame and Medium Format cameras. I am probably one of the few people in the world that would love to see a curved sensor medium format camera system from Sony :)

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Official teaser: Sigma 150-600mm FE lens will be announced on August 4th

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Today Sigma launched this Youtube teaser video hinting a product announcement on August 4th. You can be 100% certain this is for the new 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3 lens.

Specs:

  • lens configuration of 25 elements in 15 groups
  • minimum shooting distance of 58cm-280cm
  • maximum shooting magnification of 1: 2.9 (at 180mm), and 9 aperture blades (at 180mm). (Circular aperture)
  • filter size φ95mm
  • size φ109.4×263.6mm
  • weight 2100g (including tripod mount)
  • teleconverter (TC-1411 / TC-2011) seems to be compatible.
  • 170,000 YEN excluding tax
  • UK price will be 1199 pounds

Leaked image:

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Sony Tidbits…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB81gvAH4RE
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