Monthly Archives: November 2009

Ricoh’s mirrorless, interchangeable lenses camera – coming up on November 10th?

This rumor is brought to you by Fotosidan (Google translation) – the translation as aways is sketchy, but it seems that Ricoh has sent out event invitations for this Tuesday, November 10th: “… a unique new compact camera in the premium class. Ricoh is a long time in development the forefront of compact cameras with very […]

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Sony rumors

The first one is not a rumor but rather an update: Sony A550 DSLR officially went on sale yesterday (it was initially delayed). A dpreview member did some investigation of the Sony RAW files EXIF data which contains codes for the different camera models. The sequencing of the numbers suggests that Sony may be working on […]

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Olympus E-P2: last words

A lot of negative feedback on the Olympus E-P2 release for what I could see on the Internets. Here are the latest updates: Olympus E-P2 (14-42mm lens) is now available for pre-order for $1,099.99. There is also a E-P2 set with the 17mm f/2.8 lens for the same price. Zuiko Digital Interchangeable Lens Roadmap: 2010: 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 […]

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Olympus E-P2!

Update: BJP got the specs out: 12 Megapixels 3fps stereo sound AF tracking 1.44 million dot electronic viewfinder with 100% field of view 8 Art Filters (two more than the E-P1 ….. Diorama Filter and Cross Process) i-Enhance function (color boost) Price around 950 Euro Availability in January And the lenses (as mentioned earlier): Zuiko Digital […]

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Olympus E-P2 teaser

Translation: “only one more day” – this ad is currently running on a Swiss photo-related site.

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Olympus E-P2 to be announced tonight, after midnight?

Update: This tweet is from BJP: Let me translate it for you: I think they wanted to say that the article about the new Olympus E-P2 will be published online at 1 am EST/6 am GMT tomorrow, November 5th, 2009.

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JVC to buy Pentax, Hoya denies it

The rumor is that JVC-Kenwood Holdings is in talks to buy Pentax (source – Google translation). Hoya (the parent company of Pentax) quickly denied that report (source). It is not a secret that Hoya has been trying to do something with Pentax, based on previous history of comments from C-level executives (see here and here). HOYA […]

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