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Pimp up your Sony RX-100 camera

By PR admin | Published: September 8, 2012

The eBay store Japan Hobby Tool offers various leather skins that will completely change the way your Sony RX-100 camera looks. Pictures above: Leica type, crocodile black, camouflage and crocodile black.

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Canon rumored to announce a Nikon D600 competitor at Photokina

By PR admin | Published: September 8, 2012

There are not many convincing rumors about the upcoming Canon DSLR announcement(s) for Photokina – there is a good chance that there will be only one new DSLR camera to compete with the upcoming full frame Nikon D600. Here are the rumored specs: 22MP (same sensor as 5D Mrk2, the info I received indicated a new 20MP sensor) 4.5 […]

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For next week: Sony a99, NEX-6, NEX-VG900, Nikon D600, new Pentax products and more

By PR admin | Published: September 8, 2012

The Chinese website xitek.com published the first image of the Sony Alpha a99 full frame camera (see specs) that will be announced on September 12th together with the NEX-6 and many other new Sony products.

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New images of the Pentax K-5 II and K-5 IIs DSLR cameras

By PR admin | Published: September 8, 2012

Few new images (better resolution) of the Pentax K-5 II and K-5 IIs DSLR cameras:

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More pictures of the Pentax Q10 mirrorless camera

By PR admin | Published: September 8, 2012

Few more images of the Pentax Q10 mirrorless camera:

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RED announced a black and white Epic cinema camera

By PR admin | Published: September 8, 2012

RED’s CEO Jarred Land announced a black and white version of their Epic cinema camera. The Mysterium-X specs are: Newly Developed Mysterium-X Monochrome Sensor Native ASA 2000 Increased net resolution (Removal of the debayer process, so every single individual pixel is used for luminance / image data) New Low Pass Filter with to accomodate the […]

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Konica Minolta patents a 43mm f/1.4 lens for Micro Four Thirds

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2012

Konica Minolta filed a patent in Japan for a 43mm f/1.4 lens for Micro Four Thirds mount. This is an unusual development because after Sony bought their camera business in 2006, the company has not announced any photography related products (they actually withdrew from the photo business on September 30, 2006 after laying off 3,700 employees).

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Blackmagic Cinema Camera with passive Micro Four Thirds mount announced

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2012

After the introduction of their first cinema camera at the 2012 NAB show, Blackmagic made headlines again today with the announcement of their new cinema camera with passive Micro Four Thirds mount. The mains specs are: super wide 13 stops of dynamic range, large 2.5K sensor, a built-in SSD recorder. 2.5K Image Sensor 12-bit RAW, ProRes and DNxHD […]

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Pentax Q 15-45mm f/2.8, FA645 MACRO 90mm f/2.8 and DA18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 SDM lenses leaked

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2012

Three more leaked Pentax lenses: Pentax 15-45mm f/2.8 (for Pentax Q) priced at ¥25,000 (around $300) Pentax HD FA645 MACRO 90mm f/2.8ED AW SR (for Pentax 645 medium frame camera) priced at ¥400,000 (around $5,000) Pentax DA 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 ED SDM (for K mount DSLR cameras) priced at ¥70,000 (around $880)

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Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC lens announced

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2012

Samyang announced their first tilt-shift lens: T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC. The technical specifications are: Samyang T-S 24mm 1:3.5 ED AS UMC lens design:

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