Check out this digital Bolex camera. This doughnut camera is real. MIT developed a chip that creates a natural look when using flash. Austrian researchers have developed a new kind of plastic sheet image sensor that is a flat, flexible and transparent. New on Kickstarter: Luxi incident light meter for iPhone.
Sony filed a patent application (2013-37081) in Japan for a 35mm f/1.8 full frame E-mount lens. Another patent (2013-37080) describes a new 24mm f/1.8 and 24mm f/2.2 lenses for mirrorless APS-C based cameras.
Olympus finally announced the XZ-10 for the US market with a price of $399 and March 22, 2013 shipping date. Here are the camera’s basic specs: 1/2.3″ CMOS 12MP back-illuminated sensor 5x optical zoom with 26-130mm f/1.8-2.7 lens 40% smaller than the XZ-2 Weight (including battery and memory card): 221 g Touch AF shutter control 920 000 dots […]
The Fuji X100s and X20 cameras should start shipping any day now. Fujifilm published new dedicated websites for the X100s and X20 and new sample images taken with the X100s and X20. For a list of pre-order options, check this post.
Update: the Nikon D7100 is now officially announced ($1199.95 for body only, $1599.95 for kit). Nikon will announce the D7100 in the next few hours. Follow NikonRumors for all the latest updates. Here are the rumored D7100 specs:
Here is an updated list of specifications for the rumored Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera (see previous rumored specs here):
The Japanese Nippon Camera published their predictions for 2013. Similar to the article published by the Impress magazine few months ago, those forecasts are often based on information from rumors blogs:
In addition to their new cameras, Sony announced also three new lenses:
Sony announced several new cameras and lenses in Europe (US announcement is coming next week). In case you have missed my previous post with all the rumored specifications, here are the official details: Sony a58 technical specifications: SLT-A58 Image Sensor Exmor APS HD CMOS Effective pixels 20.1 megapixels (approx.) Sensitivity range ISO 100 – 16000 […]
The US price of the Samyang T-S 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC tilt-shift lens will be $999. The Nikon, Canon and Sony versions are currently available for pre-order at B&H: Samyang T-S 24mm f/3.5 tilt-shift for Nikon Samyang T-S 24mm f/3.5 tilt-shift for Canon Samyang T-S 24mm f/3.5 tilt-shift for Sony
