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Tokina’s lightweight 300mm tele ships soon, includes free donuts

One of the main advantages of mirrorless camera designs such as those pioneered with Olympus and Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds format is that they allow more compact bodies and lenses than would be the case with a standard SLR camera. There's only so much that can be done, though, and longer lenses can be fairly bulky even for mirrorless models.

The Tokina Reflex 300mm F6.3 MF MACRO lens on an Olympus camera body. Image provided by Kenko Tokina Corp.At the CP+ show last February,...

Tamron, Kenko Tokina sign up for Micro Four Thirds

The Micro Four Thirds system logo. Click here to visit the Micro Four Thirds website!A little over three years ago, Olympus and Panasonic announced their Micro Four Thirds standard, and in the process launched what's since become a compact system camera revolution. Today their standard received another shot in the arm, with the addition of three more companies to the Micro Four Thirds group.

The new arrivals include well-known third-party optics manufacturers...