Monthly Archives: July 2011

Samsung NX200 first impressions

First impressions of the upcoming Samsung NX200 camere were published online today on a Russian forum: “Focusing is really very nimble (not inferior Panasonic G3). NX200 looks stylish and professional, much smaller, more comfortable grip, but too small for my hand. Traditionally, high-quality screen. By design, like most of all Samsung cameras (NX100 and NX200 – heaven [...]

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Lytro light field camera briefly appears in a promotional video

Lytro released a video of a fashion model photographed with their light field camera. The camera appearance is blurred throughout the video except at the 1:26 mark where you can see a pixelated glimpse of the camera and its size:   Based on this picture, the camera appears not to be bigger than a regular DSLR. The [...]

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Samsung: “We have the technology to develop a medium format cameras but we are not going to do that”

Megapixel published an interview with Sungrok Kim (Samsung’s regional product manager for Digital Imaging Middle East & North Africa) where he denied existing rumors that Samsung is pursuing plans to develop a medium format digital camera: Q: A few weeks ago an image appeared on Samsung’s website depicting what appears to be a camera with a large square sensor. What [...]

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Few new leaks from Sony (incl. A77 and A65 prices)

It seems that Sony is about to introduce a new CyberShot DSC-TX55 compact camera. The news is already (prematurely) up on DCView. The French magazine Réponses Photo (page 36) lists the prices of Sony a65 and a77 cameras: Sony a65 with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens: €1000 Sony a65 body only: €900 Sony a77 with 16-50mm f/2.8 lens: [...]

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Olympus electronic viewfinder VF-3 leaked again

Olympus America website leaked the already leaked electronic viewfinder VF-3:

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Sigma SD1 can do LiveView, full frame Foveon sensor in development?

At a recent event in Japan, Sigma representatives confirmed that the latest SD1 camera can do LiveView without a physical change to the camera: “We can add the feature, however the hard part is to ensure that the camera operate in a stable manner with that addition. However, this is a high priority for us and [...]

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