Category Archives: Samsung

Samsung: “We have the technology to develop a medium format cameras but we are not going to do that”

By PR admin | Published: July 22, 2011

Megapixel published an interview with Sungrok Kim (Samsung’s regional product manager for Digital Imaging Middle East & North Africa) where he denied existing rumors that Samsung is pursuing plans to develop a medium format digital camera: Q: A few weeks ago an image appeared on Samsung’s website depicting what appears to be a camera with a large square sensor. What […]

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Samsung NX100 now discontinued

By PR admin | Published: July 16, 2011

B&H now lists the Samsung NX100 mirrorless camera as discontinued. Adorama is offering a $180 instant rebate on the NX100. Samsung is trying to clear their inventory before the release of the new NX200. It seems that the second mirrorless camera, the NX20, will be delayed till January 2012. Both new models are expected to have higher pixel […]

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The latest patents from Panasonic, Sony, Canon and Samsung

By PR admin | Published: July 11, 2011

Those are the latest patents from: Panasonic, Sony, Canon and Samsung. Panasonic filed a patent for a camera with a retractable grip and swivel LCD screen: Here is another patent from Panasonic for a different type of swivel LCD screen:  

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Samsung NX200 to be released this month, NX20 coming in January 2012

By PR admin | Published: July 11, 2011

According to “Samsung Photo Consultant” from ixbt forum, the new NX200 mirrorless camera from Samsung will be announced this month and the NX20 will follow in January 2012. Both cameras are expected to have higher pixel count. There have been several hints that the Samsung NX200 and NX20 mirrorless cameras will be announced in the next […]

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Samsung 85mm f/1.4 ED SSA lens caught in the wild, to be released in July/August

By PR admin | Published: June 7, 2011

A beta tester was spotted with the new Samsung 85mm f/1.4 ED SSA lens in Korea. Here is a brief description of the lens given by the tester: very fast AF motor, similar to the speed of Olympus E-3 with 14-54mm lens under daylight no chromatic aberration noticeable on the display with maximum magnification the lens is […]

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New Mirrorless Lenses iPhone app

By PR admin | Published: May 26, 2011

I often get confused with all the new mirrorless lenses. If you are like me, the new Mirrorless Lenses iPhone app will help you find all currently available mirrorless lenses and provide you with some the basic specs. The app is available for free on iTunes: The Mirrorless Lenses app allows you to browse the full range […]

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Samsung confirms the 300mm f/2.8 XF ED lens

By PR admin | Published: May 24, 2011

Samsung’s representative confirmed to AP the existence of the 300mm f/2.8 XF ED lens prototype spotted in this promotional video three weeks ago. Currently there are no definitive plans to release this lens. Back in February, Samsung already announced five NX lenses and the 60mm f/2.8 Macro ED OIS SSA seems to be already distributed to testers. A new 700mm […]

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Samsung is getting ready to release the NX20 and NX200 mirrorless cameras

By PR admin | Published: May 21, 2011

Samsung’s Global Download Center already has added the upcoming NX20 and NX200 cameras in their models list. In the past few months Samsung was not shy about making their NX20 and NX200 plans public: see previous statements from Samsung Russia and DDaily Korea.

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