Photo Rumors

Sony’s patents for a 35mm f/1.8 full frame E-mount lens, fast 24mm mirrorless lens

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2013

Sony filed a patent application (2013-37081) in Japan for a 35mm f/1.8 full frame E-mount lens. Another patent (2013-37080) describes a new 24mm f/1.8 and 24mm f/2.2 lenses for mirrorless APS-C based cameras.

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Olympus XZ-10 and Sigma DP3 Merrill pricing, shipping dates announced

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2013

Olympus finally announced the XZ-10 for the US market with a price of $399 and March 22, 2013 shipping date. Here are the camera’s basic specs:

1/2.3″ CMOS 12MP back-illuminated sensor
5x optical zoom with 26-130mm f/1.8-2.7 lens
40% smaller than the XZ-2
Weight (including battery and memory card): 221 g
Touch AF shutter control
920 000 dots 3″ touchscreen LCD
Full HD video

Three weeks after the price was already available at different online retailers, Sigma finally made it official – the DP3 Merrill camera will cost $999 and it will start shipping on February 28th, 2013. The camera’s specifications:

New Fuji X100s and X20 dedicated websites, sample images

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2013

The Fuji X100s and X20 cameras should start shipping any day now. Fujifilm published new dedicated websites for the X100s and X20 and new sample images taken with the X100s and X20. For a list of pre-order options, check this post.

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Nikon D7100 coming in few hours

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2013

Update: the Nikon D7100 is now officially announced ($1199.95 for body only, $1599.95 for kit).

Nikon will announce the D7100 in the next few hours. Follow NikonRumors for all the latest updates. Here are the rumored D7100 specs:

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Updated Canon EOS 7D Mark II specifications

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2013

Here is an updated list of specifications for the rumored Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera (see previous rumored specs here):

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Japanese magazine Nippon Camera predictions for 2013

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2013

The Japanese Nippon Camera published their predictions for 2013. Similar to the article published by the Impress magazine few months ago, those forecasts are often based on information from rumors blogs:

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Sony 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM II, DT 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 SAM II and Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 ZA SSM lenses announced

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2013

In addition to their new cameras, Sony announced also three new lenses:

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Sony a58, NEX-3n, WX300, HX300 and TX30 cameras announced

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2013

Sony announced several new cameras and lenses in Europe (US announcement is coming next week). In case you have missed my previous post with all the rumored specifications, here are the official details:

Sony a58 technical specifications:

	SLT-A58
Image Sensor	Exmor APS HD CMOS
Effective pixels	20.1 megapixels (approx.)
Sensitivity range	ISO 100 – 16000 (25600 with Multi Frame NR)
Autofocus system	15-point phase detection Live View AF with 3 cross sensors; with AF tracking in Tele-zoom Continuous Advance Priority AE mode
Continuous burst shooting (max.)	5 fps (8 fps in Tele-zoom Continuous Advance Priority AE mode)
Movie recording	Quick AF Full HD Movie (AVCHD 1920×1080, 50i/25p)
Electronic viewfinder	OLED Tru-Finder with 100% field coverage
LCD	460k-dot 6.7 cm (2.7-type) with adjustable angle
Image compositing functions	Auto HDR; Hand-held Twilight; Sweep Panorama; Anti Motion Blur; Multi Frame Noise Reduction
Image stabilisation system	SteadyShot INSIDE
Built-in flash	GN 10
Interfaces	HDMI; Multi Interface Shoe; Multi Terminal; Memory Stick Duo / SD card slots
Picture Effect	11 modes, 15 effects
Dimensions	128.6 x 95.5 x 77.7 mm (approx.)
Weight (body only)	492g (approx.)
Shooting stamina	Using Tru-Finder: 690 shots Using LCD: 700 shots

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Samyang T-S 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC tilt-shift lens US pricing revealed

By PR admin | Published: February 18, 2013

The US price of the Samyang T-S 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC tilt-shift lens will be $999. The Nikon, Canon and Sony versions are currently available for pre-order at B&H: