Happy New Year! Here is another top 10 list – the best posts of 2011: Fuji LX mirrorless interchangeable lens camera leaked Sony NEX-7, NEX-5N, a77 and a65 detailed specs Fuji X100 camera review MIT’s new camera can do 1,000,000,000,000 frames per second This is the Olympus EP-3 (pictures) Sony NEX-7 full specs and images […]
Quick update on some interesting links from the last few days of 2012: Kodak agrees to sell its gelatin business to raise cash (source), loses third director in a week (source): “Kodak is selling the Eastman Gelatine business to Rousselot, a division of the Vion Food Group. Terms were not disclosed. Eastman Gelatine produces gelatin […]
Those are the top 10 most visited PhotoRumors posts for December 2011: MIT’s new camera can do 1,000,000,000,000 frames per second CompactFlash Association announced XQD – a new memory card standard Ubertronix Strike Finder lets you take pictures of lightnings, popping balloons and even speeding bullets Better translation of the interviews with camera manufacturers about […]
SonyStyle China leaked two new Cybershot point and shoot cameras – the W610 and W630 that will probably be announced at 2012 PMA in two weeks.
There is a new firmware version 1.12 for Pentax K-5 listed on Pentax UK website but the files are not available for download yet. Expect the firmware to be released in the next few days. Via PentaxForums
The new Macro Flash MF18 from Nissin is compatible with Canon and Nikon cameras:
Samsung is going to announce a replacement for their TL500/EX1 high-end compact camera (price: $348.88, see review) at PMA 2012 which starts on January 9th, 2012 in Las Vegas. The new camera is rumored to have an EVF and a new, bigger CMOS sensor. At PMA 2012, Samsung is also expected to announced their new NX20 interchangeable lens camera.
Similar to Fujifilm, Panasonic also filed a patent 2011-258729 in Japan for an organic sensor that can change the thickness of the organic film by changing the wavelength. Here is a machine generated translation of the patent description taken from the Japanese Patent Office:
Sigma has a banner on their website promising new products being unveiled on January 10th, 2012, which is also the first day of the PMA/CES 2012 show in Las Vegas.
Valentin Sama of DSLR Magazine wrote on his blog that Canon is working on a new “Super G” compact camera that will probably be announced at the CES (January, 2012) or CP+ (February, 2012) show: Canon is working on developing a digital compact camera, far superior to anything that might now be in its catalog of […]
