Monthly Archives: January 2014

New Hasselblad Lunar limited edition camera announced

By PR admin | Published: January 13, 2014

Hasselblad announced another Lunar limited edition camera. Only 200 pieces will produced. Shipping will start on January 31st and the price will be €7,200 (around $10,000). Read the press release, it’s entertaining:

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Polaroid came up with another mirrrorless interchangeable lens camera *UPDATED*

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2014

Exactly one year ago (during CES 2013) Polaroid announced their iM1836 interchangeable lens camera that looked identical to the Nikon 1 J1 model. As a result, Nikon sued Polaroid and the iM1836 was gone, but Polaroid did not give up – during CES 2014 they had another mirrrorless interchangeable lens camera on display (the above pictures are from digitalcamera.jp). The lens […]

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The Vivitar IU680 is an interchangeable lens camera module for smart phones

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2014

After Sony and JK Imaging, Vivitar also announced at CES their own interchangeable lens camera module for smart phones. The Vivitar IU680 is sightly different – you can attache different lenses:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2014

→ This new Liquid Image Ego LS camera comes with a built-in 4G LTE connection and can stream photos and videos. → Polaroid announced new sports action cameras.

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Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD sample images

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2014

DCfever.com published some sample images taken with the Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens ($1,069.00). The lens is expected to start shipping on January 17 on the US. The detailed technical specifications can be found here.

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Deals of the day: Sony NEX-7 and Ricoh GR cameras on sale

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2014

This Sony NEX-7 two lens bundle currently sells for $999 ($650 instant savings) and includes a $100 B&H gift card plus free shipping. After my last post in December, the price of the Ricoh GR compact camera dropped another $80 and is currently selling for $619 (its main competitor, the Coolpix A, is still listed for the […]

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Rumors: the Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera to be announced at the CP+ show in Japan

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2014
Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera rumors

Another Canon EOS 7D Mark II rumor: the camera will be announced at the CP+ show in Japan (February 13 – 16, 2014). Just like the Nikon D400, a 7D replacement has been rumored for years, but there has not been anything reliable so far to convince me that this camera is really coming. A new […]

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Ricoh GXR camera system discontinued in the UK

By PR admin | Published: January 10, 2014

AP reports that the Ricoh GXR camera system is already discontinued in the UK and is no longer in production (check current availability on Amazon UK): “In an interview with AP at CES, Ricoh Imaging UK managing director Jonathan Martin said GXR sales have been discontinued in the UK and, as far as he knows, […]

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