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This week was the CP+ show, where camera and lens manufacturers showed off their latest products and made some major announcements. The action actually started well before the show; in the days leading up to it, we saw two new cameras announced from Sigma and Panasonic, as well as a handful of lenses from Sigma, Zeiss and Sony.
It's been a lot to keep track of, but don't worry. We've rounded up all our coverage in this one article so you can get caught up.
Monday
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| Photo: Dale Baskin |
Monday belonged to Sigma, with the company holding a major event to announce several new products, plus a new look for its branding.
The biggest announcement was its new BF camera, a full-frame camera with a Bayer sensor and a "radically simple" design. It does away with almost all the buttons and controls we expect from modern digital cameras. It doesn't even include a card slot in service of cutting out "everything that distracts from your interaction with the image." You can see some sample images we've shot with the BF in our sample gallery.
Sigma also shared a ton of lens news:
- It announced a 300-600mm F4 full-frame lens for sports and wildlife shooters
- There's also a do-it-all 18-300mm F3.5-6.7 lens for APS-C shooters
- It updated all nine of its I-series primes with a new look
Alongside those announcements came an acknowledgment that it was done developing lenses for DSLRs. That's not necessarily a surprise, but if you're feeling nostalgic for the HSM days, be sure to check out our mini tour of the museum at Sigma's factory.
Tuesday
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We also got a new camera on Tuesday: the Panasonic Lumix DC-S1RII, a high-resolution hybrid camera with a 44MP sensor capable of shooting at up to 40fps. It supports up to 8K video capture and 32-bit float audio, and Panasonic says it's improved the autofocus system's ability to recognize and track humans. We'll be testing it out much more in the coming weeks.
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Zeiss also had news on Tuesday, announcing its first new stills lenses since 2019. The Otus ML line is the company's first foray into making mirrorless glass and is being introduced with two F1.4 primes, 50mm and 85mm for E-mount, RF-mount, and Z-mount. We were able to shoot a sample gallery with the 50mm model and interviewed Tony Wisniewski, Senior Manager, Creative Arts, Zeiss Cinema and Photography, about what the company's been up to and what it has planned for the future.
Also on Tuesday: a new version of Photoshop mobile and a meter from DataColor that promises to measure both light and color temperature.
Wednesday
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On Wednesday morning, Sony announced two new lenses: a 16mm F1.8 prime that aims to be portable and relatively affordable and a 400-800mm F6.3-8 super-telephoto that offers the furthest reach of any Sony lens. Nikon also quietly released updates for the Z6III and Z8, adding some pro video features previously only available on the flagship Z9.
Thursday
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Thursday marked the official start of the CP+ conference, and our editors Dale Baskin and Richard Butler all but kicked down the doors in order to be the first to get hands-on time with Canon's new video-focused compact, the Powershot V1, which was announced last week.
DxO also announced a new version of its PureRaw Raw processing software, and TTArtisan announced its first camera: a folding instant camera with fully manual controls, which takes Fujifilm Instax film.
The bulk of the CP+ news came later in the day, though, as we started to hear about all the new offerings from third-party lens makers. Here are all the lenses we heard about, some of which we were able to go hands-on with.
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Viltrox
- AF 35mm F1.2 LAB FE - a flagship full-frame prime lens for E-mount
- AF 85mm F1.4 Pro FE - a full-frame portrait lens for E-mount
- AF 50mm F2.0 Air - a budget full-frame prime that the company says will have the "best IQ of the AIR series," available for E-mount, Z-mount and X-mount.
Viltrox also announced that it'll bring its AF 135mm F1.8 LAB lens to Z-mount.
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| Photo: Richard Butler |
Laowa
- 8-15mm F2.8 Fisheye Zoom - a full-frame manual focus zoom for E, Z, RF and L-mounts
- 15mm F4.5 - a wide-angle macro lens
- 35mm F2.8 - a tilt-shift lens for Fujifilm's medium format GFX mount
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| Photo: Richard Butler |
7Artisans
- 24mm F1.8 - a full-frame prime for E, Z and L-mount
- 35mm F2.8 - a full-frame prime for the same mounts
- A series of autofocus APS-C F1.8 primes for E, X and Z-mount: 25mm, 35mm, 50mm
- 35mm F1.4 - an autofocus prime for E, X and Z-mount
The company also announced L-mount versions of its 50mm F1.8 and 85mm F1.8 lenses.
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Samyang
Samyang announced an autofocus 14-24mm F2.8 wide-angle full-frame zoom for E-mount in collaboration with Schneider Kreuznach. It also promises more lenses later in the year: a standard zoom, telephoto prime and wide-angle prime.
Friday
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By Friday, the news was winding down, but Viltrox couldn't help but sneak one more announcement in: the release of its 25mm F1.7 Air, an APS-C lens for E, X and Z-mount. Unlike many of the things available at the show, it's actually available for purchase right now, which could be good news if you're looking for an affordable, lightweight, wide-angle prime.
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