Pentax 645D and FA 645 55mm f/2.8 AL[IF] SDM AW announced

By PR admin | Published: March 9, 2010

Read all the Pentax 645D details @ Pentax Japan and dpreview (price aprox. US $9,400).

Read all the 645 55mm f/2.8 lens details @ Pentax Japan and dpreview (price aprox. US $1,100).

Full press releases after the break:

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Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD (Model A005) lens for Canon, Nikon and Sony announced

By PR admin | Published: March 9, 2010

Back in January I reported about two upcoming Tamron lenses. Today one of them was officially announced – the Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD (Model A005) for Canon, Nikon and Sony. We are still waiting for the new 18-200 Tamron lens.

Full press release after the break:

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Pentax 645D will have a 40MP sensor

By PR admin | Published: March 8, 2010

DC watch reports (in English) that the upcoming Pentax 645D will have a 40MP sensor.

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Canon rebates now online

By PR admin | Published: March 7, 2010

The rumored Canon rebates are now live @ Adorama (just a week after Nikon announced their rebate program):

Some Tamron rebates:

Some of the recently announced Sigma products are now available for pre-order:

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Panasonic G2/Panasonic G10 official

By PR admin | Published: March 7, 2010

Today Panasonic announced the G2 and G10 additions to their Lumix line. A new Lumix G Vario 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega O.I.S. image stabilized lens was also introduced.

Amazon has already listed the new models on their website but prices are not yet official (Panasonic announces prices 30 days before the product will start shipping).

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Samsung NC110 = Samsung NX10 + touchscreen?

By PR admin | Published: March 7, 2010

The UK retailer Littlewoods displayed a picture of Samsung NC110 camera under their Samsung NX10 listing:

The camera looks identical to the recently announced Samsung NX10. The only difference appears to be the 3″ AMOLED touchscreen. A new Samsung NX10 with a touch screen was already reported as a possibility back in January, 2010 which makes this NC110 rumor plausible.

Here is a picture of Samsung NX10 for comparison:

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Canon PowerShot SX1-IS discontinued

By PR admin | Published: March 6, 2010

Canon PowerShot SX1-IS is listed as discontinued @B&H:

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Pentax 645D to be revealed on March 11, 2010

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2010

The Pentax 645D will be officially announced during the CP+ Camera and Imaging Show in Japan (March 11th-14th, 2010):

Source

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Which sensor will Pentax 645D use?

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2010

At that point it is not clear which sensor will be deployed in the upcoming Pentax 645D medium format camera. My first guess few months ago was for the KAF-39000 from Kodak.

The only problem is that neither of those sensors will give us the reported “1.7 times bigger than a regular full frame sensor” ratio (official information from Pentax).

  • A regular full frame sensor is 36mm x 24mm, or 864 mm² with 43.3mm in diagonal.
  • The older medium format KAF-39000 sensor is 49mm x 36.8mm, or 1803mm² with 61.3mm in diagonal.
  • The new medium format KAF-40000 sensor is 45.76mm x 35.34mm, or 1617 mm² with 54.78mm in diagonal.
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Few more pictures of Panasonic G2 and G10

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2010

The Panasonic G2 will be available in multiple colors (click on image for larger view):

Here is also the first Panasonic G10 picture:

And a site view of the new lens after the break:

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New Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH lens

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2010

In addition to the Panasonic Lumix G2 and G10, this Sunday we may see also a new Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH lens (a replacement for the current Panasonic 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens):

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Canon rebates starting this Sunday

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2010

I just got some more details – a list of the qualifying lenses and the rebate amounts:

200 f/2: $500
85 f/1.2: $130
50 f/1.2: $100
16-35: $100
45 f/2.8: $80
24-70: $80
100 f/2.8 IS: $65
15 f/2.8: $45
135 f/2.8: $35
100 f/2: $30
580ex II: $25
430ex II: $15

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