Monthly Archives: September 2015

Cheaper GoPro announced: HERO+ with Wi-Fi for $199.99

GoPro announced announced a new cheaper HERO+ action camera with Wi-Fi for $199.99. Shipping will start on October 4, 2015. The key features of the new model are:

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New Sony a7 trade-in promotion

Sony has a new promotion where you can get up to $250 trade-in bonus towards the purchase of a7 series camera or full frame E-mount lens in addition to the value of your trade-in. Check out the details at Adorama and Amazon. This offer is valid from 9/27/2015 – 10/31/2015.

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New book: Photographer’s guide to the Sony DSC-RX100 IV

Alexander White published his new guide book for the Sony RX100 IV camera. Additional information on the Photographer’s Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100 IV:

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Olympus has a new 3D stacked 16MP CMOS image sensor with global shutter

Back in June Olympus presented a new 3D stacked 16MP CMOS image sensor with global shutter that will most likely be used in the next MFT camera. Here is a comparison of the technical parameters between the new and previous sensor: Additional information:

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Ricoh published an updated Pentax K-mount lens roadmap

Ricoh published an updated Pentax K-mount lens roadmap. Three more new lenses are expected to be announced in the “2015 or later” timeframe:

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Samsung denies rumors of shutting down camera business

Samsung issued an official statement denying the rumors that they are going to shut down their camera business:

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Questionable hack: Sony A7s camera recording 4K internally

Those two videos show a Sony A7s camera hacked to record 4K video internally:

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