The third interview we had the chance to hold was with Zeiss product manager, and designer of the two Loxia and ZM lens for Leica, Christophe Casenave. It was extremely interesting to hear him speak about the various lenses Zeiss has designed for the Sony E-mount and Fuji X mount so far. Happily, he also let us […]
Photokina 2014
Photokina 2014: Hands-On with the new Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro and more
Update: check out our first impressions article with lots of images and video samples! One of the most interesting aspects of this edition of Photokina is that most mirrorless systems are expanding their high-end products to satisfy professional photographers, and something they almost all have in common has been the decision to release a professional telephoto […]
Photokina 2014: Interview with Olympus Europe: selfies, OM-D, lenses, pro support and video
The second interview we held at Photokina was with four Olympus managers, three of whom we’d had the pleasure of meeting a year ago at Castle Leslie: Toshiyuki Terada (Deputy General Manager), Jörn Fandrey (Department Manager, Marketing Communications), Michael Guthmann (Product Manager), and Martina Beckmann (Group Leader Public Relations and Events / Consumer Products Division). We touched upon a variety of topics […]
Photokina 2014: Hands-On with the XF 50-140mm f/2.8, XF 56mm f/1.2 APD and more
Fujifilm is taking an important step with the new lenses it recently announced, and with the lenses that will come in 2015. We are not talking about small and compact lenses but professional lenses with a complex design that can give you the best image quality while keeping size and weight as low as possible. I […]
Photokina 2014: An interview with Sony Japan – Mirrorless innovation, new lenses, and more!
No sooner had we landed in Cologne and dropped our bags at the hotel did we rush off to the Sony booth at Photokina to hold the first of many interviews we have lined up for the week. Sony had arranged for us to meet three Sony managers from Japan, Yasuyuki Nagata, Yosuke Aoki and Yoshiyuki […]