Monthly Archives: October 2011

Lytro’s new light field camera is now official

By PR admin | Published: October 19, 2011

Lytro’s new camera is now on their website. Check the specs and press release at the bottom of this post.

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Lytro shows their light field camera for the first time

By PR admin | Published: October 19, 2011

Engadget has a development story: Lytro has shown their light field camera for the first time. More to come… More pictures of the Lytro camera: -1- | -2- | -3- Prices: $399 for 8GB, $499 for 16 GB camera. See the live blog on AllThingsD and more details from Gizmodo. f/2 constant aperture lens, 8x optical zoom, no flash, touchscreen

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Olympus stock down almost 50%, disappearing Cayman Islands offshore accounts, organized crime accusation…

By PR admin | Published: October 18, 2011

From what I’ve read online, it seems that Olympus got themselves in a big mess. Reportedly, Olympus paid over $675 million (that equals to almost two years company’s earnings) to unknown accounts in the Cayman Islands. The company that received the payments disappeared two weeks later. The payments were supposed to be a commission for […]

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Canon EOS-1D X officially announced

By PR admin | Published: October 18, 2011

New 61-Point Autofocus, Fast Shooting up to 12 fps, 18-Megapixel Full-Frame CMOS Sensor, 100,000-pixel RGB Metering Sensor, Face Detection technology, Full HD Video Recording – just some of the specs of the new EOS-1D X flagship camera from Canon. Canon EOS-1D X is now official. You can read a good break down of all the specs at planet5D or just […]

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Fujifilm FinePix X100 firmware update Ver.1.11 is out

By PR admin | Published: October 18, 2011

  After some new X100 were spotted with the new firmware, today Fujifilm released the v1.11 upgrade for the X100. The changes are minor: Performance of auto focus at near distance has been improved. When “SHADW TONE” is set to “MEDIUM SOFT” or “SOFT”, live view in LCD may display with abnormal pattern (so-called “solarisation”) […]

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Canon EOS 1D X press release

By PR admin | Published: October 17, 2011

Here are the Canon EOS-1D X camera specs: Full Frame 18.1MP Dual DIGIC 5 – 17 Times The Processing Power of DIGIC 4 ISO 100-51200 Native 100,000 Pixel RGB Metering Sensor EOS iSA (Intelligent Subject Analysis) 61 Point AF 21 f/5.6 Cross Type Sensors 20 f/4 Cross Type Sensors 5 f/2.8 Cross Type Senors EOS […]

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Lo-fi Micro Four Thirds camera lens

By PR admin | Published: October 17, 2011

Photojojo added to their store a new Lo-fi lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras: 25mm lens with an aperture range of f/1.4 to f/16 Manual focus Two pieces: lens and C mount adapter Focuses down to 0.3 meters Lens length is 4cm; weighs 300g 37mm diameter 25mm focal length which is like having a 50mm […]

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