Olympus finally announced the XZ-10 for the US market with a price of $399 and March 22, 2013 shipping date. Here are the camera’s basic specs: 1/2.3″ CMOS 12MP back-illuminated sensor 5x optical zoom with 26-130mm f/1.8-2.7 lens 40% smaller than the XZ-2 Weight (including battery and memory card): 221 g Touch AF shutter control 920 000 dots […]
The Japanese Nippon Camera published their predictions for 2013. Similar to the article published by the Impress magazine few months ago, those forecasts are often based on information from rumors blogs:
After several Japanese websites reported that Olympus will be scaling back their investments in future DSLR cameras and concentrate on mirrorless products, Olympus Japan published a statement denying the withdrawal from the DSLRs market. The truth is that the Olympus E-5 DSLR camera was announced in 2010 and has not been refreshed yet. Olympus have indicated on several occasions that […]
Konica Minolta patented (2013-15778) 12-42mm f/3.5-5.6 lens designed for Micro Four Thirds sized sensors. Another patent (2013-25202) describes a several other lenses for MFT: 26mm f/1.8, 19mm f/2.8, 17.5mm f/2.8, 16.6mm f/2.8; for APS-C: 23mm f/2.8, 18.7mm f/2.819.6mm f/2.8 and even a 28.7mm f/2.6 full frame lens. Sony filed patents 2013-15712 and 2013-15713 for a 100mm […]
New Voigtländer Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Four Thirds: 23cm minimum focusing distance 1:4 magnification ratio No aspherical element New Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 ZA SSM lens for Sony A mount: 72mm filter size Circular aperture diaphragm 9 optical elements in 8 groups 45cm minimum focusing distance Olympus had a teaser for their E-P3 […]
Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 II lens ($549.99) Focal length 75-300mm 35mm equivalent 150-600mm Lens construction 18 elements in 13 groups (including Super ED lens x 1, ED lens x 2 and HR lens x 3) Angle of view 16°-4.1° AF system High Speed Imager AF (MSC) Closest focusing distance (m) 0.9 m (focal […]
Olympus XZ-10 specs: 1/2.3″ CMOS 12MP back-illuminated sensor 5x optical zoom with 26-130mm f/1.8-2.7 lens 40% smaller than the XZ-2 Weight (including battery and memory card): 221 g Touch AF shutter control 920 000 dots 3″ touchscreen LCD Full HD video To be released in February
Here is a detailed list of new products (cameras and lenses) that are expected to be announced this week during the CP+ show in Japan: Panasonic New Panasonic LUMIX G VARIO 14-42mm/F3.5-5.6 II ASPH / MEGA OIS lens Compact cameras: TZ40, TZ35, SZ9, SZ3, XS1, FH10, FT5, FT25 Pentax WG-10 WG-3 GPS WG-3
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