Sony filed a patent application in Japan (2013-61476) for a full frame 35mm f/1.8 mirrorless lens designed for curved sensors. The patent contains also calculations for 35mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.2 and 30mm f/2.0 lenses, all designed for a curved sensor. Sony, Nikon, Konica Minolta and others have also filed various patents for curved sensors in the past. The purpose of a curved sensor is to improve the sharpness in the corners of the image and reduce aberration.
Update: B&H is now taking pre-orders for the new Blackmagic Pocket cinema camera.
The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is now officially announced. You can get more details on the new camera from John Brawley’s blog where he writes:
“What BMD have done with this camera is to take a super 16 size version of the exact same awesome sensor that’s in the current BMCC and shrink the form factor down to that of an iPhone with a lens mount. Then they added what many have clamoured for. An internal battery that can be easily switched out.
The camera has an ACTIVE m4/3 lens mount. That means you can use any of the Panasonic / Lumix or Olympus m4/3 lenses that are already out there, and using dumb adaptors you can mount almost any other lens to the camera, including SUPER 16 cinema lenses, which will cover the sensor perfectly, and are ideal if you want that vintage look.”
At the 2013 NAB show Blackmagic is expected to announce a new compact Micro Four Thirds cinema camera with a price tag of $995:
“Ultra portable Super 16 digital cinema camera with super wide 13 stops dynamic range, Super 16 sized 1080 HD sensor, built-in SD card recorder, high resolution LCD, ProRes and lossless CinemaDNG RAW recording, active Micro Four Thirds Lens compatibility, and micro HDMi monitoring with overlays.”
If you missed the leaked pictured of the Panasonic GF6 last week, you can now see the official press images of the latest Micro Four Thirds from Panasonic. The official announcement is tomorrow. The detailed specs are also available courtesy of digicame-info:
At the 2013 NAB show Sony showed for the first time two 4k prototype cameras. On of the prototypes has a DSLR-like design similar to the Canon EOS-1DC. No technical specifications are available at that point.
More images:
Fujifilm UK published a list of 69 improvements introduced in the X100s over the previous model. One more difference not mentioned on the list: $100 price increase for the X100s. The list of X20 improvements can be found here.
Here’s a complete list of all 69 improvements the X100S has over the X100:
The first pictures of the Panasonic Lumix GF6 camera were published earlier by Techradar and later removed (you can access the cashed page here). The new Micro Four Thirds cameras is expected to have a 16 MP sensor with improved AF, faster processor, an articulated screen and built-in Wi-Fi. The official announcement is on April 9th.
More GF6 images:
A recent filing with the Taiwan National Communications Commission revels that the upcoming Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF6 camera will have built-in Wi-Fi capabilities. The official announcement will be on April 9th.
Via Engadget
The 2013 NAB show will take place in Las Vegas from April 6-11. Here are some of the new announcements for the show:
T* 2,8/15 and Apo-Sonnar T* 2/135 lenses. Pictured bellow – 5-lens DSLR bundle:
Panasonic is rumored to announce two new Micro Four Thirds cameras on April 9th: Panasonic GF6 and Panasonic G6. Both models will use the same 16 MP sensor from the GX1 and will have improved AF, faster processor and an articulated screen for the GF6.
