Monthly Archives: January 2015

List of upcoming Olympus cameras

In addition to the Olympus E-M5II camera, the Indonesian communication agency has listings on their website for two new Olympus compact cameras: Olympus SH-2 and TG-860. The official announcement will most likely be at the CP+ show in Japan next month. Via Digicame-info

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Samsung NX500 mirrorless camera specs leaked: ISO 32,000, 4k video, 1/4000s

It seems that a firmware update for the new Samsung NX500 mirrorless camera leaked online. Here are some of the rumored specifications: ISO range: 100 – 32,000 (ISO 25,600 Auto ISO limit) Top shutter speed: 1/4000s Video: 4095×2160 (24p), 3840×2160 (25p / 30p), 1920×1080 (509 / 60p), 1920×1080 (259 / 30p) Via SLRclub & Dicahub

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Canon @ 2015 CES: new printers, camcorders, PowerShot cameras and a media hub

Today at the CES show Canon announced new printers, camcorders, five PowerShot compact cameras and a Connect Station CS100 media hub used for photo and video storage. For pricing and availability, check this link. The full press releases can be found here. The Canon EOS 6D DSLR camera is now also available in a kit […]

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What else is new?

→ Fujifilm and Globe-Trotter have announced another “exclusive” and “luxury” kit based on the Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite Silver camera. You can see the previous Globe-Trotter/Fuji edition kits here and here. → The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 camera body is listed as discontinued at B&H. → Kodak already has a website for the Instamatic Android based devices I reported last month. […]

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Yongnuo is coming with a 35mm f/2 clone lens for Canon DSLR cameras

The Chinese based Yongnuo already has 50mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.4 lenses for Canon DSLR cameras. The company will soon release also a new 35mm f/2 lens. Here are the technical specifications, lens design and MTF charts:

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New Zeiss Loxia wide and tele prime lenses coming in 2015

In a recent interview, Richard Schleuning from Carl Zeiss casually mentioned that new wide and tele prime lenses will be on market by the end of 2015. The new Loxia product line contains manual focus lenses designed for full frame mirrorless cameras like the Sony a7. Via Hdslrshooter

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