Monthly Archives: April 2010

Interesting Patents from Sony and Panasonic

Patent Application 20100091128 from Sony is for an imager with optical instead of electrical signal out. From the summary: “A solid-state imager includes a pixel unit for converting incident light into an electrical signal, a substrate bearing the pixel unit formed thereon, an analog-to-digital converter, formed on the substrate, for converting a signal read from the pixel unit into a digital signal, an optical communication unit, arranged on [...]

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Sony EVIL NEX3 – the first pictures

Sony is expected to announce two EVIL models on May 11th: NEX3 and NEX5. Both will have a new 14 MP Sony Exmor HD sensor. The NEX5 model will have faster fps and 1080p video, the NEX3 will have 720p video. As you can see from the picture and from previous reports, the lens is [...]

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New product videos from NAB 2010

The first one is about the new Zeiss cinema zoom lens for DSLR cameras – the rep said that this lens is “giving future indication of where Zeiss is heading to”: Zeiss cinema zoom – planet5D tries it on 5D2 from planetMitch on Vimeo. The second video is an introduction to the Panasonic AG-AF100 4/3 camcorder: Panasonic AG-AF100 [...]

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Sony EVIL camera to be cheaper than the Olympus E-PL1

Sony is expected to announce their EVIL camera on May 11, 2010. The latest rumors indicate that one of the upcoming Sony EVIL cameras will be priced lower than the Olympusw E-PL1 and 3 different lenses will be available at the launch: 16mm F2.8 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 18-200mm telephoto All lenses will be made of Chromium [...]

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Think Tank Photo giveaway

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