Monthly Archives: May 2013

Updated Zeiss roadmap hints for a new line of lenses

In a recent press event in Japan for the unveiling of the new Touit lenses, Zeiss showed an updated roadmap that in addition to the existing ZM, ZF/ZE/ZF.2, the not yet released high end DSLR and Touit lenses, also had a fifth unnamed product line marked with a question mark. Maybe this will be a new line of […]

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Olympus patents glasses with camera and display

Olympus filed patent 2013-88725 in Japan for their own wearable computing device in the form of glasses, which similar to Google Glass, will also have a built-in camera and display. The patent doesn’t provide any other details or technical specifications. Few years ago Nikon released the Media Port UP300x head display and have also filed several related […]

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The code of the Samsung NX200 and NX300 mirrorless cameras is now available as open source

A reader informed me that Samsung released the code for the NX200 and NX300 mirrorless cameras as open source based on the Cortex A9 quad core CPU and Neon coprocessor. This means that everyone can download it and make their own modifications, fix bugs, add new features, etc. As far as I know, this is the first major camera manufacturer to release […]

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The latest Canon patents

Those are the latest Canon patents:

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What else is new?

Think Tank Photo announced a new Test Drive program and the release of a new version of its largest rolling camera case, the Logistics Manager 30. With the Test Drive program you get to try out any of Think Tank’s very popular Retrospective soft shoulder bags for 30 days for free. Currently they are also running free FedEx […]

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Is Fujifilm really getting ready to release an even smaller, entry level X camera?

The Swedish website Cyberphoto published a blurred image of a new Fuji camera that is rumored to be a new entry level, interchangeable lens X model. The original post and photo have since been removed, but the question remains – is there really a place for another Fuji X system camera? The X-E1 is pretty small and the only way […]

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Adobe Camera Raw 8.1 release candidate for Photoshop CS6 now available

Adobe Camera Raw 8.1 release candidate for Photoshop CS6 is now available for download with support for the cameras and lenses listed below:

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Deal of the day: Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 aspherical fisheye lens for $229 with free shipping

Adorama has a 48 hours deal on the Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 aspherical fisheye lens for Canon, Nikon and Sony mount: $229 with free shipping if you use code S0511113 at checkout. This offer will expire at 3pm EST on May 16th. Here is some additional info on that lens:

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