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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