Monthly Archives: May 2009

Olympus E-520 DSLR kit with 14-42mm Lens discontinued

By PR admin | Published: May 17, 2009

According to B&H: “This item has been discontinued and is no longer available.”

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Another Pentax K-7 pictures compilation

By PR admin | Published: May 17, 2009

There are some new, unpublished before pictures:

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Pentax K-7 @ Cannes

By PR admin | Published: May 17, 2009

Update: we got punk’d – this video is fake (thanks Brian). Here is the link to the video – can someone translate?

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Sony official announcement: three new DSLRs, four lenses, one flash

By PR admin | Published: May 16, 2009

Another set of Sony rumors turn to reality plus some lenses and a new flash. The surprise? SD/SDHC media support… (a reader did send me this rumor and I did not believe it – sorry, I will know better next time): SONY INTRODUCES THREE MAINSTREAM ALPHA CAMERAS DESIGNED FOR FIRST-TIME DIGITAL SLR BUYERS SAN DIEGO, May […]

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Pentax and Olympus rebates

By PR admin | Published: May 16, 2009

Rebates sometimes provide a hint of upcoming products. Olympus rebates (download it here): $150 for the ED 50-200 SWD lens $75 for the ED 70-300 Zoom lens and another set of rebates from Pentax: Pentax Optio P70: $20.00 rebate Pentax Optio E70: $20.00 rebate Pentax K2000: $50.00 rebate BTW Pentax just came out with a new […]

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Pentax K-7: 100% waterproof, video AF?

By PR admin | Published: May 16, 2009

Those supposedly are the statements from a photographer who claimed to have handled a real Pentax K-7. I think some of those are more science fiction than reality: The camera would not output live video feed through the HDMI port. K-7 is “real” waterproof – you can drop it entirely in water with no problem. K-7 material […]

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Pentax K-7 with electronic viewfinder?

By PR admin | Published: May 16, 2009

Yvon Bourque (who probably has seen the Pentax K-7 and will be releasing a book soon) writes on his blog “Other DSLRs will have to play catch-up”. The only viable rumor for this catch-up is an electronic viewfinder with the possibility of showing simultaneously information about other functions, such as live histogram or even live view and video with the […]

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Pentax K-7 mystery button

By PR admin | Published: May 16, 2009

What is this button for?

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