Monthly Archives: September 2009

Rumor: Ricoh is working on a compact camera based on Pentax’s K mount

Ricoh is working on a compact camera based on Pentax’s K mount. It’s not clear if they would use the exact K mount or the M 4/3 approach by keeping the mount diameter in-tact and reducing the distance so that older K mount lenses still can be used via an adapter and a new series of new […]

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Panasonic announced their Micro Four Thirds lens roadmap for 2010

Panasonic should release three new lenses in 2010: 100-300mm f/4-5.6 OIS, 8mm f/3.5 fisheye, and 14mm f2.8 prime lens.

Posted in Panasonic | 4 Comments

Sigma 70-300 OS lens

The rumored new Sigma 70-300 OS lens should be released this Friday.

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Panasonic GF1 released

Ok, you know the drill: pre-order option, press release: Panasonic DMC-GF1K-K 12.1mp M4/3 camera with 14-45mm Lens: $899.95 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 12.1mp M4/3 camera with LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 aspherical lens: $899.95 Panasonic GF1 product page Official press release after the break

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Panasonic GF1 ads showed up on dpreview

Dpreview just could not wait till tomorrow… See previous Panasonic GF1 rumors. PA, regards from the blog in Mongolia!

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Canon EOS 7D, three new Canon lenses, a Tamron lens, Samsung WB5000 announced

Usually my job is done once a product is officially announced. I will let other sites do the product review and commentary. Today, we remove from the rumor list the Canon EOS 7D, three new Canon lenses, the Samsung WB5000 and the Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 zoom lens (they all just got announced today). Pre-order options: […]

Posted in Canon, Samsung, Tamron | 9 Comments