Monthly Archives: June 2010

Two interesting patents from Sony and Canon

By PR admin | Published: June 5, 2010

Update: I forgot that Canon also filed a patent for a touchscreen DSLR few months ago. The first patent is about a touchscreen DSLR from Sony: PhotographyBay has the whole story, here is a part of the patent application: The touch panel 332 functions as a touched position detector that detects the touched position where […]

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The smallest (and cheapest) 3D HD camcorder

By PR admin | Published: June 4, 2010

The smallest and cheapest 3D camera from Aiptek will hit store shelves this August @ $199.99: The Aiptek i2 is a 3D HD camcorder that has two 5MP CCD sensors capable of recording 720p video (it can take also 2D photo and videos): Aiptek’s new 3D-HD camcorder is the most powerful on the market today. Utilizing […]

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Samsung ST80 camera with WiFi coming soon

By PR admin | Published: June 2, 2010

According to this FCC filing, Samsung will release a new p&s camera ST80 that will have WiFi support (no Bluetooth?): Via Engadget

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Mamiya RZ33 announced

By PR admin | Published: June 2, 2010

Update: The Mamiya RZ33 is already listed on B&H. The previously rumored Mamiya RZ33 is now official. This is the overview from their website: Mamiya announces big news for large-sensor digital: the new Mamiya RZ33 camera kit. The RZ33 advances the long adored Mamiya RZ line to a new level, bringing the famous ease of […]

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Interview with Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: June 2, 2010

This interview is 2 weeks old and it was conducted by unwire.hk with Panasonic’s Development Planning Staff Officer – Mr. Inoue. Here are some quotes (computer translated): Q: What will be the launch of the lens? A: lens, we will soon be introduced fish-eye, more powerful variety of long focal length lens and fixed focus […]

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Samsung NX 5 is out

By PR admin | Published: June 1, 2010

The long rumored Samung NX 5 is already out. Only limited details are available at that point: 14.6MP APS-C CMOS sensor 3-inch TFT LCD (compared to NX10’s same-sized AMOLED screen). will be available in black from this month at a price of 699 euros.

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Canon 1Ds Mk IV listed on retail site

By PR admin | Published: June 1, 2010

This is a picture from the New Zealand’s Progear website which lists the Canon 1Ds Mk IV with a 32MP sensor and an US equivalent price of aprox. $7,600:

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New Panasonic FX75 & Lumix 8mm f/3.5 G lens

By PR admin | Published: June 1, 2010

Update: the new 8mm fisheye lens is available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, today Panasonic announced a new Lumix 8mm f/3.5 fisheye G lens and a new point and shoot camera Lumix FX75 (I got a tip in advance and this post was online for a short period of time last week, but then I […]

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