Monthly Archives: July 2012

New 192MP Sinarback eXact digital back from Sinar

Sinar announced a new Sinarback eXact digital back with 192 effective MP sensor: “As you can see, there are two XL modes where the back shoots with an effective 192 MP sensor. There’s the XL 4-shot mode, which provides 192 MP ‘single-shot quality’, however, there’s also the XL 16- shot mode, which samples real colours from the […]

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Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-150mm f/4-5.6 HD OIS lens leaked

Panasonic is preparing to announce a new Lumix G Vario 45-150mm f/4-5.6 HD OIS lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. My guess is that this lens will be a cheaper replacement of the current 45-200mm f/4-5.6 ($245). Via Photoprice

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What else is new? [weekend digest]

Nik Software released HDR Efex Pro 2 software. Apertus Axiom is an open source 4K camera. New cine housing for Sony NEX 5N with cooling mod.

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Sigma announces pricing and availability for 180mm f/2.8 macro lens

Sigma Corporation, a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of some of the world’s most impressive lines of lenses, cameras and flashes, has announced that the Sigma APO Macro 180mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM will be available in the United States on July 27 for the street price of $1,699.

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First Leica M10 spy shots

  In case you are not following LeicaRumors – those could be the first spy shots of the upcoming Leica M10 camera.

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The latest Canon news/rumors

Canon made several headlines in the past few days – there is a Canon Rebel T4i product advisory about defective rubber grips that could cause skin allergies or irritation and another product advisory for the EXIF data of the Rebel T4i.  There could be also some issues with the EF-S 18-135 IS STM lens. This video […]

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Pentax Ricoh products shuffle

Noboru Akabane, President of Pentax Imaging Ricoh, announced plans to abolish future Pentax compact digital cameras and focus on DSLRs. All future compact cameras will be under the Ricoh brand while DSLR and mirrorless camera will be under the Pentax name. It is not clear what will happen with the Ricoh GXR system. Via Digicame-info

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The latest Fujifilm updates

Fujfilm released a new brochure with X-Pro 1 accessories that includes the two upcoming XF lenses. There is also a new firmware update v.1.11 for the X-Pro1 mirrorless camera.

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