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New book from White Knight Press: Photographer’s Guide to the Panasonic Lumix LX7 (available also for Kindle). Nauticam announced NA-NEX6 underwater housing for the Sony NEX-6 camera. Specifications: Depth Rating: 100m Dimensions: 183mm x 133mm x 81mm Weight: 0.88 kg (1.9 lbs.) Model Number: 17407 USA Retail Price: $1650 Estimated shipping date: 15 Feb, 2013

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The latest patents from Konica Minolta, Sony, Canon and Olympus

Konica Minolta patented (2013-15778) 12-42mm f/3.5-5.6 lens designed for Micro Four Thirds sized sensors. Another patent (2013-25202) describes a several other lenses for MFT: 26mm f/1.8, 19mm f/2.8, 17.5mm f/2.8, 16.6mm f/2.8; for APS-C: 23mm f/2.8, 18.7mm f/2.819.6mm f/2.8 and even a 28.7mm f/2.6 full frame lens. Sony filed patents 2013-15712 and 2013-15713 for a 100mm […]

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The upcoming Sony a58 camera will have a new 20MP APS-C sensor

Some more details emerge on the upcoming Sony products: Sony SLT-A58 (α58), new 20MP APS-C sensor, priced around $600 Sony NEX-3N, 16MP, priced around $500 Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 lens (SAL50F14Z), priced around $1,500 (pictured here) Sony 18-55mm II lens for A-mount (SAL18552), priced around $220 Sony 70-400G f/4.5-5.6 II lens (SAL70400G2), priced around $2,200 (previous version […]

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First leaked picture of the Sony NEX-3N mirrorless camera *UPDATED*

One of the major changes in upcoming Sony NEX-3N camera is the electronic zoom control located next to the on/off switch. The camera is rumored to have 16MP sensor. As previously reported, there is there is no firm release date yet.

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Sony 20mm f/2.8 and PZ18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS lenses announced

The two new Sony E lenses I mentioned earlier are now official – Sony 20mm f/2.8 lens specifications (price: $348): Sony E PZ18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS (SELP18200) motorized telezoom lens specifications (price: $1198):

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Sony to announce two new E-mount lenses this week

Sony is rumored to announced two new E-mount lenses: 18-200mm zoom and a new 20mm pancake lens (probably f/2.8 or faster). The announcement should be in the next few days. Update: both lenses are now officially announced.

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The latest list of discontinued cameras

Those are the latest cameras listed as discontinued at B&H: Leica M9 Leica M9-P Leica D-Lux 5 Ricoh CX5 Sony a57 Sony NEX-5N Nikon Coolpix AW100 waterproof camera Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Canon PowerShot S100 Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3 camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1 3D camera (are 3D cameras officially dead already?) Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 Panasonic […]

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Olympus XZ-10, Ricoh GR Digital V, Sony NEX-3N, a38, a58 and other rumored cameras and lenses

Quick recap of the latest camera and lens rumors from around the Web: Olympus XZ-10 high-end compact camera should be announced soon, probably a replacement for the current Olympus XZ-2 model. Ricoh GR Digital V is rumored to have a new APS-C sensor. This should not be a surprise, since Ricoh recently filed patents for several new lenses […]

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Sony RX1 got a pretty good DxOMark score: #4 overal rating

DxOMark published their test results for the Sony RX1 camera (see my first impressions) and they are pretty good – the RX1 scored #4 on their overall rating list right after the Nikon D800E, D800 and D600:

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Seven new Sony Cybershot compact cameras announced

Sony announced seven new Cybershot compact cameras for CES. Here are the key features and specifications:

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