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New: Fujifilm X10 Ergonomic Extension Kit

By PR admin | Published: August 3, 2012

Fujifilm started selling a new ergonomic extension kit for the compact X10 camera priced at $129.99. The kit includes a ThumbsUp grip and a mini soft release button:

Posted in Fuji| Tagged Fujifilm X10| 43 Comments

New: Samyang 8mm f/2.8 lens fisheye lens for Fuji X mount

By PR admin | Published: August 1, 2012

The new Samyang 8mm f/2.8 fisheye lens for Fujifilm X-mount (X-Pro1 mirrorless camera) is now available for pre-order ($349.00): The minimum focusing distance is 1′ (0.3m) and the angle of view is 180º. The lens has one aspherical element and two ED elements. Samyang 8mm f/2.8 fisheye lens specs:

Posted in Fuji, Samyang| Tagged Fujifilm X-Pro1| 13 Comments

What else is new? [weekend digest]

By PR admin | Published: July 29, 2012

Pentax smc DA 50mm f/1.8 lens now shipping in the US. Samsung NX1000 mirrorless camera is also now in stock in the US with a $50 rebate. Another new Samyang lens to be announced this September: 8mm T3.8 Fisheye. Fujifilm announced diopter correction lenses for the X-Pro1 camera. Metabones updated their EF lens to E-mount smart […]

Posted in Canon, Pentax, Samsung, Samyang| 22 Comments

Fuji X100 is now discontinued, X200 coming at Photokina?

By PR admin | Published: July 28, 2012

The online retailer Crutchfield has listed the Fujifilm X100 camera as discontinued on their website. At the same time the price of the X100 dropped to $999 on Amazon. I am pretty confident that we will see a new X200 announced at Photokina this September (the X100 was announced during Photokina 2010).

Posted in Fuji| Tagged Fuji X200, Fujifilm X100| 58 Comments

CompactFlash Association announced XQD 2.0 specifications

By PR admin | Published: July 28, 2012

CompactFlash Association announced version 2 of the XQD memory card specs which could provide transfer speeds of up to 1,000 MB/s:

Posted in Other| Tagged XQD memory card| 15 Comments

Video: Imaging at a trillion frames per second

By PR admin | Published: July 27, 2012

Very interesting TED presentation on the femto-photography camera developed at MIT that can take pictures around corners at one trillion frames per second.

Posted in Future of Photo Equipment| 10 Comments

Sigma has no plans for a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera

By PR admin | Published: July 27, 2012

In a recent interview with the Chinese website Xitek, Sigma confirmed that they do not have plans to develop a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. The company will concentrate on producing lenses, DSLR and compact cameras. This contradicts with a previous statement made by Sigma in 2010.

Posted in Sigma| Tagged Sigma EVIL| 13 Comments

Kipon announced electronic adapters for using Canon lenses on mirrorless cameras

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2012

Kipon announced new electronic adapters that will allow you to attach Canon EF mount lenses on Sony NEX and Micro Fourth Thirds mirrorless cameras. Price and other specifications were not revealed.

Posted in Kipon| 14 Comments