Monthly Archives: November 2010

Some Pentax rumors: new Pentax A* 135mm f/1.8 lens and more

By PR admin | Published: November 9, 2010

This picture of Pentax equipment found on flickr is showing a new Pentax A* 135mm f/1.8 lens. Here is a close-up of the lens: For comparison, this is how the old Pentax A* 135mm f/1.8 lens looks like (image source: eBay):

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More new sensors announced for Vision 2010

By PR admin | Published: November 8, 2010

There has been a stream of new sensor announcements in the past few days (see here and here). This is because of the Vision 2010 show that starts tomorrow in Stuttgart, Germany. Today we learned more about the Sony “Super 35mm” sensor that is inside the new Sony digital motion picture camcorder. The next diagram show that the […]

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Sony also filed a patent for a liquid lens

By PR admin | Published: November 8, 2010

Similar to Samsung, Sony also filed a patent for a liquid lens. Instead of rotating the focus ring, like on a traditional lens, liquid lenses are controlled by electricity that changes the different refractive indexes of the liquid the light passes through: “Disclosed is a liquid lens element. The liquid lens element includes a main body, a […]

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LG makes a camera phone with a Pentax lens

By PR admin | Published: November 8, 2010

After the Panasonic Lumix Phone and the news about Olympus making an offer to buy a cell phone company, LG today announced a new camera-phone that looks more like a camera than a phone. The new LG L-03C has: 12.1MP camera 3x zoom lens made by Pentax with f/3.6-5.5 Xenon flash 3-inch LCD High ISO of 3200 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/3G […]

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Sony announces new Super 35mm digital motion picture camcorder

By PR admin | Published: November 8, 2010

This is what Sony’s teaser was about – their new PMW-F3 Super 35mm digital motion picture camcorder: The new camera is available in two different flavors: PMW-F3K with three lenses (35mm, 50mm, 85mm) and PMW-F3L with PL mount adapter. The new cameras are expected to be released in February 2011. The price for the lens kit will […]

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Few pictures from PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2010

By PR admin | Published: November 8, 2010

I finally got some time to upload few images from PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2010 that ended last week. Pentax Pentax had a big table (not really a booth) with all of their latest products, including the 645D. You can download a sample RAW file taken with the 645D here (DropBox is great for sharing large […]

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Sony teaser about a new 35mm digital motion picture camera

By PR admin | Published: November 7, 2010

Sony has a new teaser out of what appears to be a video camera. The speculations are for a new digital motion picture camera with a “full frame” (35mm) sensor. The announcement is expected on November 17th, 2010. Via FDTimes

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New 29MP full frame CCD sensor from Kodak

By PR admin | Published: November 6, 2010

Kodak announced a new 29MP full frame (35mm) CCD sensor. The KAI-29050 sensor is “the highest resolution CCD image sensor based on Interline Transfer technology”. Highlights of the new sensor: features a true electronic (or global) shutter has a “plug-and-play” design for easy implementation 5.5-micron pixel supports up to 4 images per second 2x to 4x increase […]

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Pentax K-5 firmware update will be released soon

By PR admin | Published: November 5, 2010

Pentax is expecting to release new firmware update for the latest K-5 DSLR camera. The update will include: Increases the number of continuous shot at RAW and RAW+ mode (setting condition: RAW(PEF)/ISO100, increases the number of continuous shot from maximum approx. 8 frames to approx. 20 frames) Improved stability for general performance. Update: ok, I […]

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Photoshop expands to mobile devices

By PR admin | Published: November 5, 2010

There have been few hints in the past about a potential Adobe Lightroom version for the iPad (see here and here). In their latest presentation, Adobe showed content-aware fill on an Android tablet and paint mixing on an iPad that can be wirelessly transferred to your computer: It seems that the direction Adobe is taking, is to use mobile devices as […]

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