Monthly Archives: March 2012

Canon EOS 1Dx, Pentax K-5 limited edition now available for pre-order

By PR admin | Published: March 14, 2012

The Canon EOS 1Dx DSLR and Pentax K-5 limited edition cameras are now available for pre-order.

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Sony lens price increase coming on April 1st in the US

By PR admin | Published: March 14, 2012

Just a reminder that Sony will be increasing the prices of some of their lenses with $20 to $700 on April 1st, 2012 (that’s not an April Fools’ joke). If you are planning to buy some of the glass listed in the table below, it will be a good idea to do it now:

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Zeiss Distagon T* 15mm f/2.8 ZF.2/ZE teasers continue

By PR admin | Published: March 13, 2012

Zeiss revealed another piece of the specs for upcoming Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZF.2/ZE super wide angle lens: focusing range will be 0.25m to infinity. The lens will be announced this Friday (March 16th, 2012). Update: the new lens will have 15 elements in 12 groups.

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Existing Sigma SD1 owners will get approximately $4,800 in reward points back

By PR admin | Published: March 13, 2012

When Sigma UK announced their reward points program, they actually provided a monetary value of JPY400,000 (around $4800) that will be distributed to existing SD1 owners. The US press release from last month did not specify the exact value of the rewards plan. The initial SD1 price was $6,899, the new price is $2,299 – a $4,600 difference.

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Fuji promises a modified sensor for the white disc blooming issue, not clear who will get it

By PR admin | Published: March 13, 2012

Fujifilm issued a statement about the “white disc/sensor blooming” issue reported few months ago. In addition to the Finepix X10, the X-S1 camera is also impacted. A new firmware for the X-S1 will be released on March 21st. The second part of the statement is confusing – Fuji have developed a modified sensor that will resolve […]

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Sony a57 coverage

By PR admin | Published: March 13, 2012

Some additional Sony a57 coverage: Sample images at dpreview Detailed features description at IR Sony a57 hands-on video:

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Sony a57 press release

By PR admin | Published: March 12, 2012

This is the full press release for the new Sony a57 SLT camera. B&H is already taking pre-orders for the a57 body only for 699.99. SAN DIEGO, March 12, 2012 — A wider palette of creative options is now accessible to more shooters with the α57 camera, the newest addition to Sony’s popular line of A-mount cameras […]

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