Monthly Archives: January 2012

Sony will have another announcement at the end of February

As you probably already noticed Sony did not release all of the previously leaked Cybertshot cameras. This is because they will have another announcement at the end of February, probably on the 28th. I do not expect any other products to be introduced on that date.

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Canon forecasts slower growth for 2012, president resigns

Canon forecasts slower growth for 2012 as a results of the 2011 natural disasters in Asia and the high exchange rate of the yen. In 2012 Canon is expected to make 390 billion yen compared to 378.1 billion yen in a 2011. The initial expectation was for the company to make 470 billion this year. The current president Tuneji Uchida will resign  from his […]

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This is how the Pentax K-01 should look like

This is how the Pentax K-10 mirrorless camera should like. Here is the recap of the rumored specs: K-mount Same sensor as in the K-5 (16.3MP) Will come with a new lens: DA 40mm f/2.8XS – the new lens will be less than 1 centimeter thick and it will work only with the new K-01 […]

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Three new Sony Cybershot cameras announced: TX200V, WX70 and WX50

Sony announced three of the previously leaked Cybershot cameras: Sony Cybershot DSC-TX200V will cost $500, 18 MP “Exmor R” CMOS sensor, 5x optical zoom, 3.3 in. LCD touch screen, waterproof, full HD video recording Sony Cybershot DSC-WX70 will cost $230, 16 MP “Exmor R” CMOS sensor, 3.0 in. LCD touch screen, 5x optical zoom, full HD video recording Sony Cybershot […]

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Fuji Guys uploaded 24 X-Pro1 videos on YouTube

The Fuji guys have uploaded a total of 24 videos on YouTube covering many details of the X-Pro1 camera.

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First leaked (partial) image of the Pentax K-01 mirrorless camera

This is the first partial image of the Pentax K-01 mirrorless camera from a Chinese forum (as seen on dpreview). Here is another crop, probably from the front of the camera:

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French company announces microdisplay with SXGA resolution

The French company MicroOLED announced a 0.61 inch diagonal, 5.4MP microdisplay to can provide SXGA resolution (1280×1024). This resolution is more than double of the Sony’s XGA (1,024 x 768 pixel) OLED panel that is currently used in the Sony NEX-7, a77 and a65 cameras. This is what the CEO of MicroOLED Eric Marcellin-Dibon said about their […]

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Sony to announce new Cybershot cameras on Monday

On Monday (January 30th, 2012) Sony will announce several new Cybershot point and shoot cameras.Some of the models already leaked few weeks ago on a Belgium online store. The new models will be mainly entry-level cameras, I don’t expect anything else interesting.

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