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Canon files patent for a 50mm f/1.8 lens with image stabilization

By PR admin | Published: July 24, 2013

Canon filed a patent in Japan for a new 50mm f/1.8 lens with image stabilization (IS):

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Deal of the day: two SanDisk 16GB SDHC Extreme class 10 UHS-I memory card for $47.50

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

B&H is currently selling two SanDisk 16GB SDHC Extreme class 10 UHS-I memory card for $47.50. Note that those cards are new versions with improved read/write speed: maximum read speed is 80MB/s and maximum write speed is 60MB/s. Few other deals:

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Lomography published clues for a new product announcement on Thusday

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

Lomography has published four article-teasers for an upcoming mystery product that will be announced on Thursday, July 25th. Can you make any sense of the attached images/clues? Update: as several readers have mentioned in the comments section, the new product will most likely be a Petzval lens. For more info check this and this link.

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Rumors: Canon is testing a 75MP Pro DSLR camera

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

Photographybay reported a rumor that Canon is currently testing a high resolution 75MP Canon DSLR camera that will come in a pro body (like the 1Dx). The camera will have new processor(s) in order to handle the huge image files accordingly and a very hight frame rate (fps). Announcement could happen before the end of 2013, but the new […]

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First picture of the upcoming Fuji XF 23mm f/1.4 R lens

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

This picture on Fuji’s website appears to be the upcoming Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 R lens (35mm equivalent). The new lens will have a distance scale and 62mm filter thread. According to the latest roadmap, the 23mm f/1.4 lens is expected to be announced by the end of the year.

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Fuji announces new XC 50-230mm f/4.5-6.7 OIS lens, updates X-mount roadmap, releases new firmware

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

Fujifilm published an updated X-mount lens roadmap that includes a new XC 50-230mm f/4.5-6.7 OIS lens (75-350mm equivalent) that will start shipping by the end of the year. Fuji also officially released the latest firmware update that will introduce focus peaking for the X-Pro1 and X-E1 cameras

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Hasselblad Stellar now on the Web

By PR admin | Published: July 22, 2013

It seems that one of the Hasselblad Stellar websites I mentioned yesterday is already online for some regions. You can access it through this proxi (thanks Tinus). Additional screenshots:

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Hasselblad Stellar camera box and strap

By PR admin | Published: July 22, 2013

The new leaked image of the Hasslblad Stellar shows that the camera will most likely come with a leather strap and a nice (wooden?) box. More images of the Stellar can be found here. There are also several domain names registered by an European company that contain the words “Hasslblad” and “Stellar”:

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DxOMark on the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM A: “best performing APS-C zoom”

By PR admin | Published: July 21, 2013

DxOmark tested the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM A lens for Canon mount ($799) and labeled it as the “best performing APS-C zoom“: “With the introduction of this model, Sigma has the best performing zoom of its type. The DxOMark score of 25 points puts well ahead of both the full-frame Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: July 20, 2013

Polaroid Socialmatic camera, which was shown as a concept last year, will be priced at $299 and will run on Android OS. New Sony Xperia smart phone is rumored to have a 20MP camera sensor. Toshiba announced world’s fastest-writing SDHC memory cards with writing speeds of up to 240 MB/s and reading speeds of up to 260 MB/s.

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