Monthly Archives: March 2011

And the winner is…

By PR admin | Published: March 8, 2011

The winner of the PhotoRumors giveaway for three education DVDs from Blue Crane Digital is Hyenas03. Congratulations!

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Samyang shows 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC Fish-eye lens prototype for Micro Four Thirds

By PR admin | Published: March 7, 2011

Samyang showed a new 7.5mm f/3.5 UMC fish-eye lens prototype for Micro Four Thirds at Focus on Imaging Show (UK). The lens provides a viewing angle of 180°.

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Olympus PEN Pro version is 2-3 years away

By PR admin | Published: March 6, 2011

Megapixels interviewed Dominic Papenheim from Olympus Europe and published some interesting hints. Olympus sees the PEN camera line as their future: On the question about a future Olympus PEN Pro model that was part of the presentation, the Olympus representative answered:

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124 pages of Fuji X100 owner’s manual goodness now online

By PR admin | Published: March 6, 2011

The Fuji FinePix X100 owner’s manual is now online. Enjoy!  

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After a lens price increase, Canon still offers instant rebates

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2011

At the beginning of February Canon increased the prices on certain lenses like the 85mm f/1.2L (was 1999 and now is 2089) and the 24-105mm f/4L IS USM (was $1079 and now is $1091). At the same time Canon is currently running an instant rebate program on the 7D and 60D cameras (expire on March 31, […]

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New sensor technologies

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2011

Bidirectional OLED microdisplay combines a sensor and a display on the same chip by integrating photodiodes between the OLED pixels: This technology was developed by the the Fraunhofer Institute. For now the demo chip is only monochrome with 320×240 display and 160×120 camera, but there are plans for higher resolution displays (VGA and above). Here is a video (in German) […]

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Some camera concepts

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2011

The first camera concept is developed by Lucas Ainsworth and is called Capture 180 – it takes a 180° hemispheric photograph and allows the user to view an image beyond the dimensions of a standard image. By moving the large LCD display on the back, you can see different portions of a previously taken picture: The second concept, […]

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Fuji X100 expected on April 11 in the UK

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2011

Amazon UK lists the Fuji X100 with a release date of April 11, 2011: The information I received is that the initial shipment for each country will be very limited. A second, large shipment will follow at the end of March/early April. The Fuji X100 is already shipping in Japan to customers who pre-ordered it in advance. The […]

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Samsung working on NX20 and NX200 mirrorless cameras

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2011

According to DDaily Korea, Samsung is working on two new mirrorless cameras: NX20 and NX200. Those will be the successors of the current NX 10 and NX100 models and are expected to be released in the first half of 2011 or latest by fall. Both cameras are reportedly in the last stage of the development process.

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Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens gets a focusing scale

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2011

In the last moment before start shipping, Samyang made some design changes to the 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens: they changed the design with a new metallic red ring, added a focusing scale and reduced the size of the lens (I believe they re-designed the lens hood). This is a full frame lens available in Canon, Four Thirds, […]

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