Monthly Archives: January 2010

Pentax Optio H90 and Optio L10 cameras

An update on the last Pentax rumors: those images were briefly displayed on a retailer website today and then were quickly removed but thanks to Google cache, I was able to retrieve them – here are the Pentax Optio L10 and Pentax Optio H90 looking good: There was a third template for another Pentax camera [...]

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Pentax will announce new Optio cameras next week

On Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Pentax will announce new set of Optio point and shoot cameras (the exact date may be +/- 1 day depending on your geo location). Three or four new cameras are expected. No m4/3 or EVIL models. I do not have any details at that point, but I was told that [...]

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What will Fuji do?

There were several reports on Fuji joining the m4/3 gang at PMA 2010 (see here and here). At that point I still do not have any confirmation on those rumors, but I am sure Fuji will announce new digital (and maybe film) cameras in the next 2-3 weeks. Expect the emphasis to be on their EXR [...]

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Crazy rumor: freeze your camera to get better high ISO

Read the whole story @ ThePhoblographer. Btw, the camera used in the experiment was a Sony A350. Frozen Canon Eos 1D Mark IV, originally uploaded by Magnus Fröderberg. Want to see a frozen Nikon D90 camera?

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Hasselblad update

Few weeks ago Hasselblad started a mysterious counter and now they added some more teasers on their website: Clearly this will not be about new equipment. My guess is something like an online social media service for photographer/clients or maybe a joint venture with some of the big social networking sites. What say you? The countdown is [...]

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New Ricoh GXR “slide-in” piece: is it real?

Update: here is another photoshopped solution for Leica M lenses on Ricoh GXR. This picture of a new “slide-in” lens piece for the Ricoh GXR was on the front cover of a Japanese magazine – if anyone owns a copy, I would like to know more about the content inside:

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