Monthly Archives: June 2010

Patents from Pentax and Canon

By PR admin | Published: June 19, 2010

First in line are some Pentax patents of what appears to be three lenses with a Micro-Four-Thirds mount: Pentax-MFTS 17mm F2.8 AL Pentax-MFTS 17mm F2.0 AL Pentax-MFTS 14mm F2.8 AL And the drawings: The next patent is from Canon and is for a “Imaging-device cleaning apparatus” which has the shape of  a lens and attaches […]

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Ricoh to release Micro Four Thirds module for GXR ?

By PR admin | Published: June 18, 2010

Johan Ericsson (in English) got his hands on an internal Ricoh document describing a MicroFourThirds module for the Ricoh GXR system: Of course this could be one of the many prototypes that Ricoh produced in the past just to illustrate the capabilities of the system.

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Two announcement from Panasonic before Photokina

By PR admin | Published: June 17, 2010

DSLRmagazine (in English) mentioned that there will be two waves of announcements from Panasonic in the next few months – one in mid-July and another one right before Photokina. A LX 3 replacement is on the list of expected cameras.

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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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