Monthly Archives: November 2011

Black Friday deals (up to 47% off Panasonic GF3)

Tomorrow is Back Friday in the US. Major online retailers like B&H, Amazon and J&R already have their Black Friday deals on their websites. Check also those specials from Adorama: Samsung NX200: Save 17% | Regular Price $899 | Sale Price $749 | Deal valid from 11/20 – 12/3 | Free shipping Panasonic TS10: Save 25% | Regular Price $199 | Sale Price $149 | Deal valid from 11/24 – […]

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Two fingers air concept camera

This two fingers air camera is designed by Yeon Su Kim. The concept camera is operated by your fingers gestures. The images/videos are transferred to your smartphone via Bluetooth: “If you want to click pictures, wear the camera band on your thumb and the shutter button on your forefinger and gesture to click a pic. To take videos, […]

Posted in Future of Photo Equipment| Tagged | 29 Comments

Pentax K-r (body only) listed as discontinued

The Pentax K-r body only is listed as discontinued at B&H. Back in September there were some rumors about a new Pentax DSLR, but later a Pentax rep confirmed that there will be no new cameras announced in 2011. Via Pentaxforums

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Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. lens review

Today’s guest post review of the Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. lens ($684.88) is written by Xavier Lhospice: I am 50 years old! I often tend to forget about it, but my body keeps on reminding me, especially my back. Since I was not using my DSLR too often lately, I traded my […]

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Red Scarlet takes 12 seconds to startup

The RED Scarlet camera takes 12 seconds to startup (using beta build 2.0.2): Via Tonaci

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This is how the Fuji LX10 would look in black

Here is another mockup of the how the Fuji LX10 would look in black (photoshopped by a reader).

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Phottix Strato II Multi 5-in-1 trigger and receiver now available also for Sony cameras

The Phottix Strato II Multi is now available also for Sony cameras:

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Nikon D800

I don’t like double posts on my blogs, but even if you are not a Nikon fan you should check out the Nikon D800 over at NikonRumors.com:

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Rumors from Japan: Olympus linked to organized crime syndicates

NYTimes got their hands on an internal memo from the current ongoing Olympus investigation in Japan and it seems that the initial accusations of organized crime involvement may be more than just a rumor. Currently there are $4.9 billion that are not accounted for and there is a suspicion that portion of those funds went to organized crime group […]

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Be afraid, be very afraid of Fuji…

I came across this quote from TOP regarding the latest rumors about an organic sensor being used in the Fuji LX 10 camera: “Komori-san says that the sensor quality of Fujifilm X mirrorless will exceed that of current full-frame sensors, although its sensor size will likely be smaller than 24x36mm. The claim reminded me of something…I have a […]

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