Monthly Archives: September 2013

Samsung NX300m camera manual leaked online

Last week I reported about a new Samsung NX300m camera. The NX300m manual is now available online and reveals a camera identical to the current NX300 model but with an improved tiltable LCD screen (tiltable up 180°, down 45°; the NX300 was up 90°, down 45°). Samsung is also rumored to announce a new 16-50mm f/2.8 […]

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New Pentax K-3 leak and rumored specifications

The not yet announced  Pentax K-3 camera was listed at the  official Japanese PPG (Pentax Photo Gallery) website. Those are the rumored Pentax K-3 specifications:

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What else is new?

Phase One released Capture One v.7.1.4 ($299.95). TrueSense Imaging (ex-Kodak) announced 4K Micro Four Thirds sized CMOS sensor. Ilford Imaging Switzerland (the inkjet paper company) plans to rise from financial trouble. New Nauticam underwater housing for Sony NEX-5T camera. Tokina announced a new 16-28 T3.0mm cinema lens in Japan.

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Sony reassures that A mount will stay alive

Few weeks ago Amateurphotographer reported that Sony is still committed to the A-mount: “Though designed to work with E-mount lenses, Sony UK’s head of digital imaging, Frederik Lange, stressed that the A3000 launch does not signal the end of A-mount cameras.” The a99 camera will run out of production in late November. The Sony a65 camera is […]

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Canon EOS M2 camera references appear in DPP software

A dpreview forum member discovered reference to an “EOS M2” camera in the latest DPP (Digital Photo Professional) version: “If the shooting result is dark or the contrast is low, you can use the Auto Lighting Optimizer function to auto-correct the brightness and contrast, and obtain a more pleasant image. You can also change the […]

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Rumors: full frame Pentax DSLR, K-3 specs and a new DA 18-70mm f/2.8 lens

The above picture comes form the Chinese forum xitek and it looks like a Pentax DSLR camera with a full frame mirror box (I changed the brightness of the second image for a better view). For comparison, this is the APC-S sized mirror box of the Pentax K-5: What do you think – real or fake? […]

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MXCamera/DEO-Tech working on a full frame Sony NEX adapter, MFT drop-in filter adapter

MX Camera/DEO-Tech is planning to released two new adapters – one for the upcoming full frame Sony NEX, the second for MFT with drop-in filter capabilities:

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