Monthly Archives: June 2010

Samsung pancake NX 20mm f/2 lens coming soon (busted)

By PR admin | Published: June 17, 2010

Update: this is a PS job, rumor is busted. According to this forum post the new Samsung pancake NX 20mm f/2 lens should be coming soon and it should look like this:

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Tamron update

By PR admin | Published: June 16, 2010

This is the update I got from a reader regarding upcoming Tamron lenses: First we will see APS-C mirrorless lenses for Sony NEX and Samsung NX. Tamron is designing 2 compact zoom and one macro: Compact standard zoom: 24-50mm f/3.5-5.6 VR Compact telezoom: 75-200mm f/4.5-6.3 VR Macro: 90mm f/3.5 VR Those lenses will be similar, […]

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Panasonic to have new product announcements in July

By PR admin | Published: June 16, 2010

Panasonic is expected to have an announcement in mid-July. One possibility for Panasonic could be a new GH2 camera with more advanced video features and maybe even global shutter which if true would eliminate the “jello effect”.

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Tamron explores the possibility of producing Micro Four Thirds lenses

By PR admin | Published: June 16, 2010

DSLR magazine wrote on their facebook wall that Tamron is exploring the possibility of manufacturing lenses for the Micro Four Thirds system: Translation: “Finally! Tamron begins to explore the possibility of manufacturing lenses for Micro Four Thirds system. What can I say? … I told you so!” The only problem with this rumor is that Sony is a […]

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Sony NEX 5 in stock (UK & US)

By PR admin | Published: June 15, 2010

Update: Sony NEX 3 now also in stock in the US. Jessops (UK) already has the Sony NEX 5 in stock:

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Pentax 645D already on eBay

By PR admin | Published: June 13, 2010

The just released Pentax 645D is already available on eBay. The prices vary from $9,500 to $11,998: For all Pentax 645D listings on eBay click here.

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Sneak peek at Nik’s new HDR software

By PR admin | Published: June 12, 2010

I mentioned that last week – here is the sneak peak video of the new HDR software from NIK: Nik Software HDR Tool Sneak Preview from minus kronor on Vimeo.

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Pentax 645D coming to Europe

By PR admin | Published: June 12, 2010

Focusnumerique reported on twitter that Pentax 645D will be coming to Europe with a price tag of 10,000 EUR. This is not really a surprise since the 645D was listed on Pentax UK website and showed up on a Polish online store few weeks ago. There are still no plans to introduce the medium format camera […]

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Adobe Lightroom for the iPad: “tougher than one might think”

By PR admin | Published: June 12, 2010

Over a month ago Terry White gave a hint on his blog that a Adobe Lightroom might be coming to the iPad. Yesterday John Nack (Principal Product Manager, Adobe Photoshop) indicated on his blog that Lightroom for the iPad is not going to be an easy task to accomplish: “Building a great iPad app for […]

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Sigma 300-800mm F/5.6 to be updated soon

By PR admin | Published: June 11, 2010

I received some information from Asia that the current Sigma 300-800mm F/5.6 model will be updated this August.

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