Monthly Archives: December 2011

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

By PR admin | Published: December 14, 2011

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

By PR admin | Published: December 14, 2011

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

By PR admin | Published: December 13, 2011

“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?

By PR admin | Published: December 13, 2011

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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Olympus to announce a new 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 macro lens with powerzoom tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: December 13, 2011

Olympus is rumored to announce a new powerzoom 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 macro lens on December 14th, 2011. The expected specs are: Focal length: 12-50mm Aperture: f/3.5-6.3 Close focusing: 0.35 meter (0.98 ft) Macro: 0.2 to 0.5 meter (0.66-1.6 ft) Filter size: 52 Ring: Focus and Aperture ring Zoom: Powerzoom button on the left side of the lens AF: […]

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What else is new? (Sigma PG-31, BenQ GH700)

By PR admin | Published: December 13, 2011

New power grip PG-31 for Sigma SD1 DSLR: The Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the Power Grip PG-31, specially designed for Sigma’s SD1 digital SLR, the camera that ensures high resolution and breathtaking image quality. The PG-31 is a specially designed battery grip which upgrades the battery power of the SIGMA […]

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The new Sigma APO 50-150mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM lens is MIA

By PR admin | Published: December 12, 2011

The Sigma APO 50-150mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM lens was announced back in February, 2011. The lens was initially supposed to start shipping in October, 2011 but then it was further delayed till 2012. In September the Sigma APO 50-150mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM was still listed on Sigma’s website:

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