Category Archives: Samsung

Samsung got balls

By PR admin | Published: November 19, 2010

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

By PR admin | Published: November 15, 2010

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

By PR admin | Published: November 10, 2010

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?

By PR admin | Published: November 4, 2010

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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Samsung NX 18-55mm f/2.8 lens?

By PR admin | Published: October 23, 2010

This picture appeared in National Geographic and according to the snippet, it was captured with Samsung NX10 and 18-55mm f/2.8 lens. Samsung currently has only a 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 lens in their lineup. Samsung NX10 roadmap for 2011 mentions only a new 16mm /f2.8 and a 60mm f/2.8 lenses. Maybe a typo? Via dpreview

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Samsung’s patent for a liquid zoom lens

By PR admin | Published: October 21, 2010

US patent 7725016 from Samsung is for a liquid zoom lens. The idea behind this patent is to reduce the size and power consumption of a conventional lens. This technology could potentially be used in mobile devices: “Consequently, the zoom camera of the disclosure has a disadvantage in that it requires a large space for the zoom […]

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2011 Samsung NX mount lenses roadmap

By PR admin | Published: October 9, 2010

I believe this is also Photokina material that somehow slipped through the cracks – Samsung NX mount lenses for 2011  : Lenses planned to be released in 2011: Wide Pancake: 16mm F2.8 iFn Macro: 60mm OIS F2.8 iFn Movie Pro: 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OIS iFn Movie Home: 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 OIS iFn Portrait: 85mm F1.4 iFn Via […]

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The Samsung commercial that leaked the white NX100 camera

By PR admin | Published: October 7, 2010

Remember the leaked picture of the white Samsung NX100 camera? This is the commercial where the leak came from:

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