Monthly Archives: January 2011

Ricoh CX5 coming next month

Similar to last year, Ricoh will announce a new CX5 compact camera in February. The only change from the current CX4 model is that the Ricoh CX5 will have a HDMI slot, which means that the basic specs should remain the same: 920,000-dot, 3.0 in. LCD 10.7x optical zoom (28-300mm) 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor f/3.5-5.6 aperture 5fps

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All you need to know about the upcoming Sony HX9V camera

In addition to the specs and pictures of the upcoming Sony HX9V camera, this website seems to have a bunch of additional information on the camera. including some new images:

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Canon patents 16-35mm f/2-2.8 lens

Canon filed a patent in Japan for a new 16-35mm f/2-2.8 lens: The design is very similar to the current EF 16-35mm f/2.8L lens:

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Some Fuji x100 “insider information”

In the past few weeks the twitter feed of the The Fuji Guys has provided a lot of details on the Fuji x100 camera. Here is a compilation of their X100 related tweets (some of the information may already be publicly available): In the “Sleep” state, camera start-up time will be 0.7sec. Digital zoom of 3x [...]

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Is Sony the most innovative camera manufacturer today?

In a recent interview, Sony said that they can change the world of DSLRs and that they are still committed to full frame DSLR cameras: “When we announce a full-frame camera we want it to be a big step forward – another technological development might be needed so I say to people: Please stay tuned.” In another interview at [...]

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