Freestyle Photographic Supplies posted on their Facebook page a Fujifilm marketing bulletin announcing the discontinuation of Neopan 400 B&W and Provia 400X slide films. The Neopan 100 is the only remaining Fujifilm B&W film. For slide film your options are: Fujifilm Provia 100F, Velvia 100 and Velvia 50. You can stock up on the soon to be discontinued […]
Those are the first leaked images of the upcoming Hasselblad Stellar compact camera. Similar to the Lunar, the Stellar will be based on the Sony RX100 model. The major difference compared to the RX100 seems to be the Italian wood handgrip and camera housing material. The official announcement will be on July 26th. The price is expected […]
It seems that Sony is working very hard to capitalize on the growing smart phones market. The latest rumors describe a new device in the form of a lens that will have a built in sensor, battery and memory that attaches to a smart phone and transmits the captured images to the phone via NFC and Wi-Fi. […]
The Taiwanese NCC government agency has a registration for the Panasonic DMC-GX7 camera (see rumored specs). The official announcement of the new camera is expected in the next 1-2 months. Via Digicame-info
B&H and Adorama now have a listing for a new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70 superzoom camera (60x optical zoom). I could not find any official information on Panasonic’s website or anywhere else on the Web. Update: the FZ70 is now officially announced. There is also a new Panasonic XS3 compact camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70 camera specifications: […]
During the last product announcement Fujifilm also promised new firmware updates that will introduce focus peaking for the X-Pro1 and X-E1 cameras. Today the company published additional information on what to expect on July 23 when the firmware updates will be officially released:
For years many readers have been asking for a compact mirrorless full frame camera and it seems that finally Sony is getting ready to release one. This is not a big surprise after what the company was able to do with the RX1 in terms of camera size and image quality. Here is the recap […]
Fuji proudly displays the “Made in Japan” stamp on their cameras. With the introduction of new entry level models (X-M1) and the upcoming even cheaper X-A1 camera, the company is looking to cut production costs and diversify risk (remember the last major earthquake in Japan?) by outsourcing production to other countries. Today Fujifilm announced that they […]
LumoPro LP180 quad-sync manual flash announced. Kodak’s PixPro AZ521 camera is the world’s first compact camera with 52x optical zoom. Ricoh filed a patent for a new bounce flash. Canon filed patents for 28mm, 35mm, 40mm and 45mm f/2.8 full frame pancake lenses.
The latest rumors are pointing to another entry level Fuji mirrorless camera announced at the end of August. The new model will be called X-A1 and it will not have a X-Trans APS-C sensor. The camera will be sold at the WallMarts of the world which means a very low price point. The recently announced X-M1 body […]
