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Ricoh GR Digital III: now a reality

By PR admin | Published: July 26, 2009

The Ricoh GR Digital III rumors were true (still no word on Ricoh’s official site): Price: £530 New 10-million-pixel CCD imaging sensor External TTL flash unit (GF-1) expected 21mm wide conversion lens (GW-2) also expected 5fps Improved macro image quality (closest focusing is 1cm) 3in LCD screen with a resolution of 920,000 dots

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Panasonic’s new Micro Four Thirds camera to be released in September

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2009

“In an interview with Photobusiness.fr, a French online magazine, Luc Saint Elie (manager of new technologies at Panasonic France) hints that the next Panasonic MicroFourThirds cameras could be unveiled in September. He adds that the ‘platform’ could allow manufacturers to come up with radical design such as a spherical camera.” Via 1854

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Ricoh GR Digital III

By PR admin | Published: July 21, 2009

The buzz around the long waited Ricoh GR Digital III is also starting to pick up. The picture below surfaced recently and it shows the new lens: 6.0mm 1:1.9 (compared to current 5.9mm 1:2.4), the body looks identical to the GRD2: Another picture after the break…

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Next Sony DSLR: with the new Exmor R CMOS Sensor?

By PR admin | Published: July 21, 2009

Rumors are spreading around the Internet that the new Sony DLSRs may have Sony’s Exmor R CMOS Sensor that debuted in the HDR-CX520VE/505VE Handycam line. The new “Exmor R” CMOS Sensor is twice as sensitive as conventional CMOS sensors thanks to back-illuminated technology that places metal wiring beneath the photo diode instead of above it. […]

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Fuji F70 EXR point and shoot camera leaks out, nobody cares

By PR admin | Published: July 21, 2009

Fuji F70 EXR: a new half-inch sensor, 10 megapixel, 27 – 270mm lens. I guess the good news is that sensor size in p&s is to growing. another picture after the break:

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Sony a500, a550, a850 DSLR cameras leaked on Sony website

By PR admin | Published: July 20, 2009

Go to Sony Style US website and attempt to register a new product (you need to be a registered user) – type DLSR and a drop down menu will appear: The three new cameras listed are: Sony a500, Sony a550 and Sony a850. A similar leak came from Sony Style Canada few months ago, but […]

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Panasonic LX4 and DMC-GL1 rumors

By PR admin | Published: July 20, 2009

The translatiojn from Japanese is difficult to understand. I think it says that Panasonic will release LX4 with 1/1.3 inch backside illuminated sensor and integrated Summicron f2.0 lens and Panasonic DMC-GL1 with a LUMIX G 20mm F1.7 (pancake / 55,000 yen) lens:

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Tamron 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF AF lens discontinued

By PR admin | Published: July 18, 2009

Both Nikon and Canon versions of the Tamron 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF AF lens are now discontinued (confirmed by retailers). No word yet if a new model will be released.

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Panasonic announcement next week?

By PR admin | Published: July 15, 2009

I read somewhere that Panasonic always have a new camera announcement around July 20th. I decided to investigate this further and here are the results – yes, Panasonic has been doing this since 2004: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ3, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX2 & DMC-FX7, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC80, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ15: 21 July 2004 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1: July 20, […]

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New products and rumors from Samsung

By PR admin | Published: July 14, 2009

Today Samsung released two point and shoot cameras and a camcorder but still no word on the expected GX30 or NX10. The rumors continue to fly about a “more serious” release coming soon: Samsung NX10 specs: Samsung NX10 will be available on the market on September or October The price of 2-lens kit with body is USD […]

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