Category Archives: Samsung

News/Rumors/Links recap

By PR admin | Published: April 9, 2010

“Flip Slide HD” camcorder coming soon. Samsung laptop webcams will shoot 1080p video – CMOS sensor can now record 1080p video at 30fps. Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fisheye lens for Olympus (4/3 bayonet mount) now available for sale on eBay. Samyang also announced some new lenses: Samyang 14mm f/2.8 ED IF Aspherical MC […]

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New Samsung sensor with global shutter

By PR admin | Published: March 30, 2010

“Two CMOS sensor on the same chip. This concept apply to 12.4MPx APS-C CMOS sensor. The sensor integrates noise reduction circuits and 4 “Digital Channels”, two for each half-sensor. Each half-sensor has 6.2MPx with a speed transfer of 8.2fps through Global Shutter, whole sensor has 12.4MPx with a total transfer rate of 8.2fps. Both half-sensor […]

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New Samsung NX 20-50mm f/3.5-5.6 compact zoom lens

By PR admin | Published: March 26, 2010

Samsung will announce a new 20-50mm f/3.5-5.6 (non-OIS) compact zoom lens for the NX series – this was already mentioned during PMA, but now we also have a picture: Size: 51x59mm Weight: 164gr The exact date of announcement was given.

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Samsung NX5 specs

By PR admin | Published: March 25, 2010

A reader send me some specs of the rumored Samsung NX5 camera: NX mount 14MP CMOS sensor ISO 100-3200 3fps Built-in flash (GN10) 3″ 230K LCD display Video HD720p/30fps (H.264) Audio mono HDMI/AV/MicroUSB connection SD slot Non-built in EVF, same NX10 battery, manual control Prices: NX5 + 30mm = $599 NX5 + 18-55mm non-OIS = […]

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Latest sensor developments

By PR admin | Published: March 24, 2010

InVisage Technologies created a sensor using quantum dots instead of silicon for phone cameras. According to the company, this would increase the sensor performance more than four times. Read more on this topic @ Wired and ImageSensorsWorld. Full press release after the break. Just a month ago Dalsa announced a 196MP sensor which will be […]

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Samsung NX5 appears on a Swedish online store

By PR admin | Published: March 23, 2010

The Swedish online retail site multitronic.se lists a mysterious Samsung NX5 model and  the price appears to be lower then the current NX10 model (In 2010 Samsung is expected to release a new, cheaper version of the NX10 camera): Update: Amazon is selling the Samsung NX10 via 3rd party.

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Samsung NX-10 now in stock in the US

By PR admin | Published: March 22, 2010

Samsung kept their promise for a March delivery and now the Samsung NX-10 camera is available in stock at Adorama and B&H: Source

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Samsung working on a full frame camera

By PR admin | Published: March 19, 2010

The rumor mill has sloweed down significantly after PMA 2010. Many companies are preparing to release their best products before Photokina in September. I did however received a rumor from oversee that Samsung is working on a full frame camera. No further details were given, but the announcement could happened at Photokina this year. Since […]

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