Monthly Archives: July 2012

Sony 300mm f/2.8 lens is now discontinued

Sony Japan listed the SAL 300mm f/2.8G lens ($6,998.00) as discontinued. This lens was announced in June, 2006 and Sony recently raised its price by $700. With the announcement of the 500mm f/4 lens (SAL500F40G), it will be interesting to see if Sony will refresh also the 300mm f/2.8.

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The latest patents from Canon, Panasonic and Pentax

Canon filed a patent 2012123155 for a 35mm f/1.4 lens: Patent released date: June 28, 2012 Patent filing date: December 8th, 2010 Focal length: 34.73mm Aperture: 1.45 Half angle of view: 31.92 deg Image height: 21.64mm Length: 128.11mm Back focus: 38.48mm Lens diameter: 52.03mm Lens design: 12 elements in 9 groups sheet, 2 aspherical elements

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What else is new? [weekend digest]

New: ThumbsUp EP-7S for Fuji X-Pro1 camera.   New from Polaroid: Z2300 Instant Digital Camera: 10 MP digital camera 3.0” bright color LCD for viewing images Compact size and usability SD compatible for expanded memory, up to 32GB Rechargeable lithium-ion battery Speaker / micropohone Prints with ZINK Zero ink The 41MP Nokia 808 smart phone will […]

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Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for June 2012

         Those are the top 10 most visited PhotoRumors posts for June 2012: More Pentax full frame DSLR rumors This is the new, large sensor, Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 compact camera Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D and EF 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens leaked before Friday’s announcement Sony Cybershot RX100 large sensor compact camera announced Samsung EX2 to […]

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