Leica Monochrom Rumor, Third-Occasion Lens Sales

Maybe you’ve skilled this too. You sleep within the automotive so you may attain your spot earlier than the primary golden rays of morning gentle wash over the panorama. In the pitch darkish, you hearth up your little range, and shortly the earthy scent of vegetation is lower by by the spicy aroma of contemporary tea. You stroll by a waking forest. Nature laughs, and also you chortle with it. Life is nice! Just as you slip into your conceal, a flock of geese passes overhead. Waist-deep in chilly water, you sit at nighttime conceal. An hour, two, three… in some way the solar forgot to rise at the moment.

The chill creeps up out of your ft, biting more durable with every minute. No matter, you’ve bought tea and dedication. Somewhere far off, throughout the lake, an eagle flies by—the very motive you’re sitting right here freezing. But close to the place you sit? Not a single feather. You stare on the empty, immobile surroundings. Your tea ran out about eight hours in the past. You’re freezing. Stiff and numb, you crawl out of the conceal. After a complete day of capturing, your reminiscence card is as clear as freshly fallen snow. What a fantastically spent day.

Although I had an expertise like that not too long ago, it made me all of the extra appreciative of the occasions when pictures does work out seamlessly. Like this time a couple of months in the past after I photographed the White-tailed Eagle throughout my earlier go to to the picturesque landscapes of South Bohemia.

Recent Announcements

• Panasonic Lumix S 100-500mm f/5-7.1 O.I.S.: A brand new all-purpose telephoto zoom from Panasonic, comparable in idea to common lenses just like the Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 S and particularly the Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L. The lens has 19 components in 12 teams (2 UED lenses, 2 ED lenses, 2 UHR lenses) and a near-macro magnification of 1:2.8 on the highest. It options twin IS with 7 stops of stabilization, a fluorine lens coating, and teleconverter compatibility. The price is $2,098, and it ships November 17.
• Godox X3Pro S Wireless Flash Trigger: This flash set off is an upgraded professional mannequin of the smaller and cheaper X3. It’s appropriate with Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Panasonic, and Sony cameras, so long as your flash helps the X wi-fi radio system. Its vary is a formidable 328 ft, and the mix of 16 teams, 32 channels, and 99 IDs signifies that you should not have any hassle eliminating interference from different close by programs. The worth? At $99, it’s fairly affordable.
• GoPro Max 2: GoPro’s new 360 diploma motion digital camera options 8K video and “invisible” selfie-stick pictures, permitting a third-person really feel to your movies. Slow movement is accessible in 4K spherical movies, or 5.6K60. The digital camera provides 10-bit shade in 8K, as much as 300Mbps bitrate, and GP-Log Encoding with LUT. It also can seize 29 megapixel 360° photographs, though video is definitely the primary motive to purchase such a digital camera. The worth starts at $500. (Other motion cameras had been additionally introduced this week: the GoPro Lit Hero and the DJI Osmo Nano.)

The Rumor Mill

A brand new Leica Monochrom on the way in which?

That’s what Leica Rumors is saying – that we will anticipate a Q3 Monochrom to seem someday in October. The expectation is that will probably be the 28mm model of the Q3, but it surely’s additionally probably {that a} 43mm model will seem someday. The anticipated launch date is October sixteenth, so keep tuned should you’re a black and white fan!

Via Leica Rumors

Canon has huge November plans…

…But nobody appears to know what they’re. It’s anticipated that Canon will announce a brand new digital camera in November on both the sixteenth or the twenty sixth of the month (and one thing else on the opposite date), however which digital camera that is stays a thriller. There’s some convincing discuss of an EOS R6 Mark III, however we’ve additionally seen rumors of an upcoming EOS R7 Mark II. Along with no matter digital camera Canon proclaims, it’s anticipated that we are going to see no less than one new lens, presumably a 300-600mm f/4. As we study extra, we’ll let you recognize!

Via Canon Rumors

Nikon Zr to achieve SSD assist, hopefully

The Nikon Zr was introduced not too long ago with some spectacular cinema-related specs, particularly for the worth. One common characteristic was lacking, nonetheless – the flexibility to report on to an SSD through USB, reasonably than counting on inner reminiscence or an exterior video recorder. The digital camera ships on October twentieth, and the SSD firmware is anticipated to be launched afterwards.

Via Nikon Rumors

Good Deals and New Sales

There are some good lens offers this week, and we’ve picked out the perfect ones for you under! Most of the offers are greatest on the Sony variations of the lenses, however Nikon and Canon additionally bought a couple of reductions:

• Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.0 (was $1900, now $1500)
• Voigtlander Norton 40mm f/1.2 (was $1100, now $800)
• Voigtlander Helier 15mm f/4.5 (was $800, now $550)
• Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 (was $1400, now $1300)
• Tamron 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 (was $1300, now $1100)
• Tamron 100-500mm f/5-6.7 (was $1400, now $1200)
• Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 III (was $1100, now $1000)
• Samyang AF 85mm f/1.4 FE II (was $700, now $510)
• Samyang AF 35mm f/1.4 FE (was $700, now $600)
• Tokina 100mm f/2.8 FE Macro (was $600, now $450)
• Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 III (was $900, now $800)
• Tamron 20mm f/2.8 1:2 (was $300, now $250)

Don’t have a Sony digital camera to make the most of these spectacular gross sales? Well, the favored Sony a7 IV can also be accessible at a a lot lowered worth at the moment – it’s usually $2700 but is $2200 today.

Other Pages of Interest

Do you take pleasure in Nikon’s Small World photograph contest annually? Then you might also be excited by their Small World in Motion 2025 competitors, which options some exceptional movies of the (very) small world. Take a take a look at the winners here for some inspiration – and proof that fascinating topics could be discovered wherever, even one thing like a colony of algae.

Earlier this week, the James Webb area telescope explored the most important star-forming cloud within the Milky Way galaxy. In addition to the scientific worth of those photographs, they’re merely lovely, showcasing one of the lively astronomical websites in our evening sky. Visit NASA’s website for some background information and to see the photographs.

Lastly, I used to be excited to study {that a} recently-discovered marsupial has been photographed in Ecuador’s cloud forest for the primary time, one in all my favourite locations on the planet. Little is thought about this species of mouse opossum, which was found first in 2018. But now you may see its huge eyes and cute snout in a photograph, bringing you face-to-face with a beforehand hidden species.

Photo Theme Challenge #122

Last week’s theme was movement, and you’ll see the outcomes on this thread. Thank you to everybody on your submissions! This week’s theme is forest, and you’ll submit your outcomes on this thread by Saturday, October 4, 2025!

Week #121 Results

Let’s try a number of the pictures we obtained for the “motion” theme, beginning with Mauro70’s photograph:

The wide-angle perspective and the tilted horizon add to the gannets fishing in motion!

EisenRa’s photograph:

A transferring subway, and its movement is accentuated by the shadowy determine within the background.

PRG Lagarde’s photograph:

This photograph has a type of anti-motion theme, with the world passing by so quick across the contemplative turtle.

Thanks everybody for submitting their photographs within the problem, and we hope to see extra subsequent week within the forest theme.