The successor of the Olympus E-5 will support both Micro Four Thirds and Four Thirds lenses

By PR admin | Published: December 20, 2012

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In interview with Quesabesde, Miguel Angel Garcia (CEO of Olympus Spain) confirmed that in 2013 the company will release an E-5 successor that will support both Micro Four Thirds and Four Thirds lenses. No other details on the new camera were provided. This is nothing new – Olympus executives made similar statement earlier this year and even released an official statement indicating that they are working on a new Four Thirds pro body.

The Olympus E-5 was announced on September 14, 2010 and currently sells for $1,499.

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Panasonic may be working on a high-end compact camera with fixed lens and Micro Four Thirds sensor

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2012

Panasonic Micro Four Thirds compact camera with fixed lens

In a recent interview with Quesabesde, Michiharu Uematsu from Panasonic indicated that the company might be working on a high-end compact camera with a fixed lens and a Micro Four Thirds sensor. With the latest success of the RX100 (and RX1), I will not be surprised if Panasonic (or Olympus) go that route. Both company already have some serious compact cameras (Panasonic LX7 and Olympus ZX-2) and adding m4/3 sensor seems to be the next logical step.

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Sony SLT a37, a57 cameras and 70-400mm lens listed as discontiunued

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2012

Sony a37 discontinued

Sony 70-400 lens discontinued

Sony Japan listed the Sony a37 and 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM lens as discontinued. B&H recently also listed one of the a57 camera configurations as discontinued:

Sony a57 discontinued

The Sony a37 was announced in May 2012, the a57 was introduced in March, 2012.

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The latest patent applications from Tamron, Canon and Sony

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2012

Tamron

Patent 2012-242504 from Tamron is for a 300mm f/2.8 full frame lens for mirrorless cameras (?):

Tamron 300mm f/2.8 full frame lens for mirrorless cameras patent

Tamron 300mm f/2.8 full frame lens for mirrorless cameras patent

Canon

Patent 2012-247451 from Canon is for a 50mm f/1.2 lens:

Canon 50mm f/1.2 full frame lens patent (for DSLR cameras)
Canon 50mm f/1.2 full frame lens patent (for DSLR cameras)

The next example is interesting – it looks like Canon filed a patent for a 50mm f/2.0 full frame mirrorless lens:

Canon 50mm f/2.0 full frame size mirrorless lens patent
Canon 50mm f/2.0 full frame size mirrorless lens patent

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Kodak selling patents for $525 million

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2012

kodak-logo

Kodak will get approximately $525 million for its patents portfolio. This was a necessary step in order to get the previously reported $793 million in financing in order to exit from bankruptcy and continue as a commercial printing company.

Full press release:

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This is the Polaroid IM1836 (Android based mirrorless interchangeable lens camera)

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2012

Polaroid IM1836 mirrorless Android based camera

I just received those new images of the already leaked Android based IM1836 interchangeable lens camera from Polaroid that were published on a Russian social media network. The only new addition to the previously reported specs is that the IM1836 will use MicroSD memory cards.

 

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Polaroid to announce an Android based mirrorless interchangeable lens camera

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2012

Polaroid-mirrrorless-camera

Polaroid is expected to announce the world’s first compact, interchangeable lens, Android based, mirrorless camera. Here are the details:

  • Model name: IM1836 (this is probably not the final name)
  • Powered by Android 4
  • 3.5″ touchscreen
  • 18.1MP sensor
  • Pop-up flash
  • Built-in Wi-Fi
  • HDMI and headphones outputs
  • Panorama, blink detection functions

Update: see also this related post.

For some reason, the Polaroid IM1836 looks identical to the Nikon 1 J2 mirrorless camera with the exception of the lens release button. Even the 30-110mm lens focal length corresponds to one of Nikon 1 lenses:

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Fujifilm XF1 and X10 win 2013 iF Product Design Award

By PR admin | Published: December 16, 2012

Fujifilm-XF1-and-X10-win-2013-iF-Product-Design-Award

Fujifilm won the 2013 iF Product Design Award for their XF1 and X10 cameras:

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Nauticam NA-NEX5R underwater housing for Sony NEX-5R mirrorless camera

By PR admin | Published: December 16, 2012

Nauticam NA-NEX5R underwater housing for Sony NEX-5R 6

Nauticam NA-NEX5R underwater housing for Sony NEX-5R 4

Nauticam announced the NA-NEX5R underwater housing for Sony NEX-5R mirrorless camera with a depth rating of 100m:

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Rumor: Fuji X200 with X-Trans sensor coming in early 2013

By PR admin | Published: December 14, 2012

Fuji X200 with X-Tran sensor

The online f11 magazine published a review of the Fuji X-E1 which included also a statement that the Fuji X200 will have X-Tran sensor and will be released in early 2013 (probably during the CES show in January or the CP+ show in February). The author of the article Tony Bridge is sponsored by Fujifilm, which gives even more credibility to this rumor (maybe he is currently testing the X200). The Fuji X100 was announced during the 2010 Photokina show and has already been listed as discontinued by some retailers. The X100 is still listed for its original price of $1200, which is unusual. The price of the black limited edition is currently $1399. Expect those price to drop in the next month.

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