Monthly Archives: June 2011

Olympus E-PM1, E-PL3 and E-P3 to be announced on June 30th

By PR admin | Published: June 19, 2011

Another confirmation for the June 30th announcement of new PEN cameras: Olympus already sent out invitations for the press event in Taiwan. As previously reported, three new PEN cameras will be announced:

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Pentax mirrorless camera to be announced on June 23?

By PR admin | Published: June 17, 2011

According to digicame-info, Hoya corporation will have a press conference on June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00pm in Japan and will announce a “digital camera with world’s smallest interchangeable lens”.

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Second Fuji X100 firmware update should be released next week

By PR admin | Published: June 16, 2011

According to this Facebook comment from Fujifilm USA, the second firmware update for the X100 should be released next week: A week ago Fujifilm Japan confirmed that they are working on a new firmware version that will address some of the firmware issues reported by owners.

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New Nissin Di866 MARK II flash

By PR admin | Published: June 16, 2011

Recently Nissin announced a new Di866 MARK II flash priced at $349 for Nikon/Canon and $329 for Sony. Some of the highlights are a sub flash, quieter operation, service terminal for firmware updates and more:

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The first Pentax Boutique in the US is now closed

By PR admin | Published: June 16, 2011

I received some information that one year after its opening, the first Pentax store in the US is now closed as a result of Pentax dropping Willoughby’s as a dealer (the boutique was located inside Willoughby’s).

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Nauticam NA-EPL2 underwater housing for Olympus E-PL2

By PR admin | Published: June 16, 2011

Nauticam announced a new underwater housing NA-EPL2 for Olympus E-PL2 camera. The housing has a depth rating of 100m, the price is $1750 and it will be available in July, 2011.

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Zeiss not happy about babyPrimes lenses

By PR admin | Published: June 15, 2011

Update: it seems that Kelvinkamera is in even deeper troubles since (elegantly) is using photographs on their website without permission. The owner of the photograph happened to be a PhotoRumors reader. A week ago Kelvinkamera announced their own line of Zeiss babyPrime lenses. Those are regular Zeiss lenses with a custom made housing for aperture and focusing […]

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