Monthly Archives: January 2010

Panasonic Lumix G countdown is back

By PR admin | Published: January 20, 2010

The previously reported countdown for the new Panasonic Lumix G microsite is back: The event will be on January 31, 2010 (Sunday?): New Panasonic cameras are expected to be announced, during, before or right after this event.

Posted in Panasonic| 1 Comment

Sony DSC-TX5 waterproof point-and-shoot camera leaked

By PR admin | Published: January 20, 2010

The Sony DSC-TX5 is expected to have touchscreen LCD and Exmor CMOS sensor and will be released for PMA 2010. Several pictures leaked but then were removed: Those are the specs I got from a PhotoRumors reader – apparently they are already presented to retailers: Full 1920×1080 60i AVCHD at either 17mbps or 9mbps, your choice. MP4 at […]

Posted in Sony| 5 Comments

New Panasonic cameras to be announced for PMA

By PR admin | Published: January 20, 2010

Panasonic will introduced at least two new cameras for PMA. One of them will be a new G model (hinted already last week) and the second one could be the long awaited LX4 (replacement of the very popular Panasonic LX3). There were a lot of previous Panasonic LX4 rumors, but my sources from Asia can […]

Posted in Panasonic| Tagged | 7 Comments

Samsung NX10 updates

By PR admin | Published: January 20, 2010

Samsung NX10 release will be delayed till March, 2010 (source): “Samsung UK spokesman last night said that bosses at the Korean firm were not happy with the image quality and needed more time to address this issue before launch.” Same article has few other interesting bits of information: NX10 is only the first model and a higher […]

Posted in Samsung| Tagged | 1 Comment

Olympus to release new cameras in February

By PR admin | Published: January 20, 2010

The official Olympus press release will be on February 2nd, 2010 (Nikon will have a press conference on February 3rd, Canon on February 9th and Panasonic somewhere around that time too). The new Olympus models are: SP 600 and SP 800. The SP800 will have a 30x zoom and li-ion battery. It will look a lot […]

Posted in Olympus| Leave a comment

Aperture 3 on January 27 again

By PR admin | Published: January 19, 2010

What we have here is another Aperture 3 book: The book is expected to be released on February 15, 2010. Expect the new version of Aperture to be announced during the scheduled Apple event on January 27, 2010. See the previous Aperture 3 report here. A new version of iPhoto is also expected (part of […]

Posted in Apple| Tagged | 3 Comments

Ricoh CX3

By PR admin | Published: January 19, 2010

In the next 2-3 weeks Ricoh is expected to announce their new CX3 model. The Ricox CX3 camera will be the replacement of the Ricoh CX2 and it will add HD video capabilities. The price of the CX3 is expected to be around 350€. This is a picture of the current Ricoh CX2 mode – the […]

Posted in Ricoh| Tagged | 2 Comments

Samsung’s latest cameras can see through fog

By PR admin | Published: January 19, 2010

I would not even mention the latest release of Samsung point and shoot cameras here, but one line caught my eye on AmateurPhotographer website: “Samsung invents cameras to cut through fog”: The ST60 and ST70 (pictured) also feature digital effects such as DeFog Clear/Fog Lifting which, the firm claims, ‘cuts through the haze to take […]

Posted in Samsung| 7 Comments

Small giveaway: Sigma DP2 book

By PR admin | Published: January 18, 2010

Update: this giveaway is now closed. The winner will be announced shortly. I have a small giveaway for all PhotoRumors readers (especially for the Sigma DP2 fans) – Magic Lantern’s Guide for Sigma DP2: How to enter: just add a comment to this post and become a fan of PhotoRumors on Facebook, follow PR on Twitter […]

Posted in Sigma| Tagged | Comments closed

For all Facebook fans

By PR admin | Published: January 18, 2010

PhotoRumors now has a fan page on Facebook with RSS updates from the blog. Become a fan today! For all Twitter fans – click here. Direct RSS feed for the latest posts is available here. We also have a comments RSS feed. For a free email subscription – enter your email address:

Posted in Other| Leave a comment