Monthly Archives: October 2013

What else is new?

→Check out those new Canon deals on Amazon. →Kodak wins $76million in patent dispute with Ricoh. →Similar to Nikon Canon also cut their full-year forecast as camera users switch to smart phones.

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Some Fuji rumors from the Photo Plus Expo

Some Fuji rumors from the Photo Plus Expo: New lens roadmap coming in early 2014 with new lenses New fast, f/2.8 constant aperture, mid-range zoom and longer zoom lenses are planned Some of the new lenses will be weather-sealed Fujifilm is working on a new organic sensor No info on a potential Fuji X-Pro2 release A full […]

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Pentax K-3 camera additional coverage

The new Pentax K-3 DSLR camera is scheduled to start shipping in early November. I was offline during the K-3 announcement and I had multiple emails from readers asking for some additional coverage (I only briefly mentioned the K-3 in this recap):

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Sakar showing their Kodak-branded Micro Four Thirds lenses at the PhotoPlus Expo

Ther is a new Kodak-branded Micro Four Thirds lenses at the PhotoPlus Expo in New York: 25mm f/0.95, 50mm f/1.1 and 8mm f/3 fisheye . The lenses are manufactured by Sakar – the same company that produced the Polaroid iM1836 mirrorless camera. Sakar is not to be confused with JK Imaging who is the manufacturer of the Kodak […]

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Olympus UK promises “soon to be announced high-end compact” camera as a photo competition prize

Olympus UK is currently running a photo competition where the second prize will be a “soon to be announced high-end compact from Olympus“:

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Ricoh/Pentax full frame camera rumors

Pentax Russia gave some new information on their upcoming full frame DSLR camera in a recent interview with penta-club.ru (via Pentaxforums):

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First picture of the Zeiss Touit 2.8/50 macro lens

Zeiss published on Facebook the first picture of their new Touit 2.8/50mm macro lens. B&H has the shipping date is listed as February 27th, 2014. The lens will be available in Sony and Fuji mounts.

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Sigma announces the price and availability of the 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM lens

Sigma set the price of their new Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM lens at $899 (available for pre-order at B&H and Adorama). The Nikon and Sigma mounts will be available in December, the Sony version will come later. All but the Sony version of the lens have Sigma’s Optical Stabilizer (OS) technology to compensate for camera shake.

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Polaroid iM1836 mirrorless camera now shipping

The Polaroid iM1836 mirrorless camera (a.k.a. as Nikon 1 ripoff) is now shipping in the US for $299. Here are the main camera specifications:

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Panasonic GH4 Micro Four Thirds camera with 4K video coming in 2014

Panasonic is rumored to announce a new GH4 Micro Four Thirds camera with 4K video capabilities in 2014. Here are the first set of specifications:

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