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The latest patents from Canon and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2012

Canon patents for a 400mm f/4, 200mm f/5.6, 300mm f/4 lenses. The next Canon patent is for a 18-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens for a APS-C mirrorless camera:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2012

Quick recap on the remaining news from last week: Rayqual announced Leica M and Nikon G lens adapters for Pentax Q mirrorless cameras (read more). VTEC announced new lenses for iPhone: 12x telephoto, fish eye and a macro lens. See also this article on iPhone accessories. Plustek introduced OpticFilm 120 – a new professional grade film […]

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Fujifilm X-Pro1 now shipping in Japan

By PR admin | Published: February 18, 2012

The Fuji X-Pro1 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera is now shipping in Japan, just as Fujifilm promised last month. The North America market has to wait for another month, but I have the feeling that the camera will start shipping before March 20th in the US.

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Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN lens price announced

By PR admin | Published: February 16, 2012

Sigma announced the price of their 30mm f/2.8 EX DN lens for mirrorless cameras – $280 (MSRP). Expect the street price to be lower – B&H is currently taking pre-orders for $199. The Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN lens was announced during CES and is available in E and m4/3 mounts. The price of the 19mm f/2.8 EX DN […]

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The latest Olympus headlines

By PR admin | Published: February 16, 2012

A quick update on the latest Olympus headlines: Former executives, bankers arrested over Olympus fraud (read more) Prosecutors arrest former Olympus execs over fraud (read more) Scandal-hit Olympus forecasts $412 mln annual loss (read more) Olympus says not in concrete talks on tie-up (read more) Olympus chief: may choose not to boost capital (read more) […]

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Silver Sony NEX-7 camera?

By PR admin | Published: February 16, 2012
Silver Sony NEX-7 camera

This picture of a silver Sony NEX-7 camera was spotted in an Asian brochure. Currently Sony offers only  a black version of their NEX-7 mirroless camera:

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Three new Samsung NX cameras in the next three months: NX20, NX210, NX1000

By PR admin | Published: February 15, 2012

Samsung could be announcing three new NX cameras in the next few months: Samsung NX210 will be the same as the NX200 but with added Wi-Fi capabilities, available in April 2012 Samsung NX20, available in May 2012 Samsung NX1000 will be a cheaper NX model, available in May, 2012

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Sony to increase the price of most lenses in the US on April 1st, 2012

By PR admin | Published: February 14, 2012

Model Effective 9/1/11 Effective 4/1/12 Price Diff SAL1635Z $1,899.99 $1,999.99 $100.00 SAL1680Z $849.99 $999.99 $150.00 SAL2470Z $1,799.99 $1,999.99 $200.00 SAL24F20Z $1,299.99 $1,399.99 $100.00 SAL85F14Z $1,499.99 $1,699.99 $200.00 SAL135F18Z $1,599.99 $1,799.99 $200.00 SAL70300G $899.99 $999.99 $100.00 SAL70400G $1,799.99 $1,999.99 $200.00 SAL35F14G $1,399.99 $1,499.99 $100.00 SAL300F28G $6,299.99 $6,999.99 $700.00 SAL100M28 $749.99 $799.99 $50.00 SAL1118 $699.99 $799.99 $100.00 […]

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Another Adobe Photoshop 6 sneak peek video: Content Aware improvements

By PR admin | Published: February 14, 2012

In Photoshop 6 Adobe will introduce some improvements to the Content Aware feature as shown in the video above. See more sneak peek videos here.

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What would Canon do? (5D Mark III)

By PR admin | Published: February 14, 2012

The day Nikon announced their D800 monster, Canon came out with “only” three new lenses and some official samples from their top of the line EOS 1Dx camera. Nikon and Canon announcements are always scheduled few days/weeks apart and it seems that all the signs for a new 5D Mark III camera are here, including the mandatory book listing on […]

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