Monthly Archives: October 2010

Panasonic GF2 will not have the 16.05MP sensor from GH2

By PR admin | Published: October 12, 2010

DSLR magazine published an interview with executives from Panasonic and they confirmed that the replacement of the Panasonic GF1 will not have the new 16.05MP sensor from the latest Panasonic GH2 camera. About the GH2 16.05MP sensor (from Panasonic’s website): “The newly developed 16.05-megapixel multi-aspect Live MOS sensor adopts the high speed digital νMaicovicon. In addition to […]

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Pentax 645D now officially coming to the US

By PR admin | Published: October 12, 2010

The medium format Pentax 645D camera will now officially be coming to America (as previously reported). The Pentax 645D body  will cost $9,995.95 and the Pentax-D FA 645 55mm F2.8 lens will sell for $1,199.95. Both will start shipping in December of 2010. Only limited number of stores will be carrying this camera – see the full press release […]

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Sony NEX 3 in pink

By PR admin | Published: October 12, 2010

Sony’s press event scheduled for today was to announce a pink version of the Sony NEX 3:

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Cactus V4 wireless flash trigger replacement coming soon

By PR admin | Published: October 11, 2010

Cactus (produced by Harvest-One) is expected to release a new version of their V4 wireless flash trigger by the end of the year (2010). The new version will not be compatible with the current Cactus V4 model. Cactus is basically a cheap alternative to PocketWizard. You can see a review of the current Cactus 4 flash […]

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Olympus has no plans to replace the E-620, high-end PEN camera expected

By PR admin | Published: October 11, 2010

Fotopolis interviewed Toshiyuki Terada, Product manager of SLR Olympus Planning Department – in a nutshell, Olympus has no plans for now to replace the E-620 since the entry level DSLR segment is now entirely replaced by the PEN system. “High-end” PEN models however, are expected in the future (EP-3?):

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2011 Samsung NX mount lenses roadmap

By PR admin | Published: October 9, 2010

I believe this is also Photokina material that somehow slipped through the cracks – Samsung NX mount lenses for 2011  : Lenses planned to be released in 2011: 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 Via […]

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The lens that no one covered during Photokina (Tokina AT-X 17-35mm f/4 PRO FX)

By PR admin | Published: October 8, 2010

Besides a picture on dpreview and a two sentence coverage on dc.watch, there is no further information on the Tokina AT-X 17-35mm f/4 PRO FX lens prototype that was shown at Photokina two weeks ago. A reader emailed me that this lens will take 77mm filters and is rather compact in size, similar to the […]

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