Category Archives: Samsung

Samsung 60mm f/2.8 Macro ED OIS SSA and 16mm f/2.4 NX lenses

After the Samsung 85mm f/1.4 NX lens that showed up online few days ago, two more lenses made an appearance on dpreview – the Samsung NX 60mm f/2.8 Macro ED OIS SSA:

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This is the new Samsung 85mm f/1.4 NX lens

This is how the previously rumored Samsung 85mm f/1.4 NX lens will look like. The details: One low dispersion glass 67mm diameter Focus distance indicator Two rings (focus ring in the front and iFn ring in the back) SSA motor

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Samsung to release NX11 and WB700 cameras for CES 2011

Samsung has prepared two new cameras for CES 2011: Samsung NX11 amd WB700. First, the Samsung NX11 specs: Image Sensor: 23.4×15.6mm, CMOS, 14.6 Megapixels Image Stabilization: Lens Shift (depends on Lens) Dimensions and weight: 123 x 87 x 39.8mm (excluding the projecting part); 353g (without battery and card) Price: $649 (with bundle zoom lens) Availability: February Additional features: […]

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Samyang 14mm f/2,8 ED AS IF UMC lens for Samsung NX mount is now available

Samyang is now shipping the 14 mm f/2,8 ED AS IF UMC which is the third Samyang lens for Samsung NX cameras (NX100, NX10 and NX5). The retail price is €329 (around $430). The other two lenses with NX mount are the 8mm fish-eye and the 85mm f/1.4. In the US, Samyang lenses can be purchased from eBay […]

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Quick links

Samsung shows a flexible 3D OLED panel: Sony develops “Hybrid FPA”, a novel liquid crystal alignment technique that achieves faster response time for liquid crystal displays: RED Scarlet S35 is now called EPIC Light. Of course features and price are changed as well. Canon 5D Mark II and 7D get locking mode dial upgrade option:

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Samsung’s new NX lens roadmap

In addition to the 2011 roadmap, there is a new Samsung NX lens roadmap till the year 2013:     2011: 18-200mm f/3.5-6.5 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 16mm f/2.8 pancake 60mm f/2.8 macro 85mm f/1.4 2012: 12-24mm f/4 75-300mm f/4-5.6 35mm f/1.4 50mm f/1.4 135mm f/2

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Samsung got balls

In an interview with AP, Samsung’s vice president of camera business Jeong Wook Kim said that Samsung is “determined” to be #1 in the mirrorless camera market by 2012 and be “the best selling camera brand” by 2015. “We are passionate about making a success of the NX system, and we are certain that the […]

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Sensor presentations on the 2011 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference

Some of the interesting sensor presentations from the 2011 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference are from Sony and Samsung: “23.9 A 1/2.33-inch 14.6M 1.4μm-Pixel Backside-Illuminated CMOS Image Sensor with Floating Diffusion Boosting by Samsung 23.11 A 17.7Mpixel 120fps CMOS Image Sensor with 34.8Gb/s Readout by Sony” The full program can be downloaded here. Via Image-sensors-world

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Samsung working on a new 85mm f/1.4 lens for NX mount

Dpreview member redcrow has a very good track record when it comes to “predicting” upcoming Samsung NX products (see previous posts here and here). Redcrow’s latest comments suggest that Samsung is working on “multiple” image sensors for NX bodies that will be released next year. A new 85mm f/1.4 lens is also expected. In another post […]

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Samsung NX mount camcorder?

The latest rumor is that Samsung will release a NX mount camcorder at CES 2011 (January 2011). This seems like a logical step, since Samsung has been producing camcorders for while and other manufacturers, like Sony and Panasonic, have already introduced compact camcorders with interchangeable lenses. The new Samsung NX camcorder is rumored to have APS-C sensor and […]

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