Monthly Archives: December 2012

Pentax full frame camera in the news again

The Japanese online magazine Impress interviewed the head of Pentax Ricoh Product Development who said that “a new set of 35mm full frame specifications is being formulated and that new moire removal algorithms are being developed as new in-camera function (which the K-5IIs doesn’t have). Besides, a Ricoh brand new camera will come.”

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The leaked Android based interchangeable lens camera to be announced at CES says Polaroid’s CEO

Few days ago PhotoRumors broke the story about the upcoming Android based mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. Few days later, Polaroid’s CEO Scott Hardy confirmed to Imaging Resources that the company will indeed announce such camera during the 2013 CES show in early January:

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The successor of the Olympus E-5 will support both Micro Four Thirds and Four Thirds lenses

In interview with Quesabesde, Miguel Angel Garcia (CEO of Olympus Spain) confirmed that in 2013 the company will release an E-5 successor that will support both Micro Four Thirds and Four Thirds lenses. No other details on the new camera were provided. This is nothing new – Olympus executives made similar statement earlier this year and even released an […]

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Panasonic may be working on a high-end compact camera with fixed lens and Micro Four Thirds sensor

In a recent interview with Quesabesde, Michiharu Uematsu from Panasonic indicated that the company might be working on a high-end compact camera with a fixed lens and a Micro Four Thirds sensor. With the latest success of the RX100 (and RX1), I will not be surprised if Panasonic (or Olympus) go that route. Both company already have some serious compact […]

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Sony SLT a37, a57 cameras and 70-400mm lens listed as discontiunued

Sony Japan listed the Sony a37 and 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM lens as discontinued. B&H recently also listed one of the a57 camera configurations as discontinued: The Sony a37 was announced in May 2012, the a57 was introduced in March, 2012.

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The latest patent applications from Tamron, Canon and Sony

Tamron Patent 2012-242504 from Tamron is for a 300mm f/2.8 full frame lens for mirrorless cameras (?): Canon Patent 2012-247451 from Canon is for a 50mm f/1.2 lens: Canon 50mm f/1.2 full frame lens patent (for DSLR cameras) The next example is interesting – it looks like Canon filed a patent for a 50mm f/2.0 full frame mirrorless lens: Canon […]

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Kodak selling patents for $525 million

Kodak will get approximately $525 million for its patents portfolio. This was a necessary step in order to get the previously reported $793 million in financing in order to exit from bankruptcy and continue as a commercial printing company. Full press release:

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This is the Polaroid IM1836 (Android based mirrorless interchangeable lens camera)

I just received those new images of the already leaked Android based IM1836 interchangeable lens camera from Polaroid that were published on a Russian social media network. The only new addition to the previously reported specs is that the IM1836 will use MicroSD memory cards.  

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Polaroid to announce an Android based mirrorless interchangeable lens camera

Polaroid is expected to announce the world’s first compact, interchangeable lens, Android based, mirrorless camera. Here are the details: Model name: IM1836 (this is probably not the final name) Powered by Android 4 3.5″ touchscreen 18.1MP sensor Pop-up flash Built-in Wi-Fi HDMI and headphones outputs Panorama, blink detection functions Update: see also this related post. […]

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Fujifilm XF1 and X10 win 2013 iF Product Design Award

Fujifilm won the 2013 iF Product Design Award for their XF1 and X10 cameras:

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