Monthly Archives: February 2012

Sony to increase the price of most lenses in the US on April 1st, 2012

Model Effective 9/1/11 Effective 4/1/12 Price Diff SAL1635Z $1,899.99 $1,999.99 $100.00 SAL1680Z $849.99 $999.99 $150.00 SAL2470Z $1,799.99 $1,999.99 $200.00 SAL24F20Z $1,299.99 $1,399.99 $100.00 SAL85F14Z $1,499.99 $1,699.99 $200.00 SAL135F18Z $1,599.99 $1,799.99 $200.00 SAL70300G $899.99 $999.99 $100.00 SAL70400G $1,799.99 $1,999.99 $200.00 SAL35F14G $1,399.99 $1,499.99 $100.00 SAL300F28G $6,299.99 $6,999.99 $700.00 SAL100M28 $749.99 $799.99 $50.00 SAL1118 $699.99 $799.99 $100.00 […]

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Another Adobe Photoshop 6 sneak peek video: Content Aware improvements

In Photoshop 6 Adobe will introduce some improvements to the Content Aware feature as shown in the video above. See more sneak peek videos here.

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What would Canon do? (5D Mark III)

The day Nikon announced their D800 monster, Canon came out with “only” three new lenses and some official samples from their top of the line EOS 1Dx camera. Nikon and Canon announcements are always scheduled few days/weeks apart and it seems that all the signs for a new 5D Mark III camera are here, including the mandatory book listing on […]

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Lens roadmap for Pentax 645 and Q mounts

Pentax 645 mount lens roadmap

After the K-mount, Pentax released also the 645 mount roadmap that reveals a new wide (24-45mm), standard (45-90mm) and tele (90-200mm) zoom lenses to be announced in 2013 or later. The Pentax Q mount roadmap shows plans for a new 80-300mm telephoto and 15-35mm wide zooms, a telephoto prime and a mount cap lens (pinhole lens):

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Fujifilm X-Pro1 updates

B&H updated their expected availability for the Fuji X-pro 1 to March 20, 2012. Update: some new X-Pro1 samples were posted by LensTip. In addition to the many new Fuji X-Pro1 samples, Brandon Remler has uplaoded also several new videos – the first one shows some significant X-Pro1 speed improvements compared to the X100:

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Panasonic working on a “very high quality” Micro Four Thirds camera

In an interview with AP, Ichiro Kitao (director of Panasonic’s digital stills camera business) reveled that Panasonic is working on a very high quality Micro Four Thirds camera: “I want Panasonic to be known for very high-quality cameras, and we are currently restructuring the range of products that we offer to include a very high-end model, but […]

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Lensbaby Introduces the Edge 80 Optic

Lensbaby Edge 80 Optic

This is what Lensbaby has been teasing us on Facebook for several days now: the new Edge 80 Optic. The new lens features a f/2.8 – f/22 12-blade aperture and is compatible with the Composer Pro, Composer, Muse, Scout and Control Freak. The price of the Lensbaby Edge 80 Optic is $300 (MSRP). Here are some samples and the full […]

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Those are the upcoming Sony Cybershot cameras (HX200, HX30, HX20, HX10, H90, TX66, TX20, WX150, W690)

As mentioned previously, Sony will announce another batch of Cyber-shot cameras on February 28th, 2012. Here are the details: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200 18 MP Exmor R CMOS sensor 27mm equivalent Carl Zeiss lens with 30x optical zoom, 60x digital zoom AF speed of approx. 0.1 second in daylight, 0.2 seconds in low light 3.0-in. 921k dot […]

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