Monthly Archives: May 2011

New Mirrorless Lenses iPhone app

By PR admin | Published: May 26, 2011

I often get confused with all the new mirrorless lenses. If you are like me, the new Mirrorless Lenses iPhone app will help you find all currently available mirrorless lenses and provide you with some the basic specs. The app is available for free on iTunes: The Mirrorless Lenses app allows you to browse the full range [...]

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Olympus losing market share, Sony reports worst loss in 16 years

By PR admin | Published: May 26, 2011

Photoscala has crunched the latest financial results from Olympus and they don’t look that good. Net sales are down 4.1%, net income dropped 84.5% compared to 2010. Here are the details for the imaging division: Fiscal year Market volume (In millions) Olympus camera sales (In millions) Olympus Market Share 05/06 67,2 8,4 12.5% 06/07 81,5 9,6 11.8% 07/08 [...]

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Pentax NC-1 mirrorless camera kit will be priced around $600

By PR admin | Published: May 26, 2011
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I received some information on the US pricing of the upcoming Pentax NC-1 mirrorless camera – the kit with one lens will have a MSRP in the $600 range. More lenses are expected to be released later in the year. Pentax already showed a teaser for their new mirrorless camera at a recent trade show in [...]

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Ricoh patents various unconventional GXR units

By PR admin | Published: May 26, 2011

Ricoh GXR system is rather unique since it uses a swappable cartridges that encapsulate the lens and the sensor in one piece. The last GRX product announced was a cartridge with a Leica M mount. A Micro Four Thirds GXR unit was also rumored last year. Ricoh filed a new patent in Japan for several interesting [...]

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Sigma SD1 DSLR now available for pre-order

By PR admin | Published: May 25, 2011
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Adorama is the first major US store that just started taking pre-orders for the Sigma SD1 camera at $6,899: Who is ordering one?

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