Monthly Archives: July 2010

Tamron to announce the price of the SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD lens on July 29th

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2010

Update: the price in Europe seems to be € 449,00. Tamron will announce the price of the new Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD lens on July 29th, 2010 (+/- 1 day depending on your location). This lens was released back in March, 2010 (see full press release). The Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di [...]

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Interesting links from the past week

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2010

What you may have missed  this week: Digital Holga prototype. Why not? Did you notice this? The uneventful announcement of the Fujifilm FinePix F300EXR point and shoot camera brought us a new Hybrid Auto Focus System – first in the world: “Enhanced with built-in phase detection pixels, Super CCD EXR is the first sensor in the [...]

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Pansonic HDC-SDT750 3D camcorder leaks out

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2010

As previously reported the 3D effect is achieved by a 3D adapter that attaches to the front lens: “World’s first 3D shooting camcorder” 1080p AVCHD at 60fps proprietary Hybrid O.I.S. The leak came from Panasonic’s own website again: Via Engadget

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Canon “small SLR” update

By PR admin | Published: July 24, 2010

An update to the previous news from Reuters that Canon is working on a “smaller version of its upmarket single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras”. This is the statement Masaya Maeda (head of the Image Communication Products division) made to Reuters on this topic: “It’s not a question of whether or not you have a mirror. There is a consumer need [...]

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Testing white background on PhotoRumors.com (please vote)

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2010

This is a “sticky post” – I will leave it on top for few days to gather some feedback. Scroll down for the latest PhotoRumors updates. There is a poll embedded in this post – please vote: I will be testing white background on PhotoRumors this weekend. I still have to make some small adjustments. I would [...]

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Panasonic 3D camcorder

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2010

The 3D camcorder from Panasonic that is expected to be announced next week was already introduced in few countries behind closed doors. The 3D part of the solution will involve some kind of adapter that will attach to front of the lens. Still not sure if this adapter will be compatible with older/existing models or [...]

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