Update: the price of the EX2 model in the US is $499. Today Samsung announced the the previously leaked EX2F compact camera. The specs at a glance: 12.4MP CMOS sensor shooter packs an f/1.4 lens — quite a feat for any point-and-shoot — along with a full-size hot shoe, Dual image stabilization High ISO of […]
Sony Japan listed the SAL 300mm f/2.8G lens ($6,998.00) as discontinued. This lens was announced in June, 2006 and Sony recently raised its price by $700. With the announcement of the 500mm f/4 lens (SAL500F40G), it will be interesting to see if Sony will refresh also the 300mm f/2.8.
Canon filed a patent 2012123155 for a 35mm f/1.4 lens: Patent released date: June 28, 2012 Patent filing date: December 8th, 2010 Focal length: 34.73mm Aperture: 1.45 Half angle of view: 31.92 deg Image height: 21.64mm Length: 128.11mm Back focus: 38.48mm Lens diameter: 52.03mm Lens design: 12 elements in 9 groups sheet, 2 aspherical elements
New: ThumbsUp EP-7S for Fuji X-Pro1 camera. New from Polaroid: Z2300 Instant Digital Camera: 10 MP digital camera 3.0” bright color LCD for viewing images Compact size and usability SD compatible for expanded memory, up to 32GB Rechargeable lithium-ion battery Speaker / micropohone Prints with ZINK Zero ink The 41MP Nokia 808 smart phone will […]
Those are the top 10 most visited PhotoRumors posts for June 2012: More Pentax full frame DSLR rumors This is the new, large sensor, Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 compact camera Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D and EF 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens leaked before Friday’s announcement Sony Cybershot RX100 large sensor compact camera announced Samsung EX2 to […]
Sigma announced the price and availability of the Sigma DP2 Merrill camera: shipping will start in July 2012 for a street price of $999 which is actually reasonable considering that the camera will have the 46MP APS-C X3 sensor form the SD1.
Nauticam announced their NA-EM5 underwater housing for Olympus OM-D EM-5 m4/3 camera with a depth rating of 100m. The retail price is $1350 and is expected to start shipping on July 11, 2012.
This is the first image of soon to be released Samsung EX2F compact camera. The basic specs are: Built-in Wi-Fi 12.4MP 1/1.7″ (10.9mm) BSI CMOS sensor (updated) 3x optical zoom 24mm on the wide angle side Schneider Kreuznach lens with fast f/1.4 aperture Rotating AMOLED display Dual image stabilization
On their blog today Sony showed their new action camera for the first time. The camera will be tiny and lightweight, it will have SteadyShot image stabilization and an Exmor R CMOS sensor. The ultra-wide angle lens will be made by Carl Zeiss.
Schneider Kreuznach released this Q&A session regarding their recent announcement and future plans:
