Olympus filed patent 2012-199834 in Japan for a tilt lens similar to a Lensbaby. Based on the patent description, the lens will not be able to “shift“. In addition to Lensbaby, some photographers have also successfully used third party tilt-shift bellows on Olympus m4/3 cameras. Novoflex recently announced new tilt-shift bellows compatible with different mirrorless system via an adapter:
The white 10MP Ricoh GR DIGITAL IV camera is currently listed as discontinued at B&H (black version is still available): “This item has been discontinued by the manufacturer and is no longer available“. The GR IV was announced on Sep 15, 2011, the GR III was announced on Jul 26, 2009. I am curious how Ricoh will develop to the GR line after they purchased Pentax.
Update: DigitalRev also lists the black Ricoh GR DIGITAL IV camera as discontinued:
Carryspeed came up with a new product called MagFilter – those are magnetized filters that can easily be attached to compact cameras. MagFilters are currently available only in 36mm and 42mm sized circular polarizer and can be purchased on Amazon. Here is a quick video demonstration – after attaching a metal ring to the front of the lens, you can easily add and remove the filter:
Later this year Lytro will introduce a “parallax-based 3D effect” for photos taken with their light-field camera (now available on Amazon) via a software update. The company is also planning to add support for 3D monitors and TVs. See this video demonstration of the new feature:
Today Lomography announced new line of bellows cameras called Belair X 6-12. Three different configurations are available:
The Fujifilm XF1 compact digital camera is now shipping in the US and the black version is currently in stock only at Adorama (the red and tan versions are back ordered).
Fujifilm XF1 sample images:
Plustek released few sample images scanned with their new OpticFilm 120 professional grade scanner ($1,999.99):
The images in this directory are unedited images that were scanned using the Auto CCR function of LaserSoft SilverFast Ai Studio 8. No other adjustments or dust and scratch removal were made. Consider these images to be similar to “straight out of camera” raw files produced by digital cameras. All of these images were shot with a Rolleiflex T, Type 2 on either Kodak Tmax 400 or Ilford HP5 400. These images were scanned using pre-production drivers and software. Image quality from production scanners may be different.
Here are two 100% crops from the original 121MB (11112 × 10777) TIFF files:
Sony has a new teaser on their Facebook page for “The new F” or the “The future, ahead of schedule” coming on October 30th, 2012. The speculations are for a new F-class Super 35mm cinema camera (F5?) that will probably support 4k and will cost around $20k. In Sony’s cinema cameras product line, the F5 will probably be placed above the current PMW-F3L Super 35mm XDCAM EX Full-HD compact camcorder.
GoPro announced their new Hero 3 action camera. Three different versions are available:
GoPro HERO3: Black Edition Camera (pre-order for $399.99)
GoPro HERO3: Silver Edition Camera (pre-order for $299.99)
GoPro HERO3: White Edition Camera:
