Monthly Archives: January 2010

Two new lenses coming from Tamron

Tamron is expected to release two new zoom lenses in the first quarter of 2010: 70-300 VC and 18-200. Do not have all the details, but the two new products will probably be replacements of the current Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di-II LD Aspherical (IF) Macro (released 2005) and AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro Zoom (released 2006) […]

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Pentax EVIL, 645D price rumors

Two rumors from the world of Pentax: Pentax is expected to release an EVIL camera this year that will look exactly like the Samsung NX10. Pentax rumor #2: The medium format Pentax 645D will be released in March 2010 and the price is expected to be US$ 6,500.

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What is Hasselblad up to?

They have a new countdown on their website (under promotions):

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Polaroid PIC-1000

Another product shown @ CES worth mentioning here: Polaroid showed the PIC-1000 – it will be available in different skins (metal, wood) and will have self-timer, flash and red-eye reduction: Electricpig via Gizmodo

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Other announcements before CES

Update: Olympus just uploaded their latest set of p&s cameras – see them all @ dpreview. Too much going on before CES opens tomorrow, here is the recap: Panasonic also released a new $21k high end 3D camcorder. Sony announced a series of twelve point and shoot cameras, some of them with built-in GPS and compass. […]

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Sony press conference live today

Sony press conference live today @ ustream.tv starting at 4:15-5:15pm PST. The live stream will also be available here: Live TV : Ustream

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More Sony cameras to be released

From the previously rumored list of Sony p&s cameras, at least one model should be coming out soon, probably @ CES: the Sony DSC-TX7. A reader already noticed a removed photo on flickr that was taken with Sony DSC-TX7 camera: Redcoon has already listed the camera for 324 Euros and specs are: – 10 MP […]

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Sony A450 DSLR released

Previously reported as a rumor back in early December, the Sony A450 is now official! Full press release after the break:

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Six new Panasonic cameras @ CES: Lumix FP1, FP3, F3, FH3, FH20 and 2 new SDXC cards

I found this on an Asian website and I am pretty sure is accurate, based on my previous experiences. The official announcement will be on January 6th, 2010. There will be also two new SDXC memory cards with 48GB and 64GB capacity. The first one is the Panasonic Lumix FP3: 4x zoom very compact 3.0” touch screen […]

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Sony A450 to be released in 2 days?

Sony A450, but is it real? Sony will hold a press conference in two days @ CES, then we will know for sure. Previous rumors indicated that the A450 will not have video and it will be announced at CES. If that rumor was correct, we should also see a A700 replacement during CES (also […]

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