Monthly Archives: April 2010

Interesting Patents from Sony and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: April 26, 2010

Patent Application 20100091128 from Sony is for an imager with optical instead of electrical signal out. From the summary: “A solid-state imager includes a pixel unit for converting incident light into an electrical signal, a substrate bearing the pixel unit formed thereon, an analog-to-digital converter, formed on the substrate, for converting a signal read from the pixel unit into a digital signal, an optical communication unit, arranged on […]

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Sony EVIL NEX3 – the first pictures

By PR admin | Published: April 26, 2010

Sony is expected to announce two EVIL models on May 11th: NEX3 and NEX5. Both will have a new 14 MP Sony Exmor HD sensor. The NEX5 model will have faster fps and 1080p video, the NEX3 will have 720p video. As you can see from the picture and from previous reports, the lens is […]

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New product videos from NAB 2010

By PR admin | Published: April 23, 2010

The first one is about the new Zeiss cinema zoom lens for DSLR cameras – the rep said that this lens is “giving future indication of where Zeiss is heading to”: Zeiss cinema zoom – planet5D tries it on 5D2 from planetMitch on Vimeo. The second video is an introduction to the Panasonic AG-AF100 4/3 camcorder: Panasonic AG-AF100 […]

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Sony EVIL camera to be cheaper than the Olympus E-PL1

By PR admin | Published: April 20, 2010

Sony is expected to announce their EVIL camera on May 11, 2010. The latest rumors indicate that one of the upcoming Sony EVIL cameras will be priced lower than the Olympusw E-PL1 and 3 different lenses will be available at the launch: 16mm F2.8 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 18-200mm telephoto All lenses will be made of Chromium […]

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Think Tank Photo giveaway

By PR admin | Published: April 20, 2010

Think Tank Photo (one of our sponsors) has a new fun giveaway: Here’s a great new competition with a very simple way for you to win! All you need to do is to friend us, follow us or join us at our various web pages below… 1. Like us on Facebook – we have a great […]

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Tomorrow is Leica’s day

By PR admin | Published: April 19, 2010

Tomorrow Leica will announce their new V-Lux 20 p&s camera: The camera is based on the Panasonic ZS-7 (model TZ-10 in Europe). More details available on LeicaRumors.com.

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New Sony EVIL video

By PR admin | Published: April 18, 2010
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Coming soon: Schneider Kreuznach lenses with NX mount

By PR admin | Published: April 18, 2010

Schneider Kreuznach has signed a partnership with Samsung for future release of lenses with NX mount. Those lenses would be designed by Schneider and built in Korea by Samsung/Optron-Tech with Schneider’s supervision and quality control. This new lenses product line will be named “SX”. The following models are expected to be released in 2010: 15mm f/2.3 […]

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Sony EVIL camera commercial

By PR admin | Published: April 18, 2010

Update: here is the original post (Google translated): “I’m going to Germany to be recorded for a Sony Europe launching cam video of a new model. Good experience! See you in 5 days!” Alonso Diaz (Sony UK Ambassador) just came back from Germany and the rumor is that he was shooting TV commercial for the upcoming Sony […]

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Sony promises their EVIL camera for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

By PR admin | Published: April 17, 2010

Sony Europe promotes the launch of a “revolutionary new ultra-compact α digital camera” for FIFA 2010 (it will take place in South Africa from from June 11 – July 11, 2010). This time frame matches with previous rumors that pointed to a possible official launch of the Sony EVIL system somewhere in May, 2010.

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