Yesterday Kodak published a press release announcing “continued performance improvement in segment profitability for the third quarter of 2012“. The company was able to reduce their expenses by 24% ($63 million). The operating loss for Q3 was $37 million ($87 million improvement from the previous year). The company’s profit margin increased by 2%: “Since our Chapter […]
At the last day of PhotoPlus Expo in New York Zeiss showed mockups of their new lenses for mirrorless compact system cameras. Shipping is expected to start in Spring (previous reports indicated shipping in Summer) starting with the 2.8/12mm, 1.8/32mm and 2.8/50mm macro lenses for Sony NEX and Fujifilm X-Pro cameras. All new Zeiss mirrorless lenses will […]
The new Canon EOS M mirrorless camera is now shipping in the US and is currently in stock at Amazon/OneCall. Here are some of the main features of camera:
Fujifilm released new firmware updates for the 18mm f/2, 35mm f/1.4 and 60mm f/2.4 XF lenses. The new Fujifilm X-E1 mirrorless camera and 14mm f/2.8 XF lens are expected to start shipping in the US on November 9-10, 2012. Yasuhara Madoka 180 Fisheye lens for Sony E-mount now available in the US (click on “more images” for some samples). Sigma […]
The Sony SLT-A99 and Pentax K-5 II/s cameras are currently shipping in the US and are in stock at B&H: Sony SLT-A99 (update: sold out already in stock again) Pentax K-5 II Pentax K-5 IIs
Tamron filed patent 2012-208434 in Japan for a 150-600mm f/5-6.3 lens. Two different lens designs were described. Patent details:
At the 2012 PhotoPlus Expo Samsung announced again their 12-24mm f/4-5.6 and 45mm f/1.8 NX lenses that were initially introduced at Photokina. The only real news is the actual lens pricing: Samsung NX 12-24mm f/4-5.6 ED lens will cost $599.99 Samsung NX 45mm f/1.8 lens is priced at $299.99
The BIG 15mm f/4.5 shift lens for Micro Four Thirds that was announced at the 2012 Photokina show has been put on hold because the manufacturer found that the 15mm Voigtländer, which the lens is based on, didn’t work as expected.
Panasonic Japan announced that the Lumix DMC-GH3 Micro Four Thirds camera will start shipping on December 13, 2012: B&H has the listed the Panasonic GH3 with a shipping date of December 5th:
The SmartDeblur app developed by Vladimir Yuzhikov can “deblur” out of focus images. The 5MP Memeto camera can be attached to your shirt and document everything you see by taking a snapshot every 30 seconds. For more details, check the Memoto Lifelogging Camera project on Kickstarter:
