Category Archives: Samsung

Samsung pancake NX 20mm f/2 lens coming soon (busted)

By PR admin | Published: June 17, 2010

Update: this is a PS job, rumor is busted. According to this forum post the new Samsung pancake NX 20mm f/2 lens should be coming soon and it should look like this:

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Samsung NX5 update

By PR admin | Published: June 8, 2010

After being rumored for months, the Samsung NX5 camera was “kind of” released last week – CNET Asia reports that the new Samsung NX5 will be available only in Europe and Korea. At the same time AmateurPhotographer reports that Samsung is yet to decide if the NX5 will be available in the UK and reports that only […]

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Samsung ST80 camera with WiFi coming soon

By PR admin | Published: June 2, 2010

According to this FCC filing, Samsung will release a new p&s camera ST80 that will have WiFi support (no Bluetooth?): Via Engadget

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Samsung NX 5 is out

By PR admin | Published: June 1, 2010

The long rumored Samung NX 5 is already out. Only limited details are available at that point: 14.6MP APS-C CMOS sensor 3-inch TFT LCD (compared to NX10’s same-sized AMOLED screen). will be available in black from this month at a price of 699 euros.

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Another amazing Samsung concept from Tecnofotografia

By PR admin | Published: May 31, 2010

After the amazing Sony concept, today Tecnofotografia published a new Samsung concept – you can attach the flash unit on top of the viewfinder! Can someone offer those guys a job to design photo equipment?

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Samyang lenses update

By PR admin | Published: May 31, 2010

Now the complete product lineup from  Samyang is available for sale (some products were previously available only for pre-order): Samyang 85 mm f/1.4 Aspherical IF – this lens got updated with a new type of anti-reflective coating and built-in chip for transmitting data to the camera (available on eBay). Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC […]

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New APS-C 14.2MP sensor from Samsung

By PR admin | Published: May 14, 2010

The details on the new sensor were published on the official Samsung website and later removed: Note that this sensor was listed in the DSLR section. Specs: APS-C 14.2MP resolution Pixel size: 5.1µ A/D Converter on-chip, 8 output digital parallel channels 10fps 1080 video support

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Samsung WB5500 leaks, almost official

By PR admin | Published: May 14, 2010

At that time the Samsung WB5500 super-zoom is still considered a leak since most of the big sites have not announced it yet: Specs: 26x wide-angle optical zoom Schneider-Kreuznach lens (26-676 35mm equiv.) 1/2.3 inch CCD sensor with a resolution of 14.5 MP Sensitivity up to ISO 6400 HD videos with a 720p resolution (1280 […]

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Photo rumors from around the web

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2010

Tomorrow is Sony’s day: the new NEX3 and NEX5 EVIL Alpha cameras will be unveiled. New Samsung HZ50W ( model WB5500 in Europe) point and shoot camera is coming soon. The rumored specs are: Samsung CMOS sensor Sensor size: 1/2.33″ Resolution: 14.5MPx (4400×3300) Pixel: 1.10um Transfer rate: 15fps Maybe the Samsung NX5 will be announced […]

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Samsung NX5 approved by the Korean Radio Research Agency

By PR admin | Published: May 9, 2010

The Korean Radio Research Agency has been a good source of information in the past since it has to approve electronic devices before they are officially released (see previous Samsunng NX10 and Olympus E-600 posts). Their latest entry is for the rumored Samsung NX5 camera: Here are the expected Samsung NX5 specs I received few […]

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