Monthly Archives: August 2012

Recap of the latest Sony rumors

By PR admin | Published: August 16, 2012

The Sony 300mm f/2.8 lens is listed as discontinued on the Sony USA store. Sony is rumored to announce the NEX-5R and NEX-6 mirrorlress camera. The NEX-5R will have a new 16MP sensor with phase detection AF pixels and a flip screen. The most interesting rumor is that the new camera will have “full Internet support” […]

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Canon PowerShot SX160 IS and SX500 IS compact cameras leaked

By PR admin | Published: August 14, 2012

   Two new Canon compact cameras leaked: the PowerShot SX160 IS with 16x zoom and the PowerShot SX500 IS with 30x zoom. Expect the official announcement before the Photokina show next month.

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Pentax K-5 now also discontinued in the US

By PR admin | Published: August 13, 2012

After the first report from Japan back in January, the Pentax K-5 DSLR is now also discontinued in the US according to this B&H listing (the body only version is still available). Expect the replacement to be announced at Photokina next month. Via Pentaxforums

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What else is new? [weekend digest]

By PR admin | Published: August 11, 2012

Deal: Join by August 31 and get your first year of Creative Cloud membership for only $29.99/month. Valid for existing CS product owners. This is the camera on board the Mars rover Curiosity. Panasonic released waterproof & shockproof anti magnetic SD cards.

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Samyang announces T1.5 35mm, T1.5 24mm and T3.1 14mm VDSLR lenses

By PR admin | Published: August 9, 2012

Today Samyang officially announced the T1.5 35mm AS UMC, T1.5 24mm ED AS IF UMC and T3.1 14mm ED AS IF UMC VDSLR lenses:

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Fujifilm discontinues three compact film cameras

By PR admin | Published: August 7, 2012

Fujifilm issued a press release that they will discontinue the production of the Natura Classica ($299), Klasse W ($559) and Clear Shot M compact film cameras. I think is about time for Fujifilm to drop the “film” part from their name. Via Tokyocamerastyle

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Hyperdrive Album 2 media storage device coming soon

By PR admin | Published: August 7, 2012

A reader sent me a link to the not yet announced Hyperdrive Album 2. The new media storage device will have a 5.0″ VGA LCD screen, fast UDMA 50MB/s download speed, side-by-side photo comparison, full HD video support, photo recovery and password protection.

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