Farm and construction equipment manufacturer Escorts Kubota Ltd plans to invest up to Rs 4,500 crore over the next three to four years to set up a new manufacturing plant, according to its whole-time director and CFO Bharat Madan. The company is currently in talks with the Rajasthan government for a site at Ghiloth, where … Read more
It’s evident that the Fujifilm X100VI is a popular camera and will be challenging to find in-stock for a while. However, the limited-edition version, restricted to just 1,934 units worldwide to mark Fujifilm’s founding 90 years ago in 1934, takes that exclusivity up a notch and one person is listing a confirmed order for the … Read more
BEIJING: In a surprise development, a top Chinese military general has cast aspersions on the PLA‘s much-publicised ‘real combat-oriented exercises‘ as ‘fake combat capabilities‘ at a time when Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered it to prepare for “maritime military struggles” to win wars. The remarks by General He Weidong, the second-ranked vice-chairman of China’s … Read more
ANKARA: Turkey’s Kizilay (Red Crescent) is sending its biggest aid shipment yet to Gaza via Egypt, with a ship carrying some 3,000 tons of food, medicine and equipment leaving for the Egyptian port of Al-Arish on Thursday.Turkey, which has harshly criticised Israel for its military offensive in Gaza and backed measures to have it tried … Read more
American company Turing has announced the world’s first digiscoping iPhone adapter with MagSafe, enabling users to line up their iPhone camera, including the main or telephoto cameras, with a telescope or spotting scope. It’s an accessible and affordable way to experience astrophotography at home. Looking through a telescope with the naked eye is great, but … Read more
The CP+2024 show is slated to start later this week in Yokohama, Japan, and Cosina has announced the Voigtlander lenses it will showcase at the event. As spotted by Asobi Net, Cosina is bringing its Voigtlander Nokton 75mm f/1.5 mid-telephoto prime lens to Yokohama to three new mounts: Canon RF, Nikon Z, and Sony FE. … Read more
Phase One will finally make its medium format travel camera, the XC, available as body-only for those who might already own an IQ4 digital back. The Phase One XC was announced last June and was billed as a travel-friendly, all-in-one medium-format system that also happened to be the company’s most compact digitally integrated camera ever. … Read more
Last November, Viltrox released an autofocus-equipped 20mm f/2.8 lens for Sony E-mount. Today, the company announced it is also bringing the lens to Nikon Z-mount. When it was initially announced, the full-frame lens was best compared to the Sony 24mm f/2.8 G which not only carries a similar focal length, but is also relatively small … Read more
Quietly announced in Japan back in December, the lightly upgraded Panasonic Lumix G100D is coming to the United States with an estimated arrival of January 31. When the Japanese model was announced in December, PetaPixel confirmed with Panasonic USA that the upgraded G100D would be coming to the United States, it just wasn’t clear exactly … Read more
Aleksandr Gordiychuk is hopping around the world, earning a living by repairing old and broken cameras. Ukrainian and Russian Roots Poses Many Challenges, Personal and Professional Alike Born in Ukraine to Ukrainian parents who now live in Russia, Gordiychuk has since left Russia and can no longer return to Ukraine. He must be paid for … Read more