What else is new? [Weekend Digest]

By PR admin | Published: September 29, 2012

  • ZeissImages.com, the online photo gallery of images captured with Zeiss optics, announced its annual photography contest for 2012. The prize will be provided by Carl Zeiss – the winner of this contest will be given the option of selecting one of the following lenses:
    • Distagon 2.8/25 ZF.2
    • Distagon 2/28 ZE or ZF.2
    • Distagon 2/35 ZE or ZF.2
    • Planar 1.4/50 ZE or ZF.2
    • Planar 1.4/85 ZE or ZF.2
    • Makro-Planar 2/50 ZE or ZF.2
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Olympus E-6 could be a m4/3 and 4/3 hybrid camera

By PR admin | Published: September 28, 2012

Last month Olympus made an official statement that they are working on a new pro body for Four Thirds lenses that will replace the current E-5 (still priced at $1,699.00!). In a recent interview with ImagingResources, Haruo Ogawa (President Olympus Imaging Division) confirmed that the company is working on several different ideas for a E-5 successor, including a Micro Four Thirds and Four Thirds hybrid body:

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World’s first: Metz Mecablitz 52 AF-1 flash with touchscreen

By PR admin | Published: September 28, 2012

One product got unnoticed during the Photokina 2012 show – the new 52 AF-1 touchscreen flash from Metz (a world’s first). The flash unit will come in Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Panasonic, Leica and Sony versions. The estimated price is around €250. Full specs and features can be found in the press release:

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Sony now owns almost 12% of Olympus

By PR admin | Published: September 28, 2012

The deal between Sony and Olympus is now official. Olympus will issue 34,387,900 common shares (11.46%) to Sony. Both companies will work together not only on future medical products, but will also collaborate in the camera business – Olympus will share lens and mirror technology with Sony, while Sony will supply sensors to Olympus:

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Nikon, Canon, Sony, Sigma, Tamron and Lexar rebates set to expire this weekend

By PR admin | Published: September 27, 2012

The following rebate programs are set to expire this weekend:

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New lenses, curved image sensor patents from Sigma, Canon and Sony

By PR admin | Published: September 27, 2012

Sigma filed patent 2012-181508 in Japan for 30mm f/2.8, 30mm f/2.5, 45mm f/2.8, 24mm f/2.8, 50mm f/2.8, 55mm f/2.8 mirrorless lenses.

Canon filed patent 2012-159723 for a 14mm f/2.8 lens. The design contains 14 elements in 10 groups.

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Sony RX1 sample images

By PR admin | Published: September 26, 2012

Sony RX1, ISO 100, f/5.6, 2 sec.

Sony published more sample images taken with their new RX1 full frame compact camera ($2,798.00):

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The megapixels war is over, sensor size war is just starting up

By PR admin | Published: September 26, 2012

The Verge published a nice video recap from Photokina: the megapixels war is over, sensor size war is just starting up. Some of the new cameras announced at Photokina 2012, like the Nikon D600, Canon 6D, Leica M-E, Sony RX1 show a new trend: many manufacturers are producing smaller and “more affordable” full frame cameras. Several companies like Pentax, Sony, Panasonic and even Fuji hinted that they are also considering/investigating full frame cameras.

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Firmware update v2.0 will bring new filters, Q menu to Fuji X10 camera

By PR admin | Published: September 26, 2012

Fujifilm will release new firmware update v2.0 for Finepix X10 camera on October 5th, 2012 (check this link on or after that date). The firmware update will contain new advanced filters and the “Q Menu”, currently available only in the high-end X-Pro1 and X-E1 models:

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The latest Canon rumors

By PR admin | Published: September 26, 2012

This is a quick recap of the latest Canon rumors:

At the upcoming PhotoPlus show in New York (October 24-27) Canon may preview a new high megapixel DSLR camera with 46.1MP sensor, 5fps, 16bit and an ISO range of 100-12800. Canon is rumored to introduce also a newly designed sensor that will be used in the upcoming 7D2, 70D and 700D models that are expected to be announced in 2013. Two new f/4 telephoto lenses are rumored for January, 2012.

This Amazon video demonstrating the 6D Wi-Fi capabilities has a reference to a Canon EOS 4D model.

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