Monthly Archives: April 2013

Picture of the Samsung NX2000 Android/Tizen based camera

Update: this camera is most likely the Samsung NX2000. The above picture is of a not-yet-announced Samsung NX camera that runs on the Android or Tizen OS (you can see the home button on the right). I do not have any other details, but Samsung is rumored to be working on mirrorless NX cameras that run on […]

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CMOSIS offers 70MP full frame sensor, could be the sensor supplier for the Blackmagic 4k camera

CMOSIS, the sensor supplier for the new Leica M, could also be the sensor manufacturer for the just announced Blackmagic 4k camera according to EOSHD: “Their Super 35mm 4K sensor is the “CMOSIS CMV 12000″ and the specification is a close to the Blackmagic Production Camera. Also the pin layout as shown above looks identical despite the low resolution […]

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Panasonic Lumix GF6 camera announcement

The Panasonic GF6 Micro Four Thirds camera is now officially announced. The US price is $599 for a lens kit. Sample video shot with the GF6:

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What else is new at the 2013 NAB show?

Blackmagic announced their production 4k camera priced at $4k. The new compact Novo camera takes C-mount lenses and fits int he palm of your hand.

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Panasonic GF6: more leaked images and detailed specifications

More images and detailed specifications (Google translation) of the upcoming Panasonic GF6 Micro Four Thirds camera:

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Sony patents full frame mirrorless lenses designed for curved sensor

Sony filed a patent application in Japan (2013-61476) for a full frame 35mm f/1.8 mirrorless lens designed for curved sensors. The patent contains also calculations for 35mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.2 and 30mm f/2.0 lenses, all designed for a curved sensor. Sony, Nikon, Konica Minolta and others have also filed various patents for curved sensors in the past. The purpose of a […]

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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera announced

Update: B&H is now taking pre-orders for the new Blackmagic Pocket cinema camera. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is now officially announced. You can get more details on the new camera from John Brawley’s blog where he writes: “What BMD have done with this camera is to take a super 16 size version of the exact same awesome sensor […]

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Blackmagic to announce a new compact Micro Four Thirds cinema and production model 4k cameras

At the 2013 NAB show Blackmagic is expected to announce a new compact Micro Four Thirds cinema camera with a price tag of $995: “Ultra portable Super 16 digital cinema camera with super wide 13 stops dynamic range, Super 16 sized 1080 HD sensor, built-in SD card recorder, high resolution LCD, ProRes and lossless CinemaDNG RAW recording, […]

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