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Olympus PEN E-PL7 camera to be announced in few days

By PR admin | Published: July 9, 2014

The Olympus PEN E-PL7 camera will be announced in few days. The new model will be available in black, silver and white colors. The Japanese price will be ¥66,000 (around $650). Here are the camera specifications from previous PhotoRumors posts:

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New flashes from Metz

By PR admin | Published: July 7, 2014

Metz will soon announce a new Mecablitz 64 AF-1 flash (pictured above). The translated specifications can be found here. The company also announced that the Mecablitz 44 AF-1 and 52 AF-1 units (pictured below) are now available for the Sony Multi Interface.

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The latest patents from Fuji, Sony and Canon

By PR admin | Published: July 7, 2014

Fujifilm filed a patent for a 28mm f/1.4 lens (35mm equivalent).

Another curved sensor patent from Sony was filed in Japan.

Posted in Canon, Fuji, Sony| Tagged curved sensor, Patents| 16 Comments

New Sony ILCE-5100 (α5100) camera listed on Indonesian Communication Agency website

By PR admin | Published: July 5, 2014

A new model Sony ILCE-5100 (α5100) camera was registered at the Indonesian Communication Agency website. The new camera will replace the current α5000 and will most likely be announced at Photokina.

Via Digicame-info

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Nikkei published a photo taken with Sony’s upcoming curved sensor

By PR admin | Published: July 5, 2014

The above picture is captured with Sony’s new curved sensor. The Japanese website Nikkei published also some additional information on the long rumored curved sensor from Sony:

Posted in Sony| Tagged curved sensor, Sony curved sensor| 21 Comments

Pentax 645z, Hasselblad HV, Sony a7s and Sigma dp2 updates

By PR admin | Published: July 1, 2014

The Pentax 645z medium format camera is now shipping and it currently in stock at Ace Photo (the old model is currently $2,000 off).

The Hasselblad HV is also now shipping and is currently in stock.

The Sony a7s camera is now in stock and B&H is offering a new trade-in program that can get you 15% off the price of any a7 model.

The Sigma dp2 Quattro camera will start shipping on August 11th. Sigma is offering a new program where you can test the new dp2 camera. More information is available here.

Posted in Hasselblad, Pentax, Sigma, Sony| Tagged DP2, Pentax 645z, Sony a7s| 17 Comments

The latest patents from Fuji, Olympus, Panasonic, Canon and Tamron

By PR admin | Published: June 30, 2014

→ Fujifilm filed a patent for a Optical Viewfinder with Built-in Zoom.

→ Olympus filed a patent for a 12-40mm f/2.8 (24-80mm equivalent) and 12-50mm f/2.8-4.0 (24-100mm equivalent) lenses designed for Four Thirds.

→ Olympus filed a patent for a reversible lens that can also be used for macro photography.

→ Panasonic filed a patent for a 150mm f/2.8 lens for Four Thirds (300mm equivalent).

→ Canon filed a patent for a 1.03x viewfinder designed for APS-C cameras.

→ Another interesting patent from Canon – a five layer sensor (with red, green, blue, UV and IR layers).

Posted in Canon, Fuji, Olympus, Panasonic, Tamron| Tagged Patents| 42 Comments

Best day ever for Adobe: Apple to stop the development of Aperture

By PR admin | Published: June 27, 2014

Loopinsight.com reports that Apple will stop the development of Aperture, their image processing software:

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Fujifilm released a firmware update for ten of their cameras

By PR admin | Published: June 27, 2014

Yesterday was all about the new Nikon D810 camera and you may have missed the news that Fujifilm released new firmware updates for ten of their cameras:

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