Monthly Archives: February 2011

Guest post: Sigma SD1 update

By PR admin | Published: February 24, 2011

This guest post is written by Bob van Ooik from X3magazine. You can visit also the original article “A wealth of Sigma SD1 info”. As a long time user of Sigma cameras the introduction of the SD1 is something I look forward to very much. Recently the CP+ fair was held in Japan and there Sigma released […]

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Close up of the new Samsung NX lenses (video)

By PR admin | Published: February 23, 2011

This video shows the five new Samsung NX lenses in action:

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Sony NEX 3 discontinued and ready to be replaced

By PR admin | Published: February 23, 2011

Sony Japan lists the NEX 3 mirrorless camera as discontinued on their website. It seems that the NEX products are on a 12 months refresh cycle (Sony NEX 3 was introduced in May of 2010).

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Samyang 35mm f/1.4 lens to be released in March, possibility for a new tilt-shift lens

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2011

Samyang announced on Facebook that the new 35 mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens will start shipping next month (March, 2011):

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Fuji X100 hands-on (video)

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2011

Hands-on video review of the Fuji X100:

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Tamron patents image stabilizing teleconverter

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2011

Tamron filed a patent for a teleconverter with a built-in image stabilization. This will allow to add image stabilization to any existing/old lens by just adding this teleconverter. The teleconverter range was listed as x0.9 – x1.5. The patent describes also a switch that can turn on/off the image stabilization. Update: this patent was filed back in […]

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Canon will not be part of Focus on Imaging show in the UK

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2011

AP reported today that Canon has pulled out of the biggest UK photography show Focus on Imaging that will take place in Birmingham (March 6-9, 2011). If I remember correctly, Canon also did not take part of PMA show in the US last year. The future of those photography shows doesn’t look very bright since […]

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