Monthly Archives: September 2010

Panasonic GH2: picture and specs

After a brief apopearance on a California beach, here is a better picture of the Panasonic GH2 Panasonic GH2 specs: 18 MP multiscale sensor (16 effective MP) 100-12.800 ISO 24Mbit/s AVCHD video recording The GH2 has one LSI with three cores (instead of current two cores of the GH1) Improved AF speed (0.099 second with the 14-140mm kit-lens) […]

Posted in Panasonic | Tagged | 11 Comments

Samsung in the spotlight

In addition to the NX100, Samsung also announced two lenses, external flash, EVF and GPS unit. Samsung plans 3D cameras with single sensor. Samsung NX line roadmap: Wide Pancake: 16mm F2.8 iFn Macro: 60mm OIS F2.8 iFn Movie Pro: 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OIS iFn Movie Home: 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 OIS iFn Portrait: 85mm F1.4 iFn

Posted in Samsung | Tagged , | 3 Comments

What did we miss?

Amateurphotographer hints again that Olympus may produce mirrorless cameras only in the future. Quote: “Demand for mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras is poised to overtake DSLR sales within two years, according to Samsung”. Pentax is back to profits (PDF): “In the beginning of June we shipped the medium-format digital SLR (645D) for professional and advanced amateur […]

Posted in Minox, Olympus, Schneider | 5 Comments

Samyang 35 mm F1.4 AS UMC announced

Samyang 35 mm f/1.4 AS UMC is now official – available in Canon, 4/3, Nikon, Pentax, Samsung NX and Sony Alpha mounts: In the US, Samyang products can be purchased on eBay.

Posted in Samyang | Tagged , | 26 Comments

Panasonic’s new 14mm f/2.5 lens

A new Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 lens appeared on Panasonic Germany website today (under Download Datenblatt):

Posted in Panasonic | Leave a comment

Samyang 35mm f/1.4 lens slowly revealing itself

Samyang posted some more info on their website regarding their upcoming Photokina announcement (probably a new 35mm f/1.4 lens):

Posted in Samyang | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Canon Powershot G12 & SX30 IS announcements

Canon Powershot G12 & SX30 IS are now official. Full coverage at: Hands on at Pocket-lint Amazon taking pre-orders for the Canon G12 and the SX30 IS

Posted in Canon | Tagged | 1 Comment

Olympus E-5 announcement

Olympus E-5 is now official:

Posted in Olympus | Tagged | 16 Comments