Daily Archives: April 2, 2013

Fujifilm price increase on photographic film coming to the US on July 1st

By PR admin | Published: April 2, 2013

Fujifilm North America officially announced that the previously reported 20% worldwide price increase on photographic film will take effect in the US on July 1st, 2013:

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Pentax K-30 now available in 15 new colors and finishes

By PR admin | Published: April 2, 2013

Pentax Ricoh Imaging Americas corporation announced 15 new colors and finishes for their K-30 DSLR camera:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: April 2, 2013

The world’s smallest night vision camera. New Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon full frame primes cinema lenses launched. Leica to increase the prices on several M, S lenses and accessories. Zeiss publish another article on how they designed their new 1.4/55 high-end SLR lens. New Kickstarter project for a Travelwide ultralight low-cost 4×5 film camera:

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The latest patents from Sony, Canon, Olympus and Konica Minolta

By PR admin | Published: April 2, 2013

Sony filed a patent 2013-54164 for 16-135mm f/3.5-5.6 and 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 APS-C lenses. Sony also patented (2013-50630) a half mirror that will not “black out” during exposure. Canon filed a patent (2013-57802) for a 50mm f/1.4 lens. The patent contains also calculations for a 50mm f/1.2 lens.

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