New Veydra 85mm T2.2 Mini Prime for MFT on preorder for $899

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The new Veydra 85mm T2.2 lens is now on preorder at BHphoto (Click here). Here are the lens specs:

Featuring an imperial (feet) focus scale, the Veydra 85mm T2.2 Mini-Prime is a telephoto cine lens designed for Micro Four Thirds mount cameras that covers formats up to APS-C/Super 35. Purpose built for cinema applications, the lens features an aluminum housing for on-set durability, an internal focus design, and cine-standard 0.8 mod focus and iris gear rings. The bright yellow dual focus scales allows a camera assistant to pull focus from either side of the lens.

The length, 80mm front diameter, and gear ring positions of the 85mm lens matches that of other Veydra Mini Prime lenses, allowing you to swap between them without having to adjust the position of your follow focus or matte box. The lens also features a common T2.2 maximum T-stop as well as multi-coated elements for color consistency.

Key Features
  • T2.2 maximum T-stop
  • Covers formats up to APS-C/Super 35
  • Optical glass elements with multi-coating for color consistency with other Veydra Mini Primes
  • Internal focusing
  • 0.8 mod focus and iris gears
  • Bright yellow dual-sided focus scales
  • 80mm front barrel diameter
  • 77mm filter thread
  • Aluminum construction
  • Imperial focus scale markings

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CIPA reports first sign of recovery in the system camera business. But forecast looks bad due the earhtquake.

The recent financial report from Olympus and Panasonic showed some sign of recovery in their imaging segment (which includes digital camera and other business). The trend seems to be confirmed by the latest March 2016 CIPA reports. For the first time in two years Japanese companies shipped more cameras than the previous year (and did even better than March of two years ago). But the good news may last shortly. As I heard from my sources the Kumamoto earthquake damaged many factories producing sensor or other camera parts. And I expect at least 3 months of supply shortage and product announcement delays. This means camera shipment in May-June-July will easily be much lower than in 2015.

We have to hope that after the Photokina announcement Olympus and Panasonic will face no problem in shipping the E-M1II and GH5 before the end fo the year.

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