Monthly Archives: August 2009

It’s a Canon night (Canon G11)

By PR admin | Published: August 18, 2009

Tomorrow is the scheduled Canon announcement for the G11: Rumored specs: Effective: 10.4MP, Recorded: 10.0MP 1/1.7″ CCD RAW, JPEG, QuickTime Image Stabilization 6.1-30.5mm f/2.8-4.5 (35mm film equivalent: 28-140mm) Optical: 5x, Digital: 5x Normal: 1.6′ (50cm) – infinity<br> Macro: 0.4″ (1cm) – 1.6′ (50cm) Integrated Mount for the LA-DC58K Lens Adapter ISO 80-3200 Evaluative, Center Weighted, Spot Auto, […]

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Hoya (Pentax) looking for digital camera alliance

By PR admin | Published: August 18, 2009

In an interview with Reuters Hoya’s CEO Hiroshi Suzuki said: “I’m afraid it will need some sort of alliance with another company in the long term.” Hoya owns Pentax, so indirectly this will be an alliance for Pentax. There is a whole discussion on this topic @ pentaxforums.com.

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Samsung to get Wi-Fi hotspots for wireless cameras

By PR admin | Published: August 18, 2009

After the announcement of the ST1000, Samsung is trying to find a good use of the camera’s built-in Wi-Fi: “Samsung has confirmed to Pocket-lint that it hopes to sign up Wi-Fi operators in the next 12 months to allow users of its wireless cameras access to public hotspots around the globe.” Good idea, when will […]

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Change of plans: Samsung NX to be released in yearly 2010

By PR admin | Published: August 17, 2009

The Samsung NX will be released at the beginning of 2010 and not in the last quarter of 2009 as previously expected.

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Confusion: another store is getting ready to sell Sony a800

By PR admin | Published: August 15, 2009

An online store (link is now broken) in Andora has listed the Sony α800 on their website: Specs: 15.2MP CMOS Exmor R sensor CF/memory stick ISO 100-12,800 6.5 fps Integrated Wi-Fi

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Sony α850 DSLR picture leaked + new Sony 28-75 f/2.8 lens

By PR admin | Published: August 14, 2009

Update: after some more digging I found also the lens kit picture (price EUR 2699). Is this a new Sony lens? If you remember this was one of the missing Sony lenses. This Sony α850 DSLR picture is from an European online store (I will not publish the store name with the hope to get […]

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Zeiss rumors (Canon mount lenses)

By PR admin | Published: August 14, 2009

Zeiss ZE 18mm f/3.5 is expected (Canon mount) by the end of the year (this lens is already available with a Nikon mount): Zeiss Makro-Planar ZE 100mm f/2 coming to Canon this Fall according to a forum posting reported by ZR (this lens is also already available with a Nikon mount):

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Canon EOS 7D model number spotted in Best Buy

By PR admin | Published: August 13, 2009

It seems that the expected Canon EOS 7D and some new PowerShots (Canon Powershot SX-A and SX-B) made a guest appearance in Best Buy – check CanonRunors for the whole story.

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