Monthly Archives: March 2011

Sigma patents 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 lens for mirrorless APS-C camera

By PR admin | Published: March 31, 2011

Sigma filed a patent in Japan for a 18-50 f/3.5-5.6 lens for APS-C mirrorless camera. During the CP+ show in February, Sigma announced that they will start producing lenses for Micro Four Thirds and E-mount camera systems. They even showed a prototype of a 30mm f/2.8 lens for E-mount (Sony).

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Rumor: Olympus to introduce three new PEN cameras in 2011

By PR admin | Published: March 31, 2011

Photoradar reports that Olympus will announce three new PEN cameras this year: “Olympus plans to release a high-performance PEN camera with touchscreen technology – possibly the PEN Pro reported earlier this month – as well as a mid-range PEN camera with a tilt screen and a PEN camera with flash in the original PEN EP-1 design.” The first [...]

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Zeiss introduces Compact Prime CP.2 lenses with MFT and E mounts

By PR admin | Published: March 31, 2011

Carl Zeiss will present E and MFT mounts for their Compact Prime CP.2 lenses at the NAB Trade Show in Las Vegas from April 9-14, 2011. The Compact Prime CP.2 lens series for PL-, EF-, F-mount, Micro 4/3 and A-mounts were already announced during Photokina.

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Sony a33 listed as discontinued in Japan

By PR admin | Published: March 31, 2011
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Sony a33 camera is listed as discontinued on Sony’s website in Japan. The camera was announced back in August 2010. It seems that the latest Sony cameras have a life cycle of less than 12 months. The Sony NEX 3 mirrorless camera was also listed as discontinued back in February, 2011 (announced in May, 2010). Via [...]

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GE wants a piece of the interchangeable lens camera market

By PR admin | Published: March 31, 2011

I would never think that I will report a rumor on General Electric, but here we go: “A spokesperson from its distributor in Singapore told CNET Asia that GE is looking to introduce its first Micro Four Thirds-like camera before the end of 2011.” GE currently has several different point and shoot cameras. I would be [...]

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