Monthly Archives: February 2011

Serious compact cameras compared: Samsung TL500 vs. Panasonic LX5 vs. Canon S95

I initially started with evaluating five different compact models: Samsung TL500, Panasonic LX5, Leica D-Lux 5, Nikon Coolpix S8100 and Canon S95. The Panasonic LX5 and Leica D-Lux 5 are almost identical cameras – take a look at this post over at leicarumors.com. The Nikon S8100 doesn’t really fit in this category because it does not support RAW […]

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The Arca Swiss d4 & d4m get an US price (world’s smallest and lightest tripod head)

Arca-Swiss will start shipping the d4 & d4m tripod heads in February 2011. The US pricing will be $1102 for the d4 and $711 for the d4m: ARCA-SWISS d4 & d4m With the invention of the d4 pan tilt head ARCA-SWISS has put an end to setting levers of 3d heads that extend in all directions […]

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Olympus TG-810

Olympus will announce a new TG-810 camera at the CP+ show in Japan next week. The camera was leaked from Henry online store. The TG-810 is rumored to have a 14MP sensor, 5x zoom and a 3 in. LCD display. The second expected camera is a new 26x ultra zoom compact (24mm on the wide angle side) with back illuminated CMOS […]

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Kenko’s interchangeable lenses digital camera (C-mount)

In addition to the previous specs, Kenko’s interchangeable lenses C-mount digital camera will not have a built-in flash but it will be compatible with other Tokina products like lenses, flashes, and field scopes. The camera will have a SD card slot. Expected to be released in Summer of 2011. Nikon F a T mount adapters are also […]

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Ricoh confirms the Leica mount module for GXR

Today Ricoh Japan confirmed the upcoming Leica mount module for the GXR system: 23.6mm × 15.7mm, APS-C size, 12.9MP, CMOS sensor Newly developed focal plane shutter No model name yet for the module Expected Release Fall 2011 A prototype will be displayed at the CP+ show in Japan (February 9-12, 2011)

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