Monthly Archives: August 2011

43 Fuji X100 reviews

Fuji X100 is currently in stock at Amazon, which is a rare occurrence since the camera is still hard to find. If you are not sure if the X100 is for you, here are 43 different reviews that should help you make up your mind:

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Samsung NX200 to be announced during the first week of September

  Samsung reportedly leaked on their own blog the planned announcement of the new NX200 mirrorless camera during the IFA show in Berlin (September 2-7, 2011):

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Panasonic Lumix X 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 and 45-175mm f/4.0-5.6 lenses announced

                 Today Panasonic announced the Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH Power O.I.S ($399.99) and  Lumix G X Vario PZ 45-175mm f/4.0-5.6 ASPH POWER O.I.S. ($399.99) lenses. In addition Panasonic revealed a new superzoom DMC-FZ150 with a 12MP CMOS sensor and a new compact FX90 camera with Wi-Fi capabilities.

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New image compression format: JPEGmini

Megapixel has an interesting article on a new image compression format called JPEGmini that is compatible with the existing JPEG and allows the file size to be up to five times smaller without any visible loss of image quality. You can try JPEGmini for yourself by uploading your own photo on their website.

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Fujifilm Finepix X50 camera is indeed listed in the Promaster catalog

I was wrong. After my Fuji X10/X50 post yesterday, a reader (thanks Steve) posted a link to the somethingawful forum that contained a picture of the new Fuji X50 camera from the Promaster catalog, which existence I previously denied . The catalog must be out for few weeks now – the first time I asked about it on Twitter was [...]

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Adobe cloud?

Adobe may come out with some kind of a cloud solution for photographers that will allow synced access to their entire photo library on various devices (phone/tablet/computer): “No matter which device is in your hand, you see your entire photo library. So those hundreds of photos you took while touring through Italy with your smartphone [...]

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