Category Archives: Kodak

Sakar showing their Kodak-branded Micro Four Thirds lenses at the PhotoPlus Expo

Ther is a new Kodak-branded Micro Four Thirds lenses at the PhotoPlus Expo in New York: 25mm f/0.95, 50mm f/1.1 and 8mm f/3 fisheye . The lenses are manufactured by Sakar – the same company that produced the Polaroid iM1836 mirrorless camera. Sakar is not to be confused with JK Imaging who is the manufacturer of the Kodak […]

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What else is new?

The Sony QX100 lens style camera gets a teardown just in time for shipping. Topaz Labs currently has a 50% off sale on Topaz Adjust ($24.99 through September 30th): use promo code septadjust during checkout. Fujifilm officially launched the Instax Mini-90 Neo Classic camera. New Kodak company to continue selling film.

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Kodak exits bankruptcy, now a “technology company serving imaging for business markets”

Well, they did it: today Kodak officially announced that they are exiting bankruptcy and will continue to exists as a “technology company serving imaging for business markets – including packaging, functional printing, graphic communications and professional services”. Here is the full press release:

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→ The Fuji X-series instant savings are back at Adorama, Amazon and B&H: you can add on one or all of the XF lenses below for added savings: Description MAP Price After Instant Savings Consumer Savings 18mm* $599.95 $299.95 $300.00 27mm* $449.95 $299.95 $150.00 35mm* $599.95 $449.95 $150.00 60mm* $649.95 $399.95 $250.00 18-55mm** $699.95 $499.95 $200.00 *Only […]

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The Kodak branded S1 Micro Four Thirds compact system camera is delayed

Amateurphotographer reports that the Kodak branded S1 Micro Four Thirds compact system camera produced by JK Imaging will be delayed. The official release was scheduled for Q3 of 2013. The Kodak AZ521 super zoom camera (also produced by JK Imaging) should now be available in the UK for £249.99 (around $380). Here are the specs:

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What else is new?

LumoPro LP180 quad-sync manual flash announced. Kodak’s PixPro AZ521 camera is the world’s first compact camera with 52x optical zoom.    Ricoh filed a patent  for a new bounce flash.     Canon filed patents for 28mm, 35mm, 40mm and 45mm f/2.8 full frame pancake lenses.

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More images of the Kodak S1 Micro Four Thirds camera

DCFever published new images of the Kodak S1 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera that will have a Micro Four Thirds mount/sensor, built-in Wi-Fi and a tilting screen. The camera is produced by JK Imaging who last year bought the rights to use the Kodak brand name. They are going to release also another compact model called ZS41 with a 4x, 28-112mm f/1.8-2.5 […]

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Kodak post profits, spins off imaging businesses, steps toward exiting from chapter 11

Two interesting press releases came out from Kodak today: Kodak announced agreement to spin off Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging Businesses in a settlement with U.K. pension plan – another step toward exiting from chapter 11. Kodak also posts first quarter profit of $283 million. Press releases:

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