Monthly Archives: July 2013

Rumored Panasonic GX7 pictures and specs surface online

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2013

The German magazine fotomagazin.de leaked the first pictures of the upcoming Panasonic GX7 MFT camera. Here are the detailed specifications:

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Lomography kickstarts a Petzval portrait lens for Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2013

Lomography, in cooperation with Zenit, started a kickstarter project on a Petzval portrait lens for Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras (as many of you guessed correctly in this post). The lens is currently in production, the first prototypes are expected in the next month or two. For more information, visit this page.

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Fuji’s last X-Pro1 firmware update was faulty

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2013

Fujifilm issued a statement that the last X-Pro1 firmware update was faulty. It seems that the problem is serious since they ask customers to contact Fuji support if the firmware was already installed:

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Canon files patent for a 50mm f/1.8 lens with image stabilization

By PR admin | Published: July 24, 2013

Canon filed a patent in Japan for a new 50mm f/1.8 lens with image stabilization (IS):

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Deal of the day: two SanDisk 16GB SDHC Extreme class 10 UHS-I memory card for $47.50

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

B&H is currently selling two SanDisk 16GB SDHC Extreme class 10 UHS-I memory card for $47.50. Note that those cards are new versions with improved read/write speed: maximum read speed is 80MB/s and maximum write speed is 60MB/s. Few other deals:

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Lomography published clues for a new product announcement on Thusday

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

Lomography has published four article-teasers for an upcoming mystery product that will be announced on Thursday, July 25th. Can you make any sense of the attached images/clues? Update: as several readers have mentioned in the comments section, the new product will most likely be a Petzval lens. For more info check this and this link.

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Rumors: Canon is testing a 75MP Pro DSLR camera

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

Photographybay reported a rumor that Canon is currently testing a high resolution 75MP Canon DSLR camera that will come in a pro body (like the 1Dx). The camera will have new processor(s) in order to handle the huge image files accordingly and a very hight frame rate (fps). Announcement could happen before the end of 2013, but the new […]

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