Two fingers air concept camera

This two fingers air camera is designed by Yeon Su Kim. The concept camera is operated by your fingers gestures. The images/videos are transferred to your smartphone via Bluetooth:

“If you want to click pictures, wear the camera band on your thumb and the shutter button on your forefinger and gesture to click a pic. To take videos, simply curve your fingers to mimic a video camera grip and shoot. The tension from the finger movement triggers the shutter button to operate.”

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Pentax K-r (body only) listed as discontinued

The Pentax K-r body only is listed as discontinued at B&H.

Back in September there were some rumors about a new Pentax DSLR, but later a Pentax rep confirmed that there will be no new cameras announced in 2011.

Via Pentaxforums

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Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. lens review

Today’s guest post review of the Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. lens ($684.88) is written by Xavier Lhospice:

I am 50 years old! I often tend to forget about it, but my body keeps on reminding me, especially my back. Since I was not using my DSLR too often lately, I traded my lovely old Nikon AF-D 60 macro lens for the Leica designed Panasonic 2.8/45 macro lens (price: $684.88).

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Red Scarlet takes 12 seconds to startup

The RED Scarlet camera takes 12 seconds to startup (using beta build 2.0.2):

Via Tonaci

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This is how the Fuji LX10 would look in black

Here is another mockup of the how the Fuji LX10 would look in black (photoshopped by a reader).

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Phottix Strato II Multi 5-in-1 trigger and receiver now available also for Sony cameras

The Phottix Strato II Multi is now available also for Sony cameras:

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Nikon D800

I don’t like double posts on my blogs, but even if you are not a Nikon fan you should check out the Nikon D800 over at NikonRumors.com:

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Rumors from Japan: Olympus linked to organized crime syndicates

ヤクザ = Yakuza

NYTimes got their hands on an internal memo from the current ongoing Olympus investigation in Japan and it seems that the initial accusations of organized crime involvement may be more than just a rumor. Currently there are $4.9 billion that are not accounted for and there is a suspicion that portion of those funds went to organized crime group a.k.a. the Yakuza:

“The memo says investigators believe that over half of that amount has been channeled to organized crime syndicates, including the country’s largest, the Yamaguchi Gumi. The memo does not make clear whether Olympus knew about those links. But if confirmed by investigators, an association with organized crime could prompt a delisting of Olympus shares from the Tokyo Stock Exchange, under the exchange’s rules.”

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Be afraid, be very afraid of Fuji…

Original image from the movie “Friday the 13th”

I came across this quote from TOP regarding the latest rumors about an organic sensor being used in the Fuji LX 10 camera:

“Komori-san says that the sensor quality of Fujifilm X mirrorless will exceed that of current full-frame sensors, although its sensor size will likely be smaller than 24x36mm. The claim reminded me of something…I have a hazy memory of someone with knowledge of the industry telling me long ago that an official of Canon said that Fuji is the only company Canon is scared of—not Panasonic, not Sony, not Nikon—because of Fuji’s expertise with sensors. (I might not have that right, so please don’t quote me.)”

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Rumors: Fuji LX10 will have an APS-C sensor, no hybrid viewfinder

This is the sensor of the Fuji LX10 camera – it will be an APS-C sensor. The viewfinder of the upcoming Fuji mirrorless camera will be “only” optical and not “hybrid” like in the X100 (unless this is a translation mistake).

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