Monthly Archives: June 2012

Panasonic ends up as the major investor in Olympus

By PR admin | Published: June 5, 2012

After several months of negotiations, Panasonic ended up investing a large chunk of money in Olympus according to Reuters: “Panasonic Corp is making final arrangements to provide up to 50 billion yen ($635 million) in capital to Olympus Corp in a move that will make Panasonic the top shareholder in the company.”

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Some fresh Samsung NX rumors

By PR admin | Published: June 4, 2012

This is an update to my last post on the new products Samsung is expected to announce at Photokina: Samsung will announces new NX and compact cameras at Photokina. Two or three new lenses will be announced: 12-24mm f/4 VCM (with iFn) and maybe a new 30mm f/2 version II (also with iFn function). The recently announced 16-80mm […]

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Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D announcement this week?

By PR admin | Published: June 4, 2012

The new EOS Rebel T4i/650D DSLR camera is rumored to be announced on June 8, 2012 (this Friday). There are no updated specs at this point.

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This is the new, large sensor, Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 compact camera

By PR admin | Published: June 4, 2012

Here are the translated specs of the Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 camera that will feature a 1″ CMOS sensor (same sensor size as the Nikon 1 mirrorless system):

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What else is new? [weekend digest]

By PR admin | Published: June 3, 2012

Panasonic is cutting the workforce of its Osaka head office by between 3,000 and 4,000 workers. Olympus to cut 2,500 jobs, consolidate overseas plants, sell 10 percent stake to Sony or Panasonic. Michael Woodford, Ex-Olympus CEO, wins multi-million dollar settlement. New rebates on Sigma lenses (up to $200 off). See all current rebates here.

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Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for May 2012

By PR admin | Published: June 1, 2012

Those are the top 10 most visited PhotoRumors posts for May 2012: A better picture of the Pentax K-30 First leaked picture of the Pentax K-30 First Canon mirrorless camera specs Hasselblad cameras price reduction Sony A99 specs Pentax working on second generation of the 645D medium format camera Another Olympus teaser for the TG-1 iHS camera […]

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