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Zeiss Touit 2.8/50 macro lens to be priced around $1,000

Brian Hirschfeld talked to the folks at Zeiss during the Photo Plus Expo and reported that the price of the Zeiss Touit 2.8/50 macro lens will be around $1,000:

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Panasonic filed design patents for new cameras

Panasonic filed design patents in Japan for several different camera models (above: classical design). Here is the Panasonic GF design:

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Deal of the day: Fuji X100s price drops to $1,189.98

The price of the Fuji X100s camera dropped to $1,189.98 on Amazon from $1,299.95 ($110 off).

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Olympus STYLUS 1 camera is now officially announced

The Olympus STYLUS 1 camera is now officially announced. Shipping will start in December and B&H is currently taking pre-orders at $699.99. The camera is available only in black. Here are the basic specifications: 12MP 1/1.7″ BSI CMOS Sensor 10.7x i.Zuiko Optical Zoom Lens 28-300mm Equiv; f/2.8 Constant Aperture Super Macro Mode with 2″ Minimum Focus 1.4M-dot High-Def […]

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More Olympus STYLUS 1 images

Few more Olympus STYLUS 1 pictures surfaced on the Web from an online retailer (click for larger view). The official announcement is tomorrow. The US price will be $699.

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Olympus STYLUS 1 camera specifications

Here are the detailed specifications of the Olympus STYLUS 1 compact camera:

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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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