Category Archives: Other

Did you hear about this WVIL camera? (updated, but still a hoax)

Update: a reader was able to located the website that has more info on this “camera”: www.artefactgroup.com/wvil. If you look at the main page (www.artefactgroup.com),  Artefactgroup is design firm out of Seattle. According to the YouTube video below, this camera concept was shown on CES 2011 and since I could not find any coverage online, I […]

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New PhotoRumors Facebook fan page

Some of you probably know that I lost my Facebook account. The old PhotoRumors fan page that was linked to my account is also gone and I had to create a new one. If you were a “fan” before or if you just like to follow PhotoRumors on Facebook, click the like button:

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Vote for your favorite camera of 2010

2010 Camera of the year There is a poll embedded to this post – please vote for one camera (direct link to poll):

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all PhotoRumors readers! When I started this blog year and a half ago, my main goal was to be informed on the latest photo equipment outside of Nikon and Leica territories (I have separate sites for those). In terms of traffic growth, PhotoRumors is following closely the steps of NikonRumors for which I thank all of you […]

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The “Subjectiv” 65mm 4-in-1 lens kit

Photojojo is now selling the “Subjectiv” 4-in-1 lens kit available for both Nikon and Canon mounts. The kit contains five modules: pinhole, plastic, glass, zone plate, and aperture. The rest of the specs: Combine aperture module with plastic and glass modules to stop down exposures All lenses have a focal length of 65mm Pinhole: f/180, hole diameter […]

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New CMOSIS 12MP/300fps global shutter sensor

CMOSIS and TowerJazz announced a new 12MP CMV12000 sensor with a global shutter and a frame rate of 300 fps: “CMOSIS, a leading independent developer and supplier of high end CMOS image sensors for professional imaging applications, and TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced CMOSIS will add a new member to its CMV […]

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PhotoRumors is moving to a new server

If you can read this post, you have reached the new dedicated PhotoRumors.com server. I do not expect any interruptions during the transfer, since I will leave the old server online for few days until all ISP propagate the DNS changes and update their routers. I have prepared several new posts and will publish them online […]

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Cactus V4 wireless flash trigger replacement coming soon

Cactus (produced by Harvest-One) is expected to release a new version of their V4 wireless flash trigger by the end of the year (2010). The new version will not be compatible with the current Cactus V4 model. Cactus is basically a cheap alternative to PocketWizard. You can see a review of the current Cactus 4 flash […]

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NikonRumors.com is back online

NikonRumors.com is now online. It may take several hours until the server changes propagation is complete and all ISP have updated their routers. If you cannot access NikonRumors.com directly, try http://173.45.162.91. I am not going to discuss again the details of why NR went down, I did that already on Twitter and Facebook. NikonRumors now has […]

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NikonRumors is temporarily down

NikonRumors is temporarily down. I am moving to a new hosting company and a new server. I will be posting Nikon related updates (if any) here and on http://www.nikonrumors.net. You can also get NikonRumors updates on Twitter and Facebook.

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