The newly established Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company will take control of the future design, development and sell of Ricoh digital cameras. Initially that unit was responsible only for the Pentax brand. Ricoh bought Pentax for $124.2 million back in July, 2011.
At the CES 2012 show Fujifilm confirmed the upcoming X-Pro1 adapter for Leica-M lenses. A prototype is currently on display at the CP+ show in Japan:
Today Kodak announced that it will phase out its digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in the first half of 2012.
This is is Sony’s E-mount (NEX) roadmap for 2012-2013: G high performance standard zoom High magnification zoom Standard zoom Wide angle zoom Mid-magnification zoom Large aperture standard prime Middle telephoto prime Pancake (prime)
In addition to the OM-D E-M5 camera ($999), Olympus also announced the development of two new lenses that will be announced by the end of the year: The M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm F1.8 lens has a very bright, large F1.8 aperture in a beautiful full-metal design. This lens is great for portrait photography. Offers high-speed shooting with a […]
Pentax Japan released images of their upcoming lenses for 2012:
In addition to the SD1 price reduction, Sigma also announced the DP1 Merrill and DP2 Merrill compact cameras that will have the same 46MP APS-C X3 sensor from the SD1. Now, this is something interesting. Pricing was not announced. The DP1 has a 19mm f/2.8 lens (equivalent to 28mm), the DP2 has a 30mm f/2.8 lens (45mm […]
When Sigma announced the $9700 price tag of their 46MP SD1 DSLR camera in 2011, many people didn’t get the joke. Well, there was no joke, the SD1 street price was set at $6899. Even their “limited edition” did not help and now Sigma is reducing the price of the SD1 to $3,300 MSRP in the US. This means […]
Sony finally announced their 500mm f/4 lens that was been on display at show for years. Shipment is expected in late March 2012. Longest-ever focal length G Lens from Sony Bright F4.0 aperture for superior light gathering Nano AR Coating on optical surfaces for flawless still images and HD video Compatible with SteadyShot INSIDE featured […]
The Olympus OM-D E-M5 camera is now officially announced. Olympus OM-D E-M5 pre-order options (some of the links may not be active yet, check back again later): Olympus E-M5 body only (silver) Olympus E-M5 body only (black) Olympus E-M5 body only black with 14-42mm lens Olympus E-M5 body only black with 12-50mm lens Olympus E-M5 […]
