Monthly Archives: September 2013

New Pentax K-3 leak and rumored specifications

By PR admin | Published: September 23, 2013

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?

By PR admin | Published: September 22, 2013

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

By PR admin | Published: September 22, 2013

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

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2013

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

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2013

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

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2013

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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Photographer leaks pictures on Facebook taken with a new Sony NEX-7R camera

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2013

The New York based photographer Clayton Nelson published several pictures on Facebook taken with “Sony NEX-7R, a new prototype APS sensor digital camera”. The images are now removed. This is the rest of his comments: “I emailed Sony some of the images I took earlier in the week, explaining how delighted I was with the […]

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First images of the upcoming Fuji XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS and 56mm f/1.2 R lenses

By PR admin | Published: September 20, 2013

According to the latest XF lens roadmap, Fuji should announce two more lenses by January 2014. In one of the new PDF brochures published on fujifilm.com you can see pictures of those two lenses – 10-24mm f/4 R OIS and 56mm f/1.2 R:

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