Monthly Archives: February 2011

Canon announces EOS Rebel T3i, T3, EF 500mm + 600mm f/4L IS II USM and more

By PR admin | Published: February 7, 2011

Canon is the first to start a series of announcements before the CP+ show starts next week: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, EOS Rebel T3 DSLR cameras (press release). Two new telephoto lenses: EF 500mm F/4L IS II USM and EF 600mm F/4L IS II USM (press release). New Canon Speedlite 320EX and Speedlite 270EX II […]

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Pentax D FA 645 25mm f/4 lens price revealed

By PR admin | Published: February 6, 2011

The price of the Pentax D FA 645 25mm f/4 lens will be $4999.95 according to an online store product listing. The lens is expected to be released next week  for the CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show in Japan (February 9-12, 2011) together with the Pentax RZ-18 Optio and probably few other Pentax compact cameras. […]

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Two new Voigtlander lenses (35mm f/1.1 and 50mm f/1.4)

By PR admin | Published: February 5, 2011

Recently Voigtlander discontinued their Nokton 35mm f/1.2 Aspherical lens and the rumor is that a new 35mm f/1.1 version will be added to their current Color-Skopar f/2.5 PII and the Nokton Classic f/1.4 models. A second 50mm f/1.4 lens is also in development to compliment the Nokton f/1.1

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Results for your favorite camera of 2010

By PR admin | Published: February 5, 2011

It has been a month since I posted the poll for your favorite camera of 2010. Almost 3000 readers voted and here are the top 3 cameras for 2010:

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Pentax patents telephoto lens that can be taken apart for easy transportation

By PR admin | Published: February 4, 2011

Update: Nikon has done something similar in the past. Pentax filed a patent for a telephoto lens that can be disassembled into two or more pieces for easy transportation: “Since lens barrel length is long and the whole weight of the lens barrel of super telephoto lenses is large, if it really which cannot separate such a lens […]

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Schneider-Kreuznach joins Micro Four Thirds group

By PR admin | Published: February 4, 2011

Schneider-Kreuznach, a produced of photographic lenses and other optical products announced today that they have joined the Micro Four Thirds system standard group. The CEO of the company mentioned that they are already “working intensively on a corresponding series of lenses” for the m4/3 format. Full press release after the break:

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Financial results from the major photography companies are out

By PR admin | Published: February 4, 2011

Hoya (Pentax): “Net sales were up 1.5% to 108,449 million yen year-on-year, and operating income rose 4.7% to19,897 million yen. Net income was up 12.0% to 13,210 million yen, and earnings per share were 30.62 yen compared with27.24 yen in the same period last year. The profit of the camera business also exceeded our expectations this quarter due to the channel […]

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JVC GC-PX1 hybrid camera is a go

By PR admin | Published: February 3, 2011

Concept of the JVC GC-PX1 camera was shown at CES 2011 and now it’s official, the camera will be released in Japan later this month. The price is not yet announced. The GC-PX1 will have 10x optical zoom and 36Mbps 1920 × 1080/60p full HD video shooting. In 640 × 360 resolution at 300 fps the […]

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