What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: November 8, 2012

In the past few days I have been working on some blog updates – this is what you may have missed:

New Mitakon 35mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Four Thirds, Sony NEX and Fuji XF cameras (manual focus) is now available on eBay.

Kenko Tokina announced the “Filter Stick” – a quick and easy way to add a filter to your digital camera.

Blackmagic cinema camera is still delayed due to sensor glass issues.

DxOMark released test results for the Sony NEX-5R.

B&H now lists the shipping date of the Fuji X-E1 camera kit as November 10, 2012. The X-E1 body only is already in stock at Amazon US.

Fujifilm released firmware update ver.2.01 for X-Pro1 and ver.1.01 for X-E1.

Fujifilm filed a patent in Japan for sensor phase detection. Few months ago Fuji confirmed that phase detect AF is coming to their mirrorless cameras.

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“Photographer’s Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100” book giveaway

By PR admin | Published: November 8, 2012

A quick giveaway for the new “Photographer’s Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100” book by White Knight Press:

How do I win?

The rules are slightly different this time: the first person who leaves a comment on this blog post will get a free copy of the book. That’s all.

The best part?

This giveaway is open to anyone and is not restricted to US residents only, everyone is welcomed to participate. This giveaway is void where prohibited by law. All taxes are the responsibility of the winner. The book cannot be shipped to countries embargoed by the United States.

Good luck!

The “Photographer’s Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100” book is also available on Amazon US and Amazon UK.

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Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM and EF 35mm f/2 IS USM lenses announced

By PR admin | Published: November 6, 2012

Canon officially announced their new EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM (pre-order for $1,499.00) and EF 35mm f/2 IS USM (pre-order for $849.99) lenses at the same time Nikon introduced their D5200 DSLR camera:

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Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM and Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS lenses leaked ahead of announcement

By PR admin | Published: November 5, 2012

Update: the two new lenses are now officially announced.

Canon will announce two new lenses in the next few days – EF 35mm f/2 IS USM and Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS. Here are the detailed specs (Google translated):

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Pentax K-01 and Panasonic LX5 now selling at half price

By PR admin | Published: November 3, 2012

Pentax K-01 sale

Panasonic LX5 sale

The prices of the Pentax K-01 and Panasonic LX5 cameras are now reduced in half:

The LX5 is already replaced by the LX7, but why the K-01 price drop nine months after the camera was announced? Poor sales or a new K-02 is coming soon?

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Ricoh’s patent for a 5.3-22mm f/2-3.5 lens (for 1/1.7″ sensor)

By PR admin | Published: November 2, 2012

Ricoh filed patent 2012211956 in Japan for a 5.3-22mm f/2-3.5 lens designed for a 1/1.7″ sensor (24-100mm equivalent). The lens design contains 11 elements in 8 groups, including two aspherical elements. This lens could be designed for the Pentax Q system, which has a 1/2.3″ sensor, or for a new GXR module.

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After the Sony F5 and F55 Cine Alte 4k cameras announcement, RED introduced huge price cuts

By PR admin | Published: November 1, 2012

After Sony announced their new F5 and F55 Cine Alte 4k cameras two days ago, RED responded with a huge price cut – the new prices are as follow:

  • RED EPIC-M: $24,000 (old price: $39,500)
  • RED EPIC-X: $19,000 (old price: $34,500)
  • RED SCARLET-X: $7,950 (old price: $9,700)
  • RED ONE MX: $4,000 (old price: $25,000)

This is what RED’s CEO Jim Jannard had to say on reduser.net:
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Top 10 best selling mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras in Japan

By PR admin | Published: November 1, 2012
RankManufacturerModelSensor sizeShare of sales (%)
1OlympusE-PL3MFT10.6
2SonyNEX-5NAPS-C10.3
3CanonEOS MAPS-C9.2
4OlympusE-PM1MFT9.1
5PanasonicGF5MFT8.9
6NikonJ11″ sensor8.3
7Pentax RicohQ1/2.3″ sensor5.9
8SonyNEX-F3APS-C5.4
9SonyNEX-C3APS-C5.3
10OlympusE-PL5MFT3.5

BCNranking published the top 10 best selling mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras in Japan for the period of January to September October, 2012. Some interesting points:

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Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for October 2012

By PR admin | Published: November 1, 2012

  

  

Those are the top 10 PhotoRumors posts for October 2012:

  1. Rumor: GoPro Hero 3 due before the end of the year
  2. 46.1MP Canon EOS 3D shows up on B&H website
  3. Lomography announces Belair X 6-12 bellows camera
  4. Plustek OpticFilm 120 film scanner now available for pre-order in the US
  5. Rumor: GoPro Hero 3 camera to be announced this week
  6. The latest Canon rumors
  7. Camera concepts
  8. Canon EOS 1Dx gets DxOMarked, almost as good as the Nikon D3s
  9. First sample images scanned with the Plustek OpticFilm 120 professional grade scanner
  10. Celestron Nightscape 8300 CCD camera now shipping 
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First image of the Samsung NX300 mirrorless camera?

By PR admin | Published: November 1, 2012

I received this blurry image of what appears to be the new Samsung NX300 mirrorless camera which already briefly appeared on the company’s website a month ago. The NX300 will be the replacement of  the NX210 model. For reference: the back of the camera looks different then the current NX1000 and NX210:

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