Monthly Archives: September 2009

Sony CCD SuperHAD II sensor

By PR admin | Published: September 13, 2009

This is another anonymous picture I received for the Sony CCD SuperHAD II sensor: and this is the cryptic text that came with it: Series ICX (66X?) the blue band confirms it. 20 connection pins 43.3 Diagonal Width (36x24mm 3:2) T 2.7? is very like to ICX413 of 6MPx Sony CCD…

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New Sony full frame sensor CCD SuperHAD II with 34.8MP

By PR admin | Published: September 13, 2009

I received the following anonymous tip about the new full frame (35mm) CCD SuperHAD II sensor with 34.8 mega pixels. It is expected to come out the next year in a high resolution studio Alpha camera. This camera is expected to be the same level as the Leica S2 (but much cheaper I guess). No anti-aliasing filter, electronic […]

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Ritz Camera no longer does business with Sigma (rumor)

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2009

This could be based on the rumor that Nikon injected an undisclosed amount of money in Ritz Camera in order to bring it back to life. Maybe this is now Nikon’s payday – they will not carry Sigma lenses any longer. I did a search on Ritz website for Sigma: Via Nikon Rumors Forum

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“Canon will make one of its largest and most important launches in the company’s history”

By PR admin | Published: September 10, 2009

What is Canon planing to announce on 09.29.09? I guess 09.09.09 is over, but 09.29.09 is also a good date to announce a new product. Canon also thinks so with this new teaser: Translation: “During this fall, Canon will make one of its largest and most important launches in the company’s history and we hope you […]

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Diagram of new AF system from Sony

By PR admin | Published: September 10, 2009

Rumor: this new AF system from Sony will be part of the new Alpha 7xx series. Here is what my source was able to recollect: 9 square AF marks all simple cross central double cross (like A 700 and A 900) 10 linear (not selectable or visible) AF assistant all sensors f/4 (yes, no f/5.6) […]

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Some RED updates/rumors

By PR admin | Published: September 10, 2009

RED 6×17 camera rumors: I received some information that the Red 617 sensor is currently being tested and there is a working prototype. It is just not capturing at full frame rate for video as of now. FYI, the RED 617 Mysterium Monstro sensor has 261,352,000 pixels, while both human eyes have 252 million rods […]

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Samsung NX will have lens based optical stabilisation

By PR admin | Published: September 8, 2009

Via Amateurphotographer

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