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Schneider Kreuznach

Q&A with Schneider Kreuznach

By PR admin | Published: June 26, 2012

Schneider Kreuznach released this Q&A session regarding their recent announcement and future plans:

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Schneider Kreuznach to start producing lenses for mirrorless cameras

By PR admin | Published: June 15, 2012

Schneider Kreuznach announced their plans to start producing lenses for mirrorless cameras.The company has been part of the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group for a while and logically one of the upcoming lenses will be a 14mm f/2.0 Super Angulon for Micro Four Thirds. Expect the announcement during Photokina with a price tag around $1500. The 14mm […]

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2011 PDN Photoplus show report

By PR admin | Published: November 1, 2011

This is a guest post from Brian Hirschfeld (brianhirschfeldphotography.com) on the PDN PhotoPlus show that took place in New York last week (check also my report on NikonRumors): Saturday October 29, 2011 was a day to remember. Leaving my house in Connecticut at around 11:30 with flurries falling I wasn’t to concerned about the weather; […]

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Samsung working on a medium format digital camera system?

By PR admin | Published: May 18, 2011

Going back to the picture of Samsung camera prototypes posted here yesterday – a reader reminded me about an old rumor that Samsung, Schneider Kreuznach and Alpa are working together to create the first, fully digital, medium format camera system. Why would Samsung have those large square camera prototypes next to their NX bodies? Can someone identify […]

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Schneider-Kreuznach joins Micro Four Thirds group

By PR admin | Published: February 4, 2011

Schneider-Kreuznach, a produced of photographic lenses and other optical products announced today that they have joined the Micro Four Thirds system standard group. The CEO of the company mentioned that they are already “working intensively on a corresponding series of lenses” for the m4/3 format. Full press release after the break:

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Few pictures from PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2010

By PR admin | Published: November 8, 2010

I finally got some time to upload few images from PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2010 that ended last week. Pentax Pentax had a big table (not really a booth) with all of their latest products, including the 645D. You can download a sample RAW file taken with the 645D here (DropBox is great for sharing large […]

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What did we miss?

By PR admin | Published: September 16, 2010

Amateurphotographer hints again that Olympus may produce mirrorless cameras only in the future. Quote: “Demand for mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras is poised to overtake DSLR sales within two years, according to Samsung”. Pentax is back to profits (PDF): “In the beginning of June we shipped the medium-format digital SLR (645D) for professional and advanced amateur […]

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Rumor: Samsung, Schneider – Kreuznach and Alpa to create the first, fully digital, medium format camera system

By PR admin | Published: August 10, 2010

After the rumor that Canon wants to move to medium format territories, we now have three other companies (Samsung, Schneider – Kreuznach and Alpa) that reportedly want to create a photographic Association (SSA) and produce the first fully digital, medium format camera system. Here the Google translation: Foundation benefits A kind of noise caused by many large companies the […]

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Coming soon: Schneider Kreuznach lenses with NX mount

By PR admin | Published: April 18, 2010

Schneider Kreuznach has signed a partnership with Samsung for future release of lenses with NX mount. Those lenses would be designed by Schneider and built in Korea by Samsung/Optron-Tech with Schneider’s supervision and quality control. This new lenses product line will be named “SX”. The following models are expected to be released in 2010: 15mm f/2.3 […]

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