What you see here is the Handevision 40mm f/0.85 X-mount lens which is now in Stock for the first time in [shoplink 24970 ebay]Germany on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Handevision also announced that worldwide shipment will start soon and added some image sample son their website: handevision.de/en/impressions/.

Ok, it’s fast and image samples look decent too…but 1799 Euro? Who will buy it?

via MirrorlessRumors.

Adobe just released Camera Raw 8.5 release candidate with support for the TCL-X100 and it also fixes a bug for the X-T1 (click here).

“Fixed issue with Fujifilm X-T1 raw images appearing too bright at high ISO settings when using Dynamic Range 200% and 400%. Unfortunately, this fix may affect the appearance of existing images captured with this combination of settings. It is recommended that you (1) purge the Camera Raw cache via the Camera Raw Preferences dialog, and (2) review images shot at ISO settings higher than 1600 for unexpected brightness changes.”

With the super-hot Zeiss deal running in USA ($800 off at BHphoto and Adorama), there are many FR-readers asking if it’s worth to purchse the 2.8/12 and 1.8/32 lens, if you compare them to the 35 and 14

I therefore thought that it’s high time to remind you of a great Xpert-corner article of X-guru Rico. He compared the Zeiss with the Fujinon lenses, and wrote an excellent article here: http://www.fujirumors.com/zeiss-touit-vs-fujinon-xf/

I take advantage of the opportunity to remind you that Rico’s amazing X-E2 book is already out in German language. It’s available at dpunkt here. I’ll keep you posted once the English version is out.

the German version of Rico’s book

[UDPATE: the lens is out of stock again]

It’s the underdog (but with great customer service) Pictureline that has the first 50mm Zeiss Touit 1:1 Macro lens in stock. Grab it here at pictureline!

X-shooters can also snatch the 2.8/12 and 1.8/32 Zeiss Touit lenses with at $800 discount at BHphoto here and at Adorama here.

Today Andrew Warren Wilson contacted me on my facebook page and said: “Hey Patrick, I recently acquired a 56mm and have done a few commercial shoots as of late. It’s a phenomenal lens. Probably the sharpest I’ve ever owned. The sharpness at 1.2 is stellar. This goes for any opening (that I tried)! The Bokeh is dreamy. I can’t get enough of its build and clarity and sharpness. My only grip is blemishes. I have to do a ton of post processing to clean up the detail that this lens picks up. Included are a few images. Feel free to include a link to my site for more examples! (the site does include some NSFW images)”

The XF56mm f/1.2 is very hard to find in stock at the moment. But BestBuy has a limited number available here.