Happy 2014 everyone!! As promised back in September 2013 the Technoclopedia once again delivers up to date information as of today. What's been essentially new in 2013? Well, speaking of trends here, it's been definitely the year of the bare bulb flashes. And with the release of the Jinbei MF 200 I'm finally pretty sure we will see a lot more models to emerge in the future, looking at the trend in trigger development also with a wider emphasize on more advanced functions. That said, there was a huge step in advanced radio trigger technology with more and more products supporting High Speed Sync - or at least Hyper Sync. With the Pixel King II the trend even goes towards fully supported E-TTL. Dual Pixel CMOS AF was another key word in development dropped by Canon - introduced with the EOS 70D and afterwards announced as an upgrade for the C100. Speaking of trademarks it seems like the Samyang universe of rebadges became centered around / restricted a little more to Bower, Rokinon and Walimex. The other Elvises more or less left the building. Anyone not having been reading the term crowd funding or Kickstarter at least 5 times this year can be considered an illiterate anyway. And yes ... we got another Photokina year. That means, we can expect another rush of announcements out of the wild in September, and a few additional ones until then to make us thirsty. As soon as I can, I'll check my possibilities to make it to Cologne.

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• Canon EOS 7D Mark II fully reviewed by DPR


• Canon EF 24mm F2.8 IS USM tested by Photozone
• Canon EF-S 24mm F2.8 STM Pancake tested by Photozone (back in 11.2014)
• Canon EF-S 24mm F2.8 STM Pancake tested by SLRgear
• Canon EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L IS II USM tested by Photozone


• Meyer Görlitz 35mm F2.0 and 85mm F2.0 Figmentum and 85mm F1.5 Somnium rescheduled / announced for 01.2015
• Yongnuo EF 50mm F1.8 vs. Canon's EF 1.8/50 II compared by ShootingOnABudget


• Shanny SN600C reviewed by Flash Havoc (back in 11.2014)


• Shanny Speedlite Transmitter SN-E3-RT reviewed by Flash Havoc


• Metabones EF - E Speedbooster Ultra introduced (back in 09.2014)


• Ximea XiT Thunderbolt MT200 presented at Vision Stuttgart back in 11.2014


• Samyang V-DSLR 50mm T1.5 AS UMC tested by Photozone

• Canon EOS 7D Mark II tested by DxO and LensRentals


• Canon EF-S 55-250mm F4.0-5.6 IS STM tested by DxO
• Canon EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L IS II USM announced for 12.2014


• Minadax rebadges of Samyang's 8mm F3.5 Fish-Eye (released ~06.2012) and 85mm F1.4 Aspherical IF discovered
• Rokinon 10mm F2.8, 12mm F2.8 Fish-Eye and 50mm F1.4 released


• Minadax Speedlite MX585C added
• Shanny SN600SC reviewed by Lighting Rumours


• Rokinon V-DSLR 10mm T3.1, 12mm T3.1 Fish-Eye and 50mm T1.5 released

You might have found yourself a little out of help using the indicators for available manuals and whitepapers in the past, since they didn't do more than saying "something is available". They are now linked to my documentation database index (which still does not link to any downloads at this moment though) and will open the respective product's documentation index in a popup (similar to Snapshots and Print pages). Note that not all available documents are sorted to each entry (e.g. general catalogs, general white papers etc.) so scrolling through the documentation index still might bring up more interesting stuff.
 

• Canon EF-S 10-18mm F4.5-5.6 IS STM tested by DxO


• Lensbaby 50mm F2.0 "Spark Special Edition" released
• Schneider-Kreuznach 28mm F4.5 HM Aspheric TS-PC Super-Angulon released


• Shanny SN600SC reviewed by Flash Havoc


• Yongnuo RF-605C introduced


• Canon EOS C100 Mark II announced for 12.2014


• Canon Cine-Servo 17-120mm T2.95 (- T3.9) EF dedicated IDX power pack connector cable available
• Canon Cine-Servo 50-1000mm T5.0-8.9 EF announced for q1 2015

I don't stumble over Canon EOS M system accessories quite often. Everyone seems to be after mounting EF lenses to the EOS M. That said, there are no dedicated teleconverters (other than those digital 2x screw-on lenses) available until now. However, besides the oncoming underwater housing releases there indeed are macro extension tubes selling in either sets of 10 and 16mm or 10, 16 and 21mm. Added a short list to the end of 3rd Party Lenses for Canon EOS M.
 

• Arca-Swiss F-universalis dslr view camera conversion announced


• Canon EF 16-35mm F4.0L IS USM tested by DxO


• Cheetah Light V860C Li-Ion speedlite released / available since ? / on backorder for 11.2014
• Interfit Strobies Pro-Flash TLi-C Li-Ion speedlite released
• Tokistar Ving V860C Li-Ion speedlite released back in 04.2014 (?)


• SMDV PS-180 and PS-360 bare-bulbs out there
• Walimex Pro Light Shooter 180 and 360 as well


• Digital King and Dörr 12mm F7.4 Fisheye Lens[es] for Canon EOS M Mount available (DK coming, Dörr since 04.2014)


• Angénieux Servo Unit introduced at IBC
• Angénieux Optima Style series of lenses introduced at IBC, including a T2.8/16-40, T2.8/30-76 and a new T3.5/25-250
• Zeiss CZ.2 Servo Unit announced for 04.2015

• Hähnel Captur advanced trigger system (announced for late 2014 / early 2015)
• Nero Trigger (2013)
• Crystal Video CVW Pro 300 wireless SDI/HDMI transmission system


• DiCaPac WP-S2 (new) and WP-S3 for mirrorless cameras (formerly for hybrid cameras)
• Ewa-Marine A-BM


• Bower 16mm F2.0 ED AS UMC CS
• Mitakon Creator Series 2/35
• Tokina 11-20mm F2.8 DX AT-X AF PRO
• Tycoon EF Digiscopes
• YongNuo 35mm F2.0, 50mm F1.4 and F1.8
• Zenit series Zenitar-C and Helios-C lenses


• McoPlus C-ET3 / C-UP Professional Tube


• Brilliant planetary series (Mars, Jupiter, Venus ...)
• DigiTek speedlites
• Phoebus 600 AX Speedlite (phoebusstudio.com) a.k.a. Brilliant Jupiter TS60
• Metz Mecablitz 26 AF-1C Digital
• Travor speedlites
• Triopo TR-982 II Speed Light (with Master mode)
• Sunblitz Di Pro Maxi 600 TTL
• Viltrox Speedlites JY-610C and JY-620C (both coming for Canon in 2015)


• Brilliant Witstro
• Triopo TR-400 bare-bulb
• Triopo Speedlight TR-15EX ringflash


• McoPlus rebadged Meike GT-600 trigger
• SMDV FlashWave TTL


• Tycoon 250mm F5.6 Tycoon-X RF Mirror lens


• Viltrox Mount Adapter EF-NEX II (fits full frame E-mount cameras like the Sony A7)


• Bower V-DSLR 16mm T2.2
• Cinematics CAN, SMA and SY mods in addition to the 2012 CZS models
• Tokina Cinema ATX Lenses: 11-16mm T3.0, 16-28mm T3.0 and 50-135mm T3.0, all in EF mount


• check pre-convention announcements' data entries for updated technical specifications


Take a look at a selection of pictures taken at the show below (very small resolution).


Bigger resolution, a few more shots and comments are available as well (> click <).

 

Bigger resolution, a few more shots and comments are available as well (> click <).

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It's only a few days until Photokina opens its doors. Companies either announced their new stuff already a while ago (like Samyang and Lensbaby) or hide in silence (like Canon). Now the first raise the curtain news are starting to arrive. (This article was a work in progress. It was started on September 6th and constantly updated until the show.)
 
• Announcements:
• Alright, just the day before the show Canon finally droped the facts. Welcome the new EOS 7D Mark II and a bunch of new lenses to the family, including an EF-S 24mm F2.8 STM Pancake (announced for 11.2014), an EF 24-105mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM (announced for 12.2014) and an EF 400mm F4.0 DO IS II USM (announced for 11.2014). Photokina Hall 3.2 #A010 A011 A012 B010 B012 C011 C013, Boulevard, Passage Hall 2>3
• Reflecta introduces the RPS 10M, a 10000dpi 4.2Dmax CCD scanner for 35mm films. Photokina Hall 2.1 #B19 C18
• Remember Meyer Görlitz lenses? It looks like the brand is back, revived by a consortium from Koblenz called net SE. They will introduce themself at Photokina and present an 80mm F1.8 Figmentum and an 85mm F1.4 Somnium - both dumb manual focus lenses for C/EF, N/F or M42 made in Germany. Availability is announced for end of 2014. In addition they announced more lenses to come in 2015. Photokina Hall 4.1 #I013 J010
• Samyang is going nuts, sometimes I think at least. They just announced a 12mm F2.8 ED AS NCS fullframe fisheye to be introduced at the show. They'll have a pre-production copy with them. Photokina Hall 2.1 #A025
• Schneider-Kreuznach, haha. Beating the Xenon and Makro-Symmar drums since 2 years now, going on for at least another one. Lens porn at its best, yet not being delivered. Photokina Hall 4.2 #D026
• Sigma just announced an AF 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM Contemporary Series to come, an AF 150-600mm F5.0-6.3 DG OS HSM in both | C and | S versions to be introduced at the show and details about a pair of Global Vision dedicated Teleconverters (with price info).
• Tamron announced to have a new AF 15-30mm F2.8 SP Di VC USD in development. Date of availability as well as most technical specifications are yet to be specified, but they will have it on show. Photokina Hall 4.2 #D010 D018 E019
• Tapac / Elicar will be at the show to present prototypes of new 600mm F10 and 800mm F10 telephoto lenses as well as a 1000mm F11 mirror lens. Photokina Hall 6.1 #B018
• Zeiss just turned one of the rumours into reality and announced the 85mm F1.4 Otus to be available around mid September. They'll bring it to the show. And guess what? DxO already got it reviewed. Photokina Hall 2.2 #B013 B015 C014 C018, Boulevard


• Rumours:
  • Canon according to an older rumour also two new TS-E lenses were expected to come, uh, and there were some EOS M3 rumours as well.
  • Godox Witstro TTL versions (Hall 5.1 #G030 H031)


• News Cheatsheet:
  • Canon again: The Cine-Servo 17-120mm T2.95 was announced for last month, but is still on preorder.
  • It's been a while since Handevision announced their Ibelux (already released) together with some other lenses to be in development. Walser, being the german distributor, will be present. Photokina Hall 5.2 #D031
  • Additionally to their latest Fisheye (see Announcements above) Samyang will be introducing their new 50mm DSLR and VDSLR lenses. Also, you might remember the announcements of the 300mm F6.3 Reflex ED UMC CS for C/EF and for mirrorless VDSLR lenses, which weren't lost any words about ever since (speaking of availability). And last but not least Samyang started to emerge into the field of EOS-M mirrorless lenses a while ago and there seems to be a little bit of either online information or release lag between Walimex and Samyang UK on the side of actual availability. Walimex already got them all on offer. Samyangs on show or not?
  • Schneider-Kreuznach once announced the 14mm T2.2 Cine-Xenar III to become available in quartal 4 of 2013.
  • For you EOS-M geeks the lately released Tammy 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di-III VC will be interesting as well.
  • As reported back in February, Tokina will announce a 24-70mm F2.8 SD (IF) FX AT-X PRO at the show. Photokina Hall 5.2 #C029 D015 D027, Boulevard P012
  • YongNuo cought some attention back in April presenting an upcoming EF 50mm F1.4 at the China International Photograph & Electrical Imaging Machinery and Technology trade show. The lens has been up for preorder since then. They also might have their 600EX-RT up for the show, which is announced for next month. Hall 5.1 #L029
  • For view camera conversions check out Cambo (Hall 4.1 #H017) and Kenko, hopefully bringing the new Horseman Axella (Hall 5.2 #D027).
  • Blackmagic will most likely bring their URSA EF and Production Cameras. Hall 4.1 #B009 C008 & 4.2 #E016 F021

Got a few structural changes to announce: EF-to-whatever adapter lists were cut down to 2: mirrorless and cine. Lists themself were updated as well, adding the Metabones EF - BM(P)CC Speedboosters, the PrimeCircle XE Mount and some other stuff. With the increase of the whole Technoclopedia in size especially by the inclusion of more and more cine equipment I decided to remove / not to include cameras with 'adaptive EF mount' anymore. Thus the Red One is gone, AJA Cion, Arri Alexa, Sony F3/5/55, MFT etc. won't come just because of adapters being out there. Further on, Exakta, Phoenix, Soligor and Vitacon EF mount lens brands left the main menu (now to find in 'Other Brands') to make space for Samyang and Zeiss dedicated pages. And since I'm on it, the documentation archive was updated as well.
 
• Canon EOS 1200D received the EISA Consumer DSLR Award


• Crystal Video CVW 100 Wireless HD Transmitter introduced
  (-> added a new category in 3rd Party Camera Accessories for HDMI / SDI wireless transmission equipment now also covering the Bon Electronics BW-100 series, Marshall Electronics WP-xC, the Nyrius Aries Pro and the Paralinx Arrow series)


• Horseman Axella View Camera conversion announced for 09.2014


• Canon EF-S 10-18mm F4.5-5.6 IS STM tested by SLRgear
• Canon EF 16-35mm F4.0L IS USM tested by SLRgear
• Canon EF-S 55-250mm F4.0-5.6 IS STM tested by Photozone


• Lensbaby 50mm F2.5-22 MC "Sweet 50" curved field swap optic announced for 09.2014
• Samyang 50mm F1.4 AS UMC announced to be introduced in 09.2014
• Sigma AF 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM C tested by Popular Photography
• Sigma AF 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art received the EISA DSLR Lens Award 2014-2015
• Tamron AF 16-300mm F3.5-6.3 (XR) Di-II VC PZD Macro received the EISA DSLR Zoom Lens Award 2014-2015
• Tamron AF 150-600mm F5.0-6.3 SP Di VC USD received the EISA DSLR Telephoto Zoom Lens Award 2014-2015


• Metabones EF - M43 Mount and Speedbooster announced (without shipping date)


• triggers ... can't believe it, no radio trigger news this month^^


• Shanny Speedlite SN600SC released
• Shanny Speedlites SN600EX and SN600EX-RT announced for end of 08.2014
• Shanny EX-RT Speedlite Transmitter announced without release date


• Interfit Strobies Pro-Flash 360 bare-bulb introduced
• Meidike Yidoblo bare-bulbs with internal power packs in development


• Samyang VDLSR 50mm T1.5 AS UMC announced to be introduced in 09.2014

• Cambo Actus View Camera conversion introduced


• Canon EF 16-35mm F4.0L IS USM tested by Photozone


• Lomography 85mm F2.2 Petzval tested by LensRentals and reviewed by DPR


• YongNuo YN-622N-TX reviewed by Lighting Rumours


• Metz Mecablitz 64 AF-1 announced for autumn 2014


• Metabones Smart Adapter Mark IV announced for 07.2014, still on preorder as of 03.08.2014


• LockCircle PrimeCircle XM 15mm F2.8 - 135mm F2.0 Cine Lens Series released (reported so, not yet present on their website - were announced at NAB in 04.2014)


• MTF Effect electronic EF to AJA Cion mount released

Worth a special note: MeiKe released the MK-C-UP Profession Tube, an electronically coupled reverse mount functionally identical to the Novoflex Reverse Mount EOS - but much much cheaper. Not sure when they did it exactly, first listing date on Amazon is given with Jan 6, 2014.
 
• Canon EF-S 10-18mm F4.5-5.6 IS STM tested by PhotoZone
• Canon EF 16-35mm F4.0L IS USM released in China, still on preorder in the US


• Sigma AF 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art tested by Photozone
• Tamron AF 28-300mm F3.5-6.3 (XR) Di VC PZD [A010] availability announced for end of 06.2014
• Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 DX AT-X 116 AF PRO II reviewed by The-Digital-Picture


• MeiKe MK-GT600 radio triggers released
• RadioPopper Jr2 triggers introduced


• MeiKe MK-310 released
• MeiKe MK-600 Speedlite available (released back in 11.2013 ??)


• T-One released another series of Godox bare-bulb rebadges (W Series AD180 and AD360)


• Canon EF-M 55-200mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM announced for 07.2014 (Asia, Australia, Canada and EU)


• Tamron AF 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 Di-III VC [B011] for EOS-M announced for end of 06.2014


• Canon EOS C100 and C500 firmware upgrades available to enable RC-V100 Remote Controller support

• Canon received the TIPA Imaging Innovation Award for their Dual Pixel CMOS AF (back in April)


• Canon EOS SL1 (100D) White Edition announced for the US for 06.2014
• Canon EOS 70D received the TIPA Professional D-SLR Award (back in April)


• Canon EF-S 10-18mm F4.5-5.6 IS STM announced for 05.2014
• Canon EF 16-35mm F4.0L IS USM announced for 06.2014
• Canon EF 200-400mm F4.0L IS USM Extender 1.4x received the TIPA Professional Lens Award 2014 (back in April)


• Sigma AF 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art tested by Photozone


• Harvest One Cactus v6 released
• RadioPopper Sekonic Meter Module released (back in April)


• Pixel X-650 released and reported buggy
• YongNuo YN565EXII Speedlite released
• YongNuo YN600EX-RT Speedlite announced for around 10.2014


• Canon EOS M rumoured to be quietly discontinued in the US (disappeared from official product listings)


• Canon EOS C300 Dual Pixel CMOS AF Upgrade announced


• Reflecta x9 Scan announced for 06.2014

• Canon EOS 100D White Edition announced for 05.2014


• Canon EF 24-70mm F2.8L II USM tested by Popular Photography back in January


• Carl Zeiss 55mm F1.4 Distagon T* Otus ZE reviewed by SLRgear
• Lensbaby 5.8mm F3.5 Circular Fisheye announced for 05.2014
• Samyang 35mm F1.4 AS UMC AE EOS announced
• Samyang 300mm F6.3 Reflex ED UMC CS EOS announced for Q2 - Q3 2014
• Sigma AF 24-105mm F4.0 DG OS HSM Art reviewed by Popular Photography back in January
• Sigma AF 50mm F1.4 DG HSM A reviewed by DxO, SLRgear and Popular Photography
• Yongnuo EF 50mm F1.4 announced


• Clellan ZR45 first mentioned 12.2013 by Photoblog.hk / reviewed by Lighting Rumours 03.2014
• Pixel Mago 600 announced for 05.2014


• YouPro Pro6


• Blackmagic Design URSA EF announced for 07.2014


• Canon Cine-Servo 17-120mm T2.95 (- T3.9) EF announced for 08.2014


• Samyang V-DSLR 10mm T3.1 ED AS NCS CS announced

While Canon just celebrated the production of their 250 millionth digital system camera and not to mention them being short to their 100 millionth EF lens to be produced, they just announced to take over the whole DSLR business by entering a most aggressive final strategy against Nikon - their biggest and meanwhile only true contender left in the field of DSLRs - by switching their default camera mount to Nikon F.

The first Nikon F mount model to be released will be the Canon EOS C300N cine camera (spoiler below). A Canon EOS N80D DSLR announcement will follow during the next few days.


The Canon DV Luke announced in 2008 featured a classic Canon camcorder design.


The new Canon EOS C300N.
Note the similarity to the Blackmagic Cinema Camera in design simplicity.

Canon system owners will in no way have to worry about their existing lens collections. Classic Nikon F mount lenses will flawlessly mount on the new camera family without the need of using adapters. Furthermore proving their greatness towards their most faithful followers, Canon additionally announced the Canon Mount Adapter EF-EOS N to be released. The adapter will provide full electronic control for all existing Canon EF lenses including support for Electronic-Manual driven models and Image Stabilizer functions. While the Nikon F mount does not feature any electronic coupling, the adapter is wired to the camera's USB port to deliver communication between camera and lens. Canon engineers confirmed, that there will be absolutely no drawback in performance. Quite the contrary is the case - tests performed with prototypes by an independant laboratory proved an AF speed increasement of up to 10%.

To those customers still prefering the dated Canon EF mount, Canon will offer a mount conversion service at very reasonable pricing. The service fee will include a body cover exchange showing the model type inscription without the additional N as well as shipping to Canon's factory in Japan, where highly complex mount measurements and readjustments will be applied. Customers chosing personal pickup afterwards are granted a free tour through the production grounds and a set of numbered bonus gimmicks including an enormous 3D engraved super sprectra coated lens element showing a picture of themself proudly holding their new camera. The glass is mounted to a very exclusive holder plate designed by Luigi Colani.

Long Live Canon!

• Canon EOS 1200D tested by DxO


• Canon EF 200-400mm F4.0L IS USM extensively reviewed by Dan Carr


• Samyang 10mm F2.8 ED AS NCS CS released
• Samyang 16mm F2.0 ED AS UMC CS tested by DxO
• Samyang 24mm F1.4 ED AS IF UMC tested by DxO
• Sigma AF 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM C tested by DxO


• Godox Ving V860C reviewed by Flash Havoc
• Sunpak 120J II bulb flash announced to be "coming soon"


• Rikon Meyin RF-624


• Samyang 12mm F2.0 NCS CS EOS-M announced


• RED Dragon CMOS tested by DxO


• Reflecta Proscan 10T and x8 Scan introduced

• Canon EOS 1200D announced for 03.2014


• Carl Zeiss 55mm F1.4 Distagon T* Otus ZE reviewed by The Digital Picture
• Sigma AF 24-105mm F4.0 DG OS HSM A(rt Series) [635] tested by Photozone
• Tamron AF 16-300mm F3.5-6.3 (XR) Di-II VC PZD Macro [B016] development announced
• Tamron AF 28-300mm F3.5-6.3 (XR) Di VC PZD [A010] development announced
• Tamron AF 150-600mm F5.0-6.3 VC USD [A011] tested by DxO
• Tokina 24-70mm F2.8 SD (IF) FX AT-X PRO announced for announcement at Photokina 2014


• Canon Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX II announced for 05.2014


• Godox Ving V860C announced for 03.2014
• Nissin Digital i40 announced for 06.2014
• Triopo TR-586EX and TR-982 released and reviewed at Lighting Rumours


• YongNuo Speedlite Transmitter YN-E3-RT Reviewed at Lighting Rumours

• YongNuo YN12AF AF-assistant introduced


• Canon EF 17-40mm F4.0L USM tested by DxO
• Canon EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L IS USM tested by DxO


• Carl Zeiss 135mm F2.0 Apo Sonnar T* ZE tested by DxO
• Sigma AF 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM Contemporary Series introduced
• Sigma AF 50mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Series announced
• Sigma AF 150-500mm F5.0-6.3 DG APO OS HSM tested by DxO


• Canon EOS M2 tested by DxO


• Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT reviewed by The Digital Picture


• Godox Ving V850 TTL announced for March and Witstro TTL announced without date (both being in development)


• Jinbei Caler Mini Flash 100 reviewed by Lighting Rumours