Monthly Archives: December 2011

Panasonic dedicated to the future of the LX line

Some key points from a recent Eprice interview with Panasonic representatives: The Panasonic Lumix LX line (LX5) will continue to exist independent of the Lumix G product line (the Panasonic LX 6 is expected to have a new 1 inch sensor). Contradicting report that the upcoming 12-35mm and 35-100mm Lumix X lenses will not have power […]

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Canon files patents for 50mm f/1.4, 85mm f/1.2, 85mm f/1.8, 100mm f/2, 135mm f/2 and 200mm f/2 lenses

Canon filed patent 2011-253050 in Japan for the following prime lenses: 50mm f/1.4 lens 85mm f/1.2 lens 85mm f/1.8 lens

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Spyder 3 Elite giveaway winner

The winner of the Datacolor Spyder 3 Elite display calibration system giveaway is Brian Coffey (pending verification). Congratulation! If you did not win, the Spyder 3 Elite currently has $30 mail-in rebate.

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Today only: free $50 gift card from Amazon with the purchase of selected cameras

Buy Select Cameras, Get a $50 Amazon.com Gift Card Through December 14, 2011, purchase select cameras and get an Amazon.com Gift Card worth $50. Simply add both the camera and the gift card from the list below to your Shopping Cart, and we’ll automatically deduct the price of the gift card at checkout.

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Carl Zeiss: revenue tops 4 billion EUR mark for very first time

Carl Zeiss reported a record revenue of EUR 4.237 billion for the fiscal year 2010/11:

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Olympus announces M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ lens

Amid its financial woes, today Olympus announced a new weather sealed powerzoom M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ lens (35mm equivalent: 24–100mm). The new lens will be available in mid-January 2012 for $499.99.

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MIT’s new camera can do 1,000,000,000,000 frames per second

“You can think of it as slow motion,” Andreas Velten, a postdoctoral researcher who is a member of the design team, said during a recent technical presentation. “It is so much slow motion you can see the light itself move. This is the speed of light: there’s nothing in the universe that moves faster.” Read […]

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Will Fuji buy Olympus?

It seems that Bloomberg gave an answer to my question from few weeks ago – apparently Fujifilm is considered as a possible buyer of Olympus: “Fujifilm, which makes equipment for medical scans, has been reported as a possible bidder for Japanese camera maker Olympus Corp. Yamamoto, who also is a board member at Fujifilm, declined to comment on a possible buyout of […]

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