5 new companies join the Micro Four Thirds standard

By PR admin | Published: February 9, 2016

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Olympus officially announced that five new companies have joined the Micro Four Thirds standard:

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Olympus announced Stylus SH-3 and TG-870 compact cameras

By PR admin | Published: February 9, 2016

Olympus announced two new compact cameras:
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Olympus Stylus SH-3 camera (replacement for the SH-2, not yet available in the US): 16MP, 1/2.3" CMOS sensor, 25-600mm f/3-6.9 lens (35mm equivalent), RAW, 4k video, 3" TFT LCD screen with 460,000 dots, ISO: 125-6,400, shutter speed; 1/4-1/2,000, 16.5 fps, built-in Wi-Fi (more info).

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Pentax K-1 full frame DSLR camera: price and kit lens rumors

By PR admin | Published: February 8, 2016

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The latest rumors on the upcoming Pentax K-1 full frame DSLR camera:

  • The price is rumored to be €1,999 for the body-only (around $2,200, US prices are usually lower)
  • The K-1 will be available as kit with the 28-105mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens
  • New HD Pentax-D FA 15-30mm f/2.8 SDM lens will also be announced (it's basically a rebadged Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di USD)
  • An updated roadmap will also be published

Via PentaxRumors.com, pictures via Adorama

 

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Samyang announced two new XEEN cinema lenses, one more lens is coming

By PR admin | Published: February 5, 2016

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Samyang announced two new lenses from their XEEN cinema line: 14mm T/3.1 and 35mm T/1.5.

One more XEEN wide angle lens is still to be announced:

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Specifications comparison of all current XEN lenses:

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Nikon D500 and Fuji X-Pro2 cameras delayed

By PR admin | Published: February 5, 2016

The release of two major recently announced cameras got delayed:

Nikon D500 delayed till the end of April

The Fuji X-Pro 2 Delayed Until March‽

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New patents: Sigma 20mm f/1.8 DG HSM and Canon EF 16-35mm f / 2.8 L USM lenses

By PR admin | Published: February 4, 2016

Sigma 20mm f:1.8 DG HSM lens patent
Sigma filed a patent in Japan for 20mm f/1.8 DG HSM Contemporary lens:

  • Patent number: 2016-12034
  • Published on January 21, 2016
  • Filed on June 30, 2014
  • Focal length: 20.70 21.01
  • F-number: 1.84 1.95
  • Full angle of view 2ω: 93.42 90.34
  • The image height Y: 21.63 21.63
  • Overall length of the lens: 139.73 139.73

Canon EF 16-35mm f : 2.8 L USM lens patent
Canon has a patent application for a EF 16-35mm f / 2.8 L USM lens.

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Canon wants to be the #2 mirrorless camera manufacturer, will “ship a lot of mirrorless products” at the end of 2016

By PR admin | Published: February 4, 2016

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In a recent interview with the Japanese website ascii.jp, Canon President of Marketing Sakata Masahiro confirmed that they are planning to "ship a lot of mirrorless products" in the third and fourth quarter of 2016. This means a possible new Canon mirrorless camera announcement for Photokina (September). Canon has ambitions to take the second spot in the mirrorless market (currently they are at #3 after Olympus and Sony). Interestingly enough, Nikon is also rumored to announce a new mirrorless system in late 2016/early 2017.

Canon recently filed a patent in Japan for a 50mm f/3.5 Macro IS lens designed for a full frame mirrorless camera.

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Samsung cameras on display removed from B&H store in NYC

By PR admin | Published: February 4, 2016

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B&H recently replaced their Samsung display in their superstore in NYC with handheld video cams. Last week there were Samsung cameras on the same spot. B&H still lists Samsung cameras on their website.

In the past few months there have been multiple reports indicating that Samsung is pulling out of the camera business or at least putting everything on hold.

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