Category Archives: Olympus

The latest patents from Canon, Olympus and Konica Minolta

By PR admin | Published: December 12, 2013

Canon filed a new patent in Japan for a 200-400mm f/4 and 280-560mm f/5.6 lenses with built-in teleconverter and image stabilization.

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Tamron 10mm f/2.8 fisheye lens and other patents from Konica-Minolta, Olympus and Sony

By PR admin | Published: December 2, 2013

Tamron’s latest patent is for a 10mm f/2.8 and a 10mm f/1.8 fisheye lenses for APS-C based DSLR cameras.

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The latest patents from Canon, Olympus, Ricoh, Sigma and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: November 17, 2013

→ Canon filed a patent for a camera with a transparent mirror. → Sigma filed a patent for a 300mm f/2.8 APO lens. → Olympus filed a patent for a 250mm f/5 reflex lens for MFT cameras.

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: November 3, 2013

→ New from Google NIK Collection: Analog Efex Pro. I am not sure if the new software will be offered for free to existing NIK owners (I could not download it). → Sony sells more smartphones, but suffers from drop in demand for cameras, PCs → Samyang announced 4 new cinema lens kits.

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Olympus STYLUS 1 camera is now officially announced

By PR admin | Published: October 29, 2013

The Olympus STYLUS 1 camera is now officially announced. Shipping will start in December and B&H is currently taking pre-orders at $699.99. The camera is available only in black. Here are the basic specifications: 12MP 1/1.7″ BSI CMOS Sensor 10.7x i.Zuiko Optical Zoom Lens 28-300mm Equiv; f/2.8 Constant Aperture Super Macro Mode with 2″ Minimum Focus 1.4M-dot High-Def […]

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More Olympus STYLUS 1 images

By PR admin | Published: October 28, 2013

Few more Olympus STYLUS 1 pictures surfaced on the Web from an online retailer (click for larger view). The official announcement is tomorrow. The US price will be $699.

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Olympus STYLUS 1 camera specifications

By PR admin | Published: October 28, 2013

Here are the detailed specifications of the Olympus STYLUS 1 compact camera:

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Olympus UK promises “soon to be announced high-end compact” camera as a photo competition prize

By PR admin | Published: October 25, 2013

Olympus UK is currently running a photo competition where the second prize will be a “soon to be announced high-end compact from Olympus“:

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First images of the mini OM-D Olympus STYLUS1 compact camera

By PR admin | Published: October 18, 2013

The Olympus STYLUS1 will be a compact, fixed lens camera with design similar to the OM-D. The official announcement will be on October 29th. The price is set at ¥70,000 (around $700). Via Digicame-info

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Olympus mini-OMD compact camera rumored for October 29th announcement

By PR admin | Published: October 14, 2013

Olympus is rumored to announce a new high-end compact camera on October 29th. The design of the camera will resemble the OMD (with fixed zoom lens and built-in EVF, obviously the above picture is just for illustration and it’s not the actual camera). The sensor size will most likely be 1/1.7″ like in the Olympus XZ-2 model.

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