Monthly Archives: March 2010

Latest sensor developments

InVisage Technologies created a sensor using quantum dots instead of silicon for phone cameras. According to the company, this would increase the sensor performance more than four times. Read more on this topic @ Wired and ImageSensorsWorld. Full press release after the break. Just a month ago Dalsa announced a 196MP sensor which will be […]

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Samsung NX5 appears on a Swedish online store

The Swedish online retail site multitronic.se lists a mysterious Samsung NX5 model and  the price appears to be lower then the current NX10 model (In 2010 Samsung is expected to release a new, cheaper version of the NX10 camera): Update: Amazon is selling the Samsung NX10 via 3rd party.

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Adobe will release CS 5 on April 12, 2010

You can register for the event here. Here is a video of expected new features in Adobe CS5:

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The latest from Polaroid, SanDisk and Eye-Fi

The Impossible Project had a press event yesterday and SanDisk had a new product countdown on their website. Here are the announcements: The impossible Project announced Polaroid film that will be in stores on March 25th. Read all the details here. SanDisk announced a new 32GB MicroSDHC card. At the same time Eye-Fi released a […]

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Samsung NX-10 now in stock in the US

Samsung kept their promise for a March delivery and now the Samsung NX-10 camera is available in stock at Adorama and B&H: Source

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Canon working on a mirrorless camera (EVIL)

This information was published in the Japanese trade journal Pen News Weekly quoting Photo Trade Express where reportedly an unnamed Canon officer said: “Canon is proceeding with the development of a mirror-less interchangeable lens camera to compete against models launched by Panasonic, Olympus and Samsung.” Via Amateurphotographer

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The Impossible Project press event (future of Polaroid)

The Impossible Project will have a press conference in New York today. Expected are some announcements about the future of Polaroid.

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Pentax 645D is coming to Poland

Pentax Poland is now displaying the new medium format Pentax 645D camera on their website and some online stores have it listed as avaailable in July 2010: Via PentaxForums

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Pentax 645D will start shipping on May 20th in Japan

According to Amazon Japan, Pentax 645D will start shipping on May 20th, 2010: The price is ¥848,000 with tax (around $9370). Amazon Japan does not ship electronics to other countries (for now the 645D will be sold only in Japan). Some other sites, like JapanTrendShop.com will probably offer shipping outside Japan for a premium.

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Something ‘big’ is coming from SanDisk

SanDisk via Engadget

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