Monthly Archives: January 2012

Holga 135 PAN Panorama Camera with interchangeable lenses

By PR admin | Published: January 27, 2012

The new 135 PAN panorama camera is the first Holga to feature interchangeable lenses. The camera takes regular 35mm film and creates 24x72mm size images. A 55mm f/8 and a 0.25mm diameter f/236 pinhole lenses are included:

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Sony and Fujifilm seen as contenders for the newly issued Olympus stock

By PR admin | Published: January 27, 2012

In addition to Sony, now Fujifilm is also viewed as a contender for the newly issued Olympus stock. It seems that Panasonic did not make the cut. Fujifilm to propose alliance with Olympus Sony, Fujifilm top rivals for Olympus tie Olympus to announce Q3 results on Feb 13th – maybe they will announce their final […]

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Fuji X-Pro1 owner’s manual now available online

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2012

The Fuji X-Pro1 owner’s manual is now available for download. The XF lenses manual is available here. The Fuji guys now have a total of 24 X-Pro1 videos on YouTube.

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Few more Pentax K-01 details

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2012

Here are few more details on the upcoming Pentax K-01 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera: The camera is designed by a famous designer The new 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens is less than 1 centimeter thick and my understanding is that it will work only with the new K-01 body The Pentax K-01 and the 40mm lens are […]

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Fuji X-Pro1 body listed in Japan for ¥135,000

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2012

The Fuji X-Pro1 is currently available for pre-order on Amazon Japan for ¥135,000, which is around $1,746. The Fuji X10 for example, is listed in Japan for ¥56,800 (around $734) and the US price is $599. By following this ratio, the US price of the X-Pro1 may actually be lower than $1699.95.

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Samyang 24mm f/1.4 D AS UMC price announced, Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 fisheye lens for Sony NEX introduced

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2012

Samyang announced the European price of their 24mm f/1.4 D AS UMC lens: Samyang 24mm 1:1.4 ED AS UMC will be available in sale in the first week of February this year. The estimated retail price in Europe will be: 599 EUR gross- Samyang 24mm 1:1.4 ED AS UMC (Canon, Four-thirds, Pentax, Samsung NX, Sony) 625 EUR gross – Samyang […]

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Fuji X-Pro1 will start shipping on February 18th in Japan, price still not confirmed

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2012

Fujifilm Japan officially announced the release date of the X-Pro1 mirrorless camera for the Japanese market: February 18th, 2012. New sample images taken with all three lenses have been uploaded to the X-Pro1 microsite. Several online stores around the world have listed various prices for the new X-Pro1 products, but Fuji has not yet made an official statement. I already mentioned that […]

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Astrodesign, Kenko Tokina and Tamron join the Micro Four Thirds System standard

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2012

After Komamura joined the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group last year, today Olympus announced that Astrodesign, Kenko Tokina and Tamron have also joint the group:

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