Monthly Archives: March 2010

Olympus is working on a m4/3 camera with built-in EVF

This is a recap of an interview with Olympus published in the Spanish DSLRmagazine: Olympus is working on a m4/3 camera with built-in EVF. Quote: “the technology is already here…” The answer to whether the E-5 will come at Photokina “Not only possible, but highly possible.” Three more MicroFourThirds lenses are expected to be released in the 12 [...]

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Samsung working on a full frame camera

The rumor mill has sloweed down significantly after PMA 2010. Many companies are preparing to release their best products before Photokina in September. I did however received a rumor from oversee that Samsung is working on a full frame camera. No further details were given, but the announcement could happened at Photokina this year. Since [...]

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Olympus working on E-3 replacement, promises more 4/3 cameras (mirror and mirrorless)

In an interview with AP, Olympus confirmed for the second time that they are not going to stop producing DSLR cameras (see previous post). They also confirmed that they are working on an E-3 replacement but did not specify any further details.

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The latest Panasonic patents

Panasonic patent for what appears to be a GH2 model with a metal body: “The main claim of this patent is the ‘heat radiators and heat conductors’ inside a ‘metal body’ which remove heat from around the image processing unit and the CMOS sensor itself. The CMOS image sensor 110 is able to acquire high-resolution [...]

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Ricoh GXR prototypes shown in Japan

DC Watch has multiple pictures of different Ricoh GXR prototypes shown on the CP+ Camera and Imaging Show 2010 in Japan. One of them is the previously rumored 28-300mm GXR cartridge: On display was also a Ricoh GXR A12 28mm f/2.5 cartridge and Ricoh GXR Leica mount cartridge: as well as Ricoh GXR Hasselblad cartridge:

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