Rokinon 8mm Ultra Wide Angle f/3.5 Fisheye Lens In Stock For $229

Rokinon 8mm Ultra Wide Angle f/3.5 Fisheye Lens

B&H has the Rokinon 8mm Ultra Wide Angle f/3.5 Fisheye Lens for Canon EF in stock and ready to ship for $229 (click here), compared to $299. Product description:

The 8mm Ultra Wide Angle f/3.5 Fisheye Lens for Canon EF from Rokinon gives you a 180° view with dramatic, exaggerated perspective when used with an APS-C camera, or a powerful circular image floating in the frame when used with a full frame digital camera or 35mm film camera. With hybrid aspherical lenses and multi-layer coating, you will produce sharply defined images with a minimum of flare and ghosting. The 8mm lens focuses as close as 1′ (30.48 cm) from the lens, and has a built-in petal lens hood.

Note! Produces a vignetted image on full-frame sensors or 35mm film

Ultra wide-angle 8mm fisheye lens with exaggerated perspective and approximately 180° angle of view, for dramatic effects

Ultra-wide 180° diagonal field-of-view for APS-C size image formats–will produce a rounded image that doesn’t cover the entire frame when used with compatible full frame digital cameras

Lens is constructed with hybrid aspherical lenses for outstanding, sharply defined images

Lens features super multi-layer coating to reduce flare and ghost images

Lens has a minimum focusing distance of 12″ (30.48 cm) for enhanced close-up shots

Lens includes a built-in petal-type lens hood

[via The Digital Picture]

 

First Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS And EF 35mm f/2 IS Sample Images Online

First Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS And EF 35mm f/2 IS Sample Images OnlineFirst Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS And EF 35mm f/2 IS Sample Images Online

Canon UK published two sample pics shot with the Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS (click here) and three pics shot with the Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS (click here).

Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS pre-order options: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA

Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS pre-order options: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA [via CR]

Canon Italy Starts Cash Back Action For Selected Gear (up to €200) – Sorting out the EOS 60D and 7D? – Update

Canon Italy Starts Cash Back Action For Selected Gear

Update: Same for Canon Austria (thanks prosumer), also offering cash backs for the EOS 60D and EOS 7D. Really looks like Canon is preparing for new DSLRs.

Italian site terapixelblog (translated) reports a cash back action by Canon Italy (translated) for the period 11/1/12 – 01/20/13 called Power to celebrate. Click here (or check the image below) to see the items eligible for the cash back action. Among the eligible items the only DSLRs are the EOS 60D and EOS 7D. Is this a hint that Canon is emptying stocks for the upcoming successors? May be (see here too)

How does it work? You buy your gear and fill out a form (click here) to claim your cash back.

For instance the EOS 7D + EF 15-85mm IS + EF 70-300mm IS USM is eligible for €200 cash back, the EOS 7D body gets you €100 back.

Click here to see Amazon Italy’s Canon offerings

 

A Little Bit Of Everything

Canon Files Patent For Two 4/3 Lenses (14-28mm f/1.4-2.4 and 12-28mm f/2-3.2)

Canon Files Patent For Two 4/3 Lens
14-28mm f/1.4-2.4
Canon Files Patent For Two 4/3 Lens
12-28mm f/2-3.2

This came as a surprise. Could this mean Canon is working on a new version of the Powershot G1X? looks like.

Japanese blog Egami (translated) spotted a patent for two lenses with a 4/3 ratio. A 14-28mm f/1.4-2.4 and a 12-28mm f/2-3.2. I don't know what to think about that. The machine translated text is difficult to understand. If someone here can help with the interpretation, he or she is welcome. Any Japanese reader willing to help? :-) Quoting Egami:

Canon 28mm F1.8-2.8 is fourteen-28mm, 12- F2-3.2 ,14-28mm F1.4-2.4 of the patent is pending. 4/3 ” imaging element of becoming a zoom lens equivalent to 24-56mm. 4/3 corresponds to, or the 28-56mm, equivalent size 35mm ” imaging element while using, Myu4 / 3 lens without correspond to and if integrated, can realize the camera is so superior balance of performance, size.

  • Patent Publication No. 2012-226042
    • Release Date 2012.11.15
    • Filing date 2011.4.18

  • Example 1
    • Zoom ratio 2.37
    • 33.60 – – 28.74mm f = 14.20 focal length
    • Fno = 1.80 -. 3.30 – 2.93
    • Half angle of view ω = 37.13 – 17.74 – 20.51deg.
    • Image height 10.75mm
    • 77.74 – – 75.24mm 77.26 overall length of the lens
    • BF 1.46mm
    • 11 sheets in 10 groups lens configuration
    • Three four-sided aspherical

  • Example 3
    • Zoom ratio 2.72
    • 33.60 – – 28.53mm f = 12.36 focal length
    • Fno = 2.06 -. 3.60 – 3.26
    • Half angle of view ω = 41.01 – 17.74 – 20.65deg.
    • Image height 10.75mm
    • 82.29 – – 79.22mm 82.03 overall length of the lens
    • BF 1.21mm
    • Eight 8 groups lens configuration
    • Four aspherical surface 7

  • Example 4
    • Zoom ratio 2.37
    • 33.60 – – 28.74mm f = 14.20 focal length
    • Fno = 1.40 -. 2.71 – 2.39
    • Half angle of view ω = 37.13 – 17.74 – 20.51deg.
    • Image height 10.75mm
    • 80.53 – – 77.94mm 79.63 overall length of the lens
    • BF 1.51mm
    • 10 sheets of 9 groups lens configuration
    • Three four-sided aspherical

[via Egami]