The Indonesian Communication Agency has a new listing on their website for a Olympus E-M10 Mark II camera that will be a replacement for the current E-M10 version. The official announcement should be in 30-90 days. The new camera will be produced in Vietnam.
Via Digicame-info
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The Japanese website nikkan.co.jp reports that Panasonic will have cameras with 8k video recording capabilities by 2020. The company is currently working on the development of next-generation image processing large-scale integrated circuit (10th generation high-speed image processing Venus Engine):
Panasonic has developed a digital camera and broadcast business camera the number of pixels corresponding to the “8K” video shooting of 16 times the full high-definition, sequentially released in 2020. Toward 8K correspondence, it was undertaken on the development of next-generation image processing large-scale integrated circuit (LSI) “10th generation high-speed image processing Venus Engine”.
In this interview, Takashi Ueno from Fujifilm explains in details why Fuji decided go with an APS-C sensor in their cameras and not with full frame that would eventually provide better image quality:
Sony Corporations is planing to raise nearly $4 billion with issuing new shares and bonds in order to invest in stacked image sensor R&D and production while pulling back from consumer goods where they lost money in the past:
In addition to the service advisory from Tamron, Sigma also reported a live view issues (images are not being displayed) when using the following lenses with the Canon EOS 5Ds and 5DsR cameras:
As I reported earlier today, Olympus officially announced their AIR A01 smartphone camera module (aka “clip camera”) in the US. The AIR A01 is basically a stand-alone unit that works together with Olympus OA app – this allows you to use your phone as internal memory and display, or upload your photos directly to the cloud (currently Amazon Cloud Drive), or share them, as well as use digital filters and effects on your images through the app, while shooting with interchangeable micro 4/3 lenses. The announcement also includes a M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ lens to go with the new Olympus AIR camera body. Here are the different options available and the corresponding pricing:
OlympusAIR A01 highlights:
Full press release:
Today Olympus will officially announce their AIR A01 smartphone camera module aka “clip camera” in the US. Additional information on the AIR A01 can be found here. Check out also this “rocket launcher style setup”.
Update: the Olympus AIR AO1 is now officially announced in the US.
For a limited time B&H has the X-Rite ColorMunki for $89 (original price: $169).
Tamron posted a notice reporting incompatibility issue (AF not working during live view) for some of their lenses when used with the Canon EOS 5Ds and EOS 5DsR DSLR cameras:
