Monthly Archives: October 2011

Fujifilm X10 US price: $599.95

By PR admin | Published: October 6, 2011

The US price for the Fuji X10 camera was initially set at $699. Today Adorama corrected the price and started taking pre-orders again at $599.95. The Canadian price will be $599.99 CAD. Shipping will start in November, 2011. UK price is £499.99, the price in Germany is 529 EUR. The official Fujifilm X10 sample images can be […]

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Sony to offer firmware update v1.03 for A65 and A77, lubrication for NEX-5N

By PR admin | Published: October 6, 2011

The new firmware for the A65 and A77 SLT cameras will probably be released in mid-October, 2011. Firmware version 1.03 was already spotted in a recent Sony event in Thailand (see picture above). Sony claimed that the NEX-5N clicking sound during video recording is caused by a mechanical part of the shutter that “clicks” during sudden movements […]

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The upcoming “premium” Fuji X mirrorless camera will not have a m4/3 sensor

By PR admin | Published: October 6, 2011

According ot the latest tweet from FujiGuys, the upcoming FujiFilm X mirrorless camera will not have a m4/3 sensor (Fuji is part of the m4/3 group). They descried the X series as a “premium camera”.

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This is the Fuji X-S1 camera

By PR admin | Published: October 6, 2011

In addition to announcing their plans for a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, Fujifilm also added another bridge camera to their X line-up. The only known specs so far are: 2/3″ EXR CMOS sensor fixed 26x zoom lens (f/2.8 – 5.6) 1440k pixels EVF 62mm filter size the camera will obviously have video, since it has stereo mics on […]

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Rumor: New Zeiss Distagon 25mm f/2.0 lens coming in October

By PR admin | Published: October 5, 2011

According to this FM forum post, Carl Zeiss will be releasing a new Distagon 25mm f/2.0 lens this month: “Yes, I have an idea about the new 25. It will be announced in October, so keep an eye for the Zeiss website. And if everything goes well, delivery of the first production batch will be in […]

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FujiFilm makes plans for mirrorless interchangeable lens camera official

By PR admin | Published: October 5, 2011

Fujifilm had an event in Tokyo and gave some juicy details about their upcoming mirrorless interchangeable lens camera: “resolution and low noise will surpass rival the 35mm full size sensor” Prototypes of the new mirrorless camera will be displayed at the 2012 CES show in January (in Las Vegas). There will also be a new SLR […]

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First Lytro’s light field cameras are being produced in Asia

By PR admin | Published: October 4, 2011

The first Lytro light field camera is already in production according to this article from AllThingsD: “Meanwhile, many on Lytro’s team have been shuttling between Silicon Valley and the Asian manufacturing facility where the first cameras are being produced. While the design itself has been fully baked for some weeks now, the company has been working […]

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Kodak is losing it

By PR admin | Published: October 4, 2011

Kodak’s stock price went further down last week after concerns about a $160 million credit withdrawal. Yesterday Kodak said that they are not planning on filling for bankruptcy and their stock slightly recovered. The Kodak patent bid is due in October.

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