Monthly Archives: July 2010

Canon EVIL

By PR admin | Published: July 20, 2010

Canon followed Nikon’s footsteps and made a confession to Reuters: Maeda also said the company was working on a smaller version of its upmarket single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras in a bid to compete with the new breed of mid-range so-called “mirrorless” cameras launched by Sony Corp, Olympus Corp, and Panasonic Corp. “It’s not a question of […]

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Rumor: Pentax K-5, Super K-7 to be released for Photokina

By PR admin | Published: July 19, 2010

The latest rumors are that Pentax is preparing to announce two new DLSR bodies for Photokina. The Pentax K-5 will fit between the current K-x and K-7 models and the “Super K-7” model will be a higher version of the K-7 DSLR.

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A much better Panasonic LX5 leak (directly from the mothership)

By PR admin | Published: July 17, 2010

Panasonic’s website leaked the long expected Panasonic LX5: direct link direct link Main differences between the LX5 and the older LX3: the LX5 has 3.8x zoom 24-90mm (the LX3 has 2.5x and ends with 60mm) LX3 has 8 elements in 6 groups, 4 aspherical lenses and 4 aspherical surfaces. LX5 will have 10 elements in 9 […]

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Panasonic DMC-FZ100K and DMC-FZ40k also leaked

By PR admin | Published: July 17, 2010

Direct link on Panasonic’s website Full specs after the break:

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And one more leak: Panasonic DMC-FX700K

By PR admin | Published: July 17, 2010

Direct link on Panasonic’s website Full specs after the break:

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Are all of those fake? (Panasonic LX5, GF2, GH2, FZ48, FZ100)

By PR admin | Published: July 15, 2010

Every once in a while we get a fake/photoshopped image of an upcoming camera, but 5 of them at the same time? And the corresponding release dates: What do you think? Source

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Panasonic LX5 imminent

By PR admin | Published: July 15, 2010

The Korean Radio Research Agency has posted a new entry for a Panasonic DMC-LX5 camera on their website (every electronic devices has to be approve by the KRA before being released). The long expected replacement of the Panasonic LX3 should be released at the end of July.

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CompactFlash Association announces new CF5.1 Specification Goals

By PR admin | Published: July 15, 2010

Some of the key proposed features are: Key Feature Benefits Ultra DMA 167 Mode Enables the development of higher performance cards while providing complete backward compatibility. Sanitize Provides an efficient NAND Block Erase of the entire user data area to return the CF card to “fresh” state before reuse or repurposing. Leverages a command defined […]

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