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Samyang to announce two new APS-C lenses this summer

By PR admin | Published: May 23, 2013

Samyang is rumored to announce two new APC-S lenses this summer. Those will be brand new designs and not a “remakes” of existing lenses. I do not have other details at that point. Stay tuned for more info.

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Leica coming out with a Mini M camera on June 11

By PR admin | Published: May 23, 2013

Leica will be announcing a new Mini M camera on June 11, 2013. The information I received is that the new camera will be made in Germany and it will not be based on an existing Panasonic model. Folow LeicaRumors for the latest updates.

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Panasonic GX2 rumored specifications

By PR admin | Published: May 22, 2013

Panasonic will soon be replacing their Lumix GX1 Micro Four Thirds camera. Here is the first wave of rumored specifications for the new model that could be called GX2 (the name is not confirmed yet): Tiltable built-in viewfinder Fastest shutter speed at 1/8000s New 18MP sensor Image stabilization Via Digicame-info

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Hasselblad Lunar mirrorless camera launch scheduled for May 30

By PR admin | Published: May 20, 2013

A quick update on my last post: Hasselblad representatives were also present at the same Zeiss Touit event in Japan and announced the official launch dates for Lunar mirrorless cameras (the initial release was delayed). The first launch will start on May 30th in New York and then will move to Europe and Asia. This Lunar first […]

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Updated Zeiss roadmap hints for a new line of lenses

By PR admin | Published: May 20, 2013

In a recent press event in Japan for the unveiling of the new Touit lenses, Zeiss showed an updated roadmap that in addition to the existing ZM, ZF/ZE/ZF.2, the not yet released high end DSLR and Touit lenses, also had a fifth unnamed product line marked with a question mark. Maybe this will be a new line of […]

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Olympus patents glasses with camera and display

By PR admin | Published: May 19, 2013

Olympus filed patent 2013-88725 in Japan for their own wearable computing device in the form of glasses, which similar to Google Glass, will also have a built-in camera and display. The patent doesn’t provide any other details or technical specifications. Few years ago Nikon released the Media Port UP300x head display and have also filed several related […]

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The code of the Samsung NX200 and NX300 mirrorless cameras is now available as open source

By PR admin | Published: May 18, 2013

A reader informed me that Samsung released the code for the NX200 and NX300 mirrorless cameras as open source based on the Cortex A9 quad core CPU and Neon coprocessor. This means that everyone can download it and make their own modifications, fix bugs, add new features, etc. As far as I know, this is the first major camera manufacturer to release […]

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The latest Canon patents

By PR admin | Published: May 18, 2013

Those are the latest Canon patents:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 17, 2013

Think Tank Photo announced a new Test Drive program and the release of a new version of its largest rolling camera case, the Logistics Manager 30. With the Test Drive program you get to try out any of Think Tank’s very popular Retrospective soft shoulder bags for 30 days for free. Currently they are also running free FedEx […]

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Is Fujifilm really getting ready to release an even smaller, entry level X camera?

By PR admin | Published: May 17, 2013

The Swedish website Cyberphoto published a blurred image of a new Fuji camera that is rumored to be a new entry level, interchangeable lens X model. The original post and photo have since been removed, but the question remains – is there really a place for another Fuji X system camera? The X-E1 is pretty small and the only way […]

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