There were some interesting cameras on the last Bonhams auction in Hong Kong: The Doryu pistol cameras were apparently developed for police and surveillance tasks. The first model, the Doryu 1 took 9.5mm film and was ready in 1952. The absence of film stock caused a re-think and a successor, the Doryu 2-16, taking 16mm film […]
I received a tip that Schneider Kreuznach will be exiting their large format lens business.
B&H now has the Canon EOS 7D Mark II DSLR camera with the Pixma PRO-100 printer kit for $1,049 after a $350 mail-in rebate. This is more than 50% off – the original price was $2,131.00
Canon recently filed a patent in Japan for a 50mm f/3.5 Macro IS lens designed for a full frame mirrorless camera:
Additional information on Sony acquisition of Toshiba’s Image Sensor business – they paid over $154 million for it:
An interesting video on the science behind film, CCD and CMOS sensors explained:
Macphun released version 1.1 of their new Aurora HDR software (created with the help of Trey Ratcliff). New firmware/software updates from Pentax/Ricoh: Pentax 645D firmware updated version 1.32 Pentax 645Z firmware updated version 1.22 Pentax Digital Camera Utility 5.4.2 update Ricoh GR remote 1.2 Wi-Fi app released Firmware update 2.1 for the Olympus E-M5 Mark II […]
Samsung made an official statement to AmateurPhotographer denying any rumors about Nikon buying Samsung NX technology:
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