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Panasonic LX7, G5, FZ60, FZ200, 45-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ASPH lens announced

By PR admin | Published: July 18, 2012

Panasonic Lumix LX7 (black: $499, white: $499):

New 1/1.7″ 10.1MP MOS Sensor
Venus Engine Image Processor
Leica DC Vario-Summilux 24mm Lens
3.8 Optical Zoom Lens
3.0″ 920K-Dot LCD with Auto Brightness
Full HD 1080 Video Recording
RAW and RAW+JPEG Recording Options
Trust iA and iA Plus Modes
Creative Control Modes
Time Lapse Shot Function

Panasonic Lumix G5 (with 14-42mm lens: $799)

16.05 MP Live MOS Sensor
Redesigned Venus Engine Image Processor
3.0″ Touch Screen Tiltable-Rotatable LCD
Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Camera
Full HD 1080 60p Video
Contrast AF, Touch AF and Light Speed AF
Live View Finder with Eye Sensor
Electronic Silent Shutter Mode
14 Adjustable In-camera Filters
Includes Lumix-G Vario 14-42mm Lens

Panasonic Lumix FZ60 (price: $349):

16.1MP High Sensitivity MOS Sensor
LSI Venus Engine Image Processor
Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 24x Zoom Lens
25-600mm Optical Zoom Lens (Equivalent)
3.0″ 460,000-dot Intelligent LCD Display
POWER O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer)
Full HD 1080 60i Video Recording
Creative Control Feature
Intelligent Auto Mode
Full Manual Override

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Full details on the upcoming Panasonic announcement

By PR admin | Published: July 17, 2012

The Russian website 3dnews has the full details about the upcoming Panasonic announcement including the first images of the LX7 and FZ200 compact cameras:

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Canon also preparing to launch an entry level full frame camera

By PR admin | Published: July 17, 2012

Similar to the Nikon D600, Canon is also preparing to launch an entry level full frame camera. The rumored specs are:

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This is the Panasonic G5 (plus LX7 and FZ200 details)

By PR admin | Published: July 17, 2012

The first images of the Panasonic G5 camera are out. This is what Telegraph UK wrote about the new camera:

“The new DMC-G5 features a 3-inch fold out screen and a top of the line 16-megapixel sensor powered by Panasonic’s Venus Engine VII.”

There is also some information on the upcoming Panasonic LX7 and FZ200:

“Also launched is the DMC-LX7 and DMC-FZ200. The former is a top of the line compact camera with a fast f1.4 Leica lens, 10.1 megapixel Mos sensor and 3-inch screen. The DMC-FZ200, which is due for release in late August or early September, replaces Panasonic’s FZ150 as its new flagship bridge camera. Included is a highly formidable 25-600mm lens, which is incredibly wide yet capable of zooming extreme distances. Even more impressive is that the lens on the FZ200 maintains a constant f2.8 aperture throughout.”

Few more images after the break:

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New Samyang 24mm T1.5 VDSLR lens coming in August

By PR admin | Published: July 16, 2012

In addition to the “regular” 24mm f/1.4 ($699), in August Samyang will announce also a new 24mm T1.5 VDSLR version of the lens targeted at cinematographers.

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New 192MP Sinarback eXact digital back from Sinar

By PR admin | Published: July 16, 2012

Sinar announced a new Sinarback eXact digital back with 192 effective MP sensor:

“As you can see, there are two XL modes where the back shoots with an effective 192 MP sensor. There’s the XL 4-shot mode, which provides 192 MP ‘single-shot quality’, however, there’s also the XL 16- shot mode, which samples real colours from the subject for each half-pixel step in both directions.”

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Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-150mm f/4-5.6 HD OIS lens leaked

By PR admin | Published: July 16, 2012

Panasonic is preparing to announce a new Lumix G Vario 45-150mm f/4-5.6 HD OIS lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. My guess is that this lens will be a cheaper replacement of the current 45-200mm f/4-5.6 ($245).

Via Photoprice

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What else is new? [weekend digest]

By PR admin | Published: July 15, 2012

Nik Software released HDR Efex Pro 2 software.

Apertus Axiom is an open source 4K camera.

New cine housing for Sony NEX 5N with cooling mod.

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Sigma announces pricing and availability for 180mm f/2.8 macro lens

By PR admin | Published: July 13, 2012

Sigma Corporation, a leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of some of the world’s most impressive lines of lenses, cameras and flashes, has announced that the Sigma APO Macro 180mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM will be available in the United States on July 27 for the street price of $1,699.