Monthly Archives: May 2010

Sigma SD 15 delayed again

By PR admin | Published: May 28, 2010

I don’t know how to say this with a straight face but the Sigma SD 15 is delayed again – this time till the end of June.

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Panasonic to announce something next week

By PR admin | Published: May 27, 2010

Panasonic will have an announcement on June 1st or June 2nd, 2010 (depending on your location). I am still not sure what will be announced, I will look into previous rumors for clues and will post an update.

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Nauticam NA-550D underwater housing for Canon EOS Rebel T2i

By PR admin | Published: May 26, 2010

Nauticam will release an underwater housing for Canon EOS Rebel T2i: More pictures and full press release after the break:

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New Rolleiflex lens at Photokina 2010

By PR admin | Published: May 25, 2010

For Photokina 2010 a new Rolleiflex 150mm f/4 HFT PQS Tele-Apogon lens for medium format cameras is expected to be announced:

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Camera concepts (part 2)

By PR admin | Published: May 25, 2010

Continuing with part 2 of the Camera concept series (camera concepts part 1 can be found here). Sony concept camera from tecnofotografia: Canon 3D concept from Dean Franciss: Fleximus camera – the lens (and I guess the sensor) are mounted on a flexible tube and can be a attached to a LCD display or a […]

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David Kilpatrick’s predictions on what’s next for Sony

By PR admin | Published: May 24, 2010

David Kilpatrick (the person behind the Photoclubalpha website) had this to say on the upcoming Sony products: Many Sony lenses will be updated next year: the SSM & SAM lenses will stay unchanged, “but anything currently with a screw drive focus will be replaced with a motor”. In general Sony will offer more all-round zooms lenses, […]

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Sony announced Cyber-shot phone in Japan

By PR admin | Published: May 23, 2010

Few days ago Sony announced the S003 Cyber-shot phone in Japan. Here are the basic specs: 12.1 MP Sony Exmor image sensor 3.2 inch TFT display (480 x 854 pixels) with 16.7 million colors Dimensions: 118 x 52 x 17.6 mm Weighs 154 grams

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Rayqual to offer Sony E mount adapters for Nikon, Pentax, Canon and Leica

By PR admin | Published: May 21, 2010

Rayqual to offer Sony E mount adapters for Nikon, Pentax, Canon and Leica lenses. The adapters are expected to be available in July, 2010. For more details visit DC.watch. This will make the Sony NEX cameras comparable to the m4/3 system cameras that already have all kinds of adapters available.

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Sony a290 and a390 kits listed on Belgian site

By PR admin | Published: May 21, 2010

The announcement of the new Sony a290 and a390 DSLRs should be very soon – the different kits are already listed on a Belgian website: Source

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What is that? Contax digital rangefinder?

By PR admin | Published: May 21, 2010

A reader sent me this picture – it appears to be a Contax rangefinder (just like this one here) but with some additional buttons. The additional dial appears to be the same as in recent Canon DSLRs (see this Canon dial sticker). Maybe a photoshopped stock image? The picture was published in the Outside magazine: Source: flickr You […]

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