Monthly Archives: July 2009

Fuji F70 EXR point and shoot camera leaks out, nobody cares

Fuji F70 EXR: a new half-inch sensor, 10 megapixel, 27 – 270mm lens. I guess the good news is that sensor size in p&s is to growing. another picture after the break:

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Sony a500, a550, a850 DSLR cameras leaked on Sony website

Go to Sony Style US website and attempt to register a new product (you need to be a registered user) – type DLSR and a drop down menu will appear: The three new cameras listed are: Sony a500, Sony a550 and Sony a850. A similar leak came from Sony Style Canada few months ago, but […]

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Panasonic LX4 and DMC-GL1 rumors

The translatiojn from Japanese is difficult to understand. I think it says that Panasonic will release LX4 with 1/1.3 inch backside illuminated sensor and integrated Summicron f2.0 lens and Panasonic DMC-GL1 with a LUMIX G 20mm F1.7 (pancake / 55,000 yen) lens:

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Tamron 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF AF lens discontinued

Both Nikon and Canon versions of the Tamron 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF AF lens are now discontinued (confirmed by retailers). No word yet if a new model will be released.

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Panasonic announcement next week?

I read somewhere that Panasonic always have a new camera announcement around July 20th. I decided to investigate this further and here are the results – yes, Panasonic has been doing this since 2004: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ3, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX2 & DMC-FX7, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC80, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ15: 21 July 2004 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1: July 20, […]

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New products and rumors from Samsung

Today Samsung released two point and shoot cameras and a camcorder but still no word on the expected GX30 or NX10. The rumors continue to fly about a “more serious” release coming soon: Samsung NX10 specs: Samsung NX10 will be available on the market on September or October The price of 2-lens kit with body is USD […]

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Canon 60D rumor

This is a list of possibilities for the possible upcoming Canon 60D DSLR: Canon is not happy with the sales of the Canon 50D Canon 60D will ship with a new 12.1 MP APS-H sensor with a size between full frame and APS-C sensor (1.3x crop factor) Canon 60D will have the 1D’s autofocus system Build quality similar to the […]

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More Sony DSLR rumors

I received this email in reference to the Two full frame Sony DSLRs this summer post, it’s an interesting read: “The table with the future release of 10 Sony DSLR’s is correct. The 200-350 were just interim models. People thought that A200 was A100 replacement. It was not. The 500 series will be. 230-380 are just […]

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