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RED Hydrogen One smartphone prototype hands-on

By PR admin | Published: August 2, 2017

Here the first RED Hydrogen One smartphone prototype hands-on:

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45% of Leica Camera is up for sale

By PR admin | Published: August 2, 2017

Reuters reports that Blackstone is in talks to sell their 45% stake in Leica Camera. Potential buyers are Zeiss, a few Asian companies and private equity funds:

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June CIPA report: still better than last year

By PR admin | Published: August 2, 2017

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their June report where the uptrend from previous months in the total shipment of interchangeable lens digital cameras continues (orange: 2017, black: 2016, blue: 2015, click for larger view):

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New Yongnuo YN 40mm f/2.8 full frame DSLR pancake lens coming soon

By PR admin | Published: August 1, 2017

Yongnuo will soon announce a new YN 40mm f/2.8 full frame DSLR pancake lens. The details, including technical specifications, MTF charts and lens design can be found over at NikonRumors: New: Yongnuo YN 40mm f/2.8N and 100mm f/2N full frame DSLR lenses for Nikon F-mount Yongnuo lenses are sold at B&H, Adorama and Amazon and come for both […]

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Sony published their 2017 Q1 financial results: the company controls 45% of the image sensor market

By PR admin | Published: August 1, 2017

Sony published their 2017 Q1 financial results. A few quotes: The profit surge mainly reflected recovery in image sensors from earthquake damage sustained a year ago, the company said. Sony’s semiconductor division – which includes sensors – posted profit of 55.4 billion yen, a reverse of last year’s loss. But Sony trimmed its full-year sales […]

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Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for July 2017

By PR admin | Published: August 1, 2017

         The top 10 PhotoRumors posts for July 2017 are:

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Zeiss rumored to bring back Biotar lenses

By PR admin | Published: July 31, 2017

Zeiss is rumored to bring back their Biotar lenses (specifically the Biotar 1.5/75). Recently (April 2017) there was a new trademark registration for the name Biotar: Update #1: the Biotar name could be trademarked by Meyer Optik Görlitz (Globell Deutschland, subsidiary of the ‘net SE’ group, is the company behind the Meyer-Optik Görlitz venture). Update #2: I […]

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Canon EOS 6D Mark II DSLR camera delayed

By PR admin | Published: July 31, 2017

Today Canon Japan issued a statement informing potential buyers that the latest EOS 6D Mark II DSLR camera and the EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM lens kit will be delayed and will not ship as expected on August 4th. New shipment date was not provided and US retailers currently do not any estimation on when the camera […]

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Light L16 camera full resolution images posted online

By PR admin | Published: July 31, 2017

The Light L16 camera is already shipping and the company recently published several full resolution images on their website: “The images are processed using Light’s proprietary software, Lumen, which is powered by Light’s proprietary Polar Fusion engine. The engine computationally fuse the many images captured by the L16 to create one high-quality image.”

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Deal of the day: Fujifilm GFX 50S medium format camera now $700 off

By PR admin | Published: July 30, 2017

The Fuji GFX 50S medium format digital camera is currently $700 off only at Amazon: Today Fujifilm USA started a new trade-in program, but it seems that Amazon is giving you the discount directly, without any trade-ins (the GFX price at B&H is still $6,499.95). Here are the details of the new trade-in program:

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