Ilford opened its first black and white film development lab in the US to meet demand for traditional silver gelatin black and white images. Sony Image Sensor business is booming, see original article. More information available here. Canon looks for opportunities in surveillance as camera growth slows down. Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to prosecute Olympus […]
For tomorrow’s scheduled press event Ricoh will most likely announce a new 360° camera called Pentax Theta 360. Such camera was rumored last year, but the Pentax acquisition by Ricoh probably delayed the announcement. Various prototypes of similar camera were shown at Photokina (by Pentax) and during the CES show (by Ricoh). The above screenshot taken earlier today is from […]
Digicame-info published an Olympus invitation for a press event scheduled for next week and confirmed what I already reported last week: the Olympus E-M1 camera and M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-40mm f/2.8 lens will be announced on September 10th.
Sony officially announced the following new products: Sony DSC-QX100 lens camera modules Sony DSC-QX10 lens camera modules (black) Sony DSC-QX10 lens camera modules (white) Sony FDR-AX1 digital 4K video camera recorder Sony HDR-AS30V HD POV action camcorder Sony HDR-MV1 music camcorder Hands-on videos:
I received some information that Panasonic is working on a whole new series of pancake power zoom lenses for Micro Four Thirds cameras that will be similar in size to the current 14mm f/2.5 prime (pictured above). I expect to receive more detailed information in the coming weeks and months.
Well, they did it: today Kodak officially announced that they are exiting bankruptcy and will continue to exists as a “technology company serving imaging for business markets – including packaging, functional printing, graphic communications and professional services“. Here is the full press release:
In few hours Sony will also announce a new HDR-AS30 sport cam that will replace the previous HDR-AS10 and HDR-AS15 models. The markings on the new version indicate a 12MP Exmor sensor and GPS capabilities. Via Sonyactioncam2
The upcoming Ricoh press conference got me thinking about the company’s current line of photo products and I realized that this year they were supposed to announce three new 645 lenses but unless I have missed something, there has been no word on those products. The expected new 645 lenses are: Wide zoom (24-45mm) Standard zoom […]
The 2013 IFA Consumer Electronic Show will start this Friday (September 6th). Ricoh has scheduled a press conference for Thursday, September 5 at 3:00pm CEST. I have no idea what will be announced but if you do, please let me know. On the same website you can also watch the live Sony press conference tomorrow.
The promo video for the Sony QX100 and QX10 lens camera modules for smart phones is now available on YouTube few hours before the official announcement:
