Monthly Archives: July 2011

And the winner of the Digital Holga Kitchen Sink Kit is…

The winner of the Digital Holga Kitchen Sink Kit from HolgaDirect is Michael Crawford. Congratulations! If you did not win, here is a discount code ‘HOLGARUMORS’ that will entitle you to 5% off any purchase over USD 100 (the Digital Holga Kitchen Sink Kit is USD 108.99). The code can be entered on checkout and will be […]

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III video

Update: the video is fake, it was made for a school project according to the comments on YouTube. This unofficial teaser video about the upcoming Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera showed up on YouTube few days ago. Those are the rumored specs: 28.1MP CMOS sensor DIGIC 5 processor ISO 50-12800 8.2 fps 45 cross type AF points […]

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Ricoh GXR M-mount cartridge is out

Ricoh’s blog published several pictures of the Ricoh GXR M-mount unit that is suppose to be released this fall. The unit will have a 12.9MP 23.6×15.7mm APS-C size CMOS sensor and a newly-developed focal plane shutter:    

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The latest patents from Panasonic, Sony, Canon and Samsung

Those are the latest patents from: Panasonic, Sony, Canon and Samsung. Panasonic filed a patent for a camera with a retractable grip and swivel LCD screen: Here is another patent from Panasonic for a different type of swivel LCD screen:  

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Samsung NX200 to be released this month, NX20 coming in January 2012

According to “Samsung Photo Consultant” from ixbt forum, the new NX200 mirrorless camera from Samsung will be announced this month and the NX20 will follow in January 2012. Both cameras are expected to have higher pixel count. There have been several hints that the Samsung NX200 and NX20 mirrorless cameras will be announced in the next […]

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Bringing a digital camera on a plane kills pixels?

Below is a very interesting video from Kodak describing the way film and digital cameras capture light. Around the 8:00 min mark you can hear a thought-provoking statement that when you bring your camera on a plane over 20,000 feet, the gamma rays can actually fry some of the pixels on the sensor. This is why […]

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Fujifilm may announce two different mirrorless cameras + new Fujinon lenses

Another set of rumors for the upcoming three new cameras from Fujifilm: The first camera may just be a Fuji HS20 replacement. The second will be a compact  camera with a big sensor similar to the x100 but cheaper. The third camera will be a mirrorless system that will be launched with a set of […]

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