Monthly Archives: March 2012

Interesting mirrorless camera concept

This Snima Iris mirrorless camera concept is designed by Vladimir Markov. Check out his website form more details. Here are few more images:

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Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 lens patent

Tamron filed a patent in Japan for a new 70-200mm f/2.8 lens that will probably be an update of their current version. Tokina recently announced a new AT-X 70-200mm f/4 PRO IF FX lens and this is probably Tamron’s response. The details:

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Pentax DA 645 25mm f/4 lens announced again

For some reason Pentax US decided to announce the D FA 645 25mm f/4 lens today. This lens has been listed at B&H since February 7th. Here is the full press release:

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Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta now available for download

Photoshop CS6 Beta is now available for download at Adobe labs. Some of the highlights in the new version: Content-Aware Patch — Patch images with greater control using the newest member of the Content-Aware family of technologies. Choose the sample area you want to use to create your patch, and then watch Content-Aware Patch magically […]

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Canon mirrorless camera concept

A reader sent me his concept renderings of a Canon mirrorless camera. I like the idea of the EVF being mounted over the hot shoe. For more images visit davidriesenberg.com. Canon is the last hope for a full frame mirrorless camera, otherwise I think we have to wait few years until the next generation of mirrorless cameras. As […]

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The camera that can take pictures around corners

This video is an update on this post from 2010 about the MIT camera that can take pictures around corners. Read more at Scientific American.

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Nauticam NA-GX1 underwater housing for Panasonic Lumix GX1

Nauticam announced a new underwater housing for Panasonic Lumix GX1 camera with a depth rating of 100m. The US price is $1200 and will start shipping at the end of March, 2012.

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Pentax K-z?

Just like the first banner, I don’t know much about those images and how reliable this information is. At least we can now clearly see the model name in the top right corner: Pentax K-z.

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