Pentax Russia posted on Twitter that next week they will have nine different press releases (assuming new product announcements for Photokina). I mentioned some of the rumored Pentax products yesterday, but 9 new products? Maybe those press releases will include also new Ricoh products and other general announcements? Here is the translation:
Another picture of the Sony NEX-6 mirrorless camera. More images and detailed specs can be found here. The official announcement will be next week (September 12th). FYI: Apple will announce the new iPhone on the 12th as well, Nikon have scheduled press conferences on September 13th. Pentax is expected to announce 9 new products next week.
The last few weeks have been very busy with information and rumors on new product announcements for the 2012 Photokina show, Here is a quick recap: Canon Canon EOS-3D X Canon EOS-7D Mark II Fujifilm Fujifilm XF1 (or XP1) compact camera Fujifilm E-X1 New firmware update with the new XF lenses Hasselblad New family of digital cameras and […]
The Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L II lens ($2,299.00) that was announced in February 2012 will start shipping on September 13th, 2012 in the US. The Voigtländer 28mm f/2.8 Color Skopar SLII N Aspherical lens will start shipping on September 25th, 2012 in Japan (via digicame-info).
I tried to collect all available specs for the upcoming Panasonic GH3 camera: 16MP “Wide Dynamic Range” CMOS sensor New Venus 7 engine ISO range: 100-12,800 6 fps The GH3 will have the fastest AF to date Focus peaking Electronic shutter Weather sealed Improved EVF 1740k OLED LVF Touch LCD screen OLED 610k. Built-in Wi-Fi 3.5 Mic […]
For the 2012 Photokina show, Nikon is expected to introduce the full frame Nikon D600 DSLR camera and a new Nikkor 1 18.5mm f/1.8 mirrorless lens (50mm equivalent). The official announcement is expected on or around September 13th, 2012. Nikon already announced several compact cameras, including their first Android based Coolpix model. The Nikkor 800mm f/5.6 lens will also […]
The website zol.com.cn has a listing for a Pentax K-3 DLSR camera with a 24MP APS-C sensor. No other details/specs were provided. This Chinese website has a good track record and has correctly predicted specifications of other upcoming cameras in the past. Rumors about a full frame Pentax DSLR has been circulating for a while, but […]
Nikkei Net published an article about Panasonic taking part of the 2012 IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. Company’s representatives said that Panasonic will release three new lenses in 2012. According to their previous lens roadmap, Panasonic was supposed to announce 4 new lenses in 2012. As of today, all of those lenses are already officially announced except the Lumix G […]
The above image illustrates the Sony A99 AF system: 102 sensors, 39 “classical” (of which 11 cross sensors), 63 on the sensor. See this post for a complete list of a99 specifications. The camera will be announced on September 12, 2012 together with several new accessories.
This is the first image of the upcoming Samyang 24mm f/3.5 tilt-shift lens courtesy of LensTip. Few months ago Samyang confirmed on Facebook that they will be releasing a new 24mm tilt-shift lens. No other information is available at that point, but my guess is that this lens will be officially announced at the 2012 Photokina show in 3 weeks.
