Monthly Archives: September 2009

OLED/AMOLED screens coming to a camera near you

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2009

The rumored Samsung NX3 camera will not be be the first camera with an AMOLED display (there is no substantial difference between OLED & AMOLED – Active Matrix is just a way of controlling individual pixels). OLED screens are already available on several models (as production costs are dropping): Nikon just released a p&s camera with a touchscreen […]

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Samyang to continue releasing new, fast lenses

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2009

Samyang is going to announce several new lenses in Q1 2010: two version of 35 mm for FF with max aperture f/1.4 for Nikon, Pentax, Sony and maybe Olympus 4/3. The second version with max aperture of f/1.2 will be only for Canon. Canon bayonet has a bigger diameter which will make this possible. It is […]

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Just for fun (Sony Alpha 1000 fakery)

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2009

Full sensor camcorder from Sony: Alpha 1000 coming in 2011. Yes it is fake, but something to think about. Source

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Sony Alpha A1R

By PR admin | Published: September 20, 2009

I don’t know the credibility of this rumor (the whole pdf file can be downloaded here – why is the image not available?):

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Falcon 14 mm f/2.8 ED Asph IF sample shots

By PR admin | Published: September 19, 2009

This is the same lens ad the just announced Samyang 14mm f2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical lens. Here are the sample shots.

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Interview with Sony’s CMOS Exmor R sensor developers

By PR admin | Published: September 18, 2009

Update: hit the comments section for a better translation. This is the Google translation of the interview. The interesting part: Q: As many users are interested, I would have to be equipped with a digital SLR camera. 2 the idea of sensitivity so you can take pictures which is twice less noise, I would simply think, […]

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The next camera from Pentax will be…

By PR admin | Published: September 18, 2009

…the Pentax 645D: This is according to Pentax’s President of US Operations Ned Bunnell. Expected release date: early 2010. I guess the Pentax K2Ds rumor is now busted. Source

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Olympus event on October 31, 2009 (part 2)

By PR admin | Published: September 18, 2009

This is the actual image sent out from Olympus (according to my source) for the October 31, 2009 event I mentioned yesterday: What is the black leather remind you of? I say Olympus EP-2 at the end of October.

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