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The latest Sony (and Zeiss) rumors

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2010

Carl Zeiss posted this message on their Facebook page about a new Sony lens that is suppose to be announced next Tuesday (July 27th): “Sony will present the new Distagon T* 24mm F2 ZA SSM next Tuesday. It is intended to appeal to experienced photographers looking for a large-aperture wide-angle lens of real distinction. The Distagon […]

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Next week: new Panasonic 3D Camcorder

By PR admin | Published: July 22, 2010

An update from PCWord (yep, we are talking about consumer camcorder): The camcorder, details of which are not yet available, will be shown at a Tokyo news conference scheduled for July 28, the company said Wednesday. It will be the first 3D-capable camcorder for the consumer market from a major manufacturer. Akihabaranews reports that Panasonic […]

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Samsung NX100, 3 new lenses in September

By PR admin | Published: July 22, 2010

According to the Korean site Ddaily (in English) Samsung will release a new APS-C sensor based NX100 model and three new lenses on September 14, 2010 (right before Photokina). Last month Samsung NX100 listing made a brief appearance on Samsung Imaging website. Via Samsunghub

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Bad timing for Samsung and Fuji

By PR admin | Published: July 21, 2010

Few hours after Panasonic, Samsung announced two new dual view point and shoot cameras – the ST100 and the ST600. In case you are interested: Full press release Fuji did the same thing – two new p&s models: Fujifilm Z800EXR Fujifilm F300EXR Pre-orders: Z800 | F300

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Panasonic LX5 and four other cameras now official

By PR admin | Published: July 21, 2010

LX5 sample gallery at dpreview (more samples available here) Full LX5 press release AP sees the LX5 as a direct competitor to the Canon G11 Pre-order options for LX5 | FZ100 | FZ40 | FX700 | TS10

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Samsung to release two new cameras with dual view

By PR admin | Published: July 20, 2010

In addition to Panasonic’s announcement tomorrow (LX5, FZ100K, FZ40k and FX700K), Samsung is also expecting to release two new new point and shoot cameras with dual view in the next few days.

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Canon EVIL

By PR admin | Published: July 20, 2010

Canon followed Nikon’s footsteps and made a confession to Reuters: Maeda also said the company was working on a smaller version of its upmarket single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras in a bid to compete with the new breed of mid-range so-called “mirrorless” cameras launched by Sony Corp, Olympus Corp, and Panasonic Corp. “It’s not a question of […]

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Rumor: Pentax K-5, Super K-7 to be released for Photokina

By PR admin | Published: July 19, 2010

The latest rumors are that Pentax is preparing to announce two new DLSR bodies for Photokina. The Pentax K-5 will fit between the current K-x and K-7 models and the “Super K-7” model will be a higher version of the K-7 DSLR.

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A much better Panasonic LX5 leak (directly from the mothership)

By PR admin | Published: July 17, 2010

Panasonic’s website leaked the long expected Panasonic LX5: direct link direct link Main differences between the LX5 and the older LX3: the LX5 has 3.8x zoom 24-90mm (the LX3 has 2.5x and ends with 60mm) LX3 has 8 elements in 6 groups, 4 aspherical lenses and 4 aspherical surfaces. LX5 will have 10 elements in 9 […]

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Panasonic DMC-FZ100K and DMC-FZ40k also leaked

By PR admin | Published: July 17, 2010

Direct link on Panasonic’s website Full specs after the break:

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