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Samsung EX2F compact camera announced
Update: the price of the EX2 model in the US is $499.
Today Samsung announced the the previously leaked EX2F compact camera. The specs at a glance:
- 12.4MP CMOS sensor
- shooter packs an f/1.4 lens — quite a feat for any point-and-shoot — along with a full-size hot shoe,
- Dual image stabilization
- High ISO of 12,800 (extended)
- 24-79mm lens with f/1.4 at the WA side
- 3 in. swivel VGA-resolution AMOLED display
- 1080/30p HD video
- WiFi
- Accessories: optical viewfinder, external mic and a secondary flash
Sony 300mm f/2.8 lens is now discontinued
Sony Japan listed the SAL 300mm f/2.8G lens ($6,998.00) as discontinued. This lens was announced in June, 2006 and Sony recently raised its price by $700. With the announcement of the 500mm f/4 lens (SAL500F40G), it will be interesting to see if Sony will refresh also the 300mm f/2.8.
The latest patents from Canon, Panasonic and Pentax
Canon filed a patent 2012123155 for a 35mm f/1.4 lens:
- Patent released date: June 28, 2012
- Patent filing date: December 8th, 2010
- Focal length: 34.73mm
- Aperture: 1.45
- Half angle of view: 31.92 deg
- Image height: 21.64mm
- Length: 128.11mm
- Back focus: 38.48mm
- Lens diameter: 52.03mm
- Lens design: 12 elements in 9 groups sheet, 2 aspherical elements
What else is new? [weekend digest]
- New from Polaroid: Z2300 Instant Digital Camera:
- 10 MP digital camera
- 3.0” bright color LCD for viewing images
- Compact size and usability
- SD compatible for expanded memory, up to 32GB
- Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
- Speaker / micropohone
- Prints with ZINK Zero ink
- The 41MP Nokia 808 smart phone will be coming to the US – see all pre-order options on Amazon.
- Apple Digital Camera RAW Compatibility update 3.14 is out with support for Canon EOS Rebel T4i and Sony Alpha SLT-A37 cameras.
- JVC unveiled the waterproof, dustproof, freezeproof ADIXXION camcorder.
- Canon issued a product advisory for the PowerShot S100 camera.
- Samsung announced a new superzoom in the UK – the WB100.
Posted in Apple, Canon, Fuji, Hasselblad, JVC, Lytro, Olympus, Polaroid, Samsung 3 Comments
Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for June 2012
Those are the top 10 most visited PhotoRumors posts for June 2012:
- More Pentax full frame DSLR rumors
- This is the new, large sensor, Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 compact camera
- Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D and EF 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens leaked before Friday’s announcement
- Sony Cybershot RX100 large sensor compact camera announced
- Samsung EX2 to be announced on June 26th (UPDATED)
- Is this the replacement of the Pentax 645D medium format camera?
- Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D announcement this week?
- This 50GP camera will put an end to the megapixel war
- Q&A with Schneider Kreuznach
- First picture of the Samsung EX2F camera
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Sigma announced pricing and availability of the 46MP DP2 Merrill camera
Sigma DP2 Merrill
Sigma announced the price and availability of the Sigma DP2 Merrill camera: shipping will start in July 2012 for a street price of $999 which is actually reasonable considering that the camera will have the 46MP APS-C X3 sensor form the SD1.
Nauticam underwater housing NA-EM5 for Olympus OM-D EM-5
Nauticam announced their NA-EM5 underwater housing for Olympus OM-D EM-5 m4/3 camera with a depth rating of 100m. The retail price is $1350 and is expected to start shipping on July 11, 2012.
First picture of the Samsung EX2F camera
This is the first image of soon to be released Samsung EX2F compact camera. The basic specs are:
- Built-in Wi-Fi
- 12.4MP 1/1.7″ (10.9mm) BSI CMOS sensor (updated)
- 3x optical zoom
- 24mm on the wide angle side
- Schneider Kreuznach lens with fast f/1.4 aperture
- Rotating AMOLED display
- Dual image stabilization
Sony shows their action cam for the first time
On their blog today Sony showed their new action camera for the first time. The camera will be tiny and lightweight, it will have SteadyShot image stabilization and an Exmor R CMOS sensor. The ultra-wide angle lens will be made by Carl Zeiss.
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