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A new Olympus camera under the code name “IM002” was already registered at the Indonesian Communication Agency and recently also showed up at the Taiwan Radio Certification Authority (NCC). The IM002 camera will use a new BLH-1 battery and a corresponding BCH-1 battery charger according to the filed documents.
Three new zoom lens patents were recently filed from Tamron, Canon and Olympus: → Tamron 70-200mm f/4 VC lens patent (full frame lens for DSLR camera) → Canon EF 40-800mm f/4.5-5.6 lens patent → Olympus 300-500mm f/2.8-4.0 lens patent Via Egami
The regular weekly recap from both the rumors and addict websites:
New Olympus and Canon cameras were recently (July 11th) registered at the Indonesian telecommunication agency. The cameras most likely have built-in Wi-Fi and/or a GPS module. The Olympus IM002 model is made in Vietnam, while the Canon DS126601 is made in Japan. There is also a new Leica camera registered. Via Digicame-info
Olympus has new rebates for July New: Bolt VS-570F Wireless TTL Flash for Fujifilm New Ricoh Theta camera rumored to be announced soon Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 distortion-free lens to be available for Pentax K-mount Pentax K-70 camera will start shipping on July 22nd HandeVision IBERIT 24mm f/2.4 lens for Leica M mount to be […]
Olympus filed another patent for a full frame mirrorless lens – 28mm f/1.4. Olympus has already filed other full frame mirrorless lenses in the past (28mm f/2, 35mm f/1.4). Fuji has a new patent for a Fujinon XF 16-55mm f/2.8 OIS lens.
Here is a quick recap on what new cameras and lenses to expect in the next few days and months before the 2016 Photokina show: Hasselblad mirrorless medium format camera (announcement on June 22nd). Fuji X-T2 camera (announcement on July 7th). Olympus E-PL8 camera (no release date yet – the official announcement got delayed because of the recent […]
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