Monthly Archives: August 2010

Canon announcements

By PR admin | Published: August 26, 2010

Today Canon announced the EOS 60D DSLR, six lenses and two extenders: Canon EF 500mm F/4L IS II USM Canon EF 600mm F/4L IS II USM Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM Canon Extender EF [...]

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Canon 60D

By PR admin | Published: August 25, 2010

Canon EOS 60D specifications 96% VF All 9AF points are crosstype 18 MP. 17.9 effective APS-C 100-6400 (Hi: 12800) 1/250 flash sync sdxc/hc h.264 1080 – 30/25/24 720 – 50/60 3″ Screen, 1MP 14 bit 11 min video 5.3FPS digic 4 9 AF points 63 zone (metering) D-spot via CanonRumors

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The first Voigtländer lens for MicroFourThirds: Nokton 25mm f/0.95

By PR admin | Published: August 25, 2010

Voigtländer announced the first lens for MicroFourThirds – the new Nokton 25mm f/0.95 priced at $1,199.00: The lens is manual focus only and is expected to hit the stores in October/November. Cosina (Voigtländer) officially joins Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group.

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Sony Alpha33, Alpha55, Alpha 560 and Alpha580 announced

By PR admin | Published: August 24, 2010

Sony Alpha33, Alpha55, Alpha 560 and Alpha580 are now official. See the detailed coverage at: Details specs, price, pictures and availability New: Hands-on with the A55, A560 and the Zeiss 24mm f/2 ZA SSM The pellicle mirror explained Sony A55 review Sony A55 preview field report Update: B&H are now taking pre-orders for the new Alpha 33, [...]

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Canon likes megapixels…

By PR admin | Published: August 24, 2010

… and to prove it, they successfully developed the world’s first APS-H-size CMOS image sensor with a resolution of 120 megapixels, which is a new record in the MP war: Press release: TOKYO, August 24, 2010—Canon Inc. announced today that it has successfully developed an APS-H-size*1 CMOS image sensor that delivers an image resolution of approximately 120 [...]

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Carl Zeiss: “We will present new lenses and, for the first time, accessories at Photokina”

By PR admin | Published: August 24, 2010

Carl Zeiss is planning to release new lenses and accessories at Photokina. No further details were provided, but one of the lenses will probably be the already leaked Zeiss Distagon ZF 1.4/35 ZF.2. Carl Zeiss claims that this will be the first time they will be releasing ”accessories”. Full press release after the break:

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