No new Pentax cameras in 2011

By PR admin | Published: October 9, 2011

The previous rumors for a new Pentax products announced during the Salon de la Photo show in Paris (October 6-10, 2011) turned out to be a mistake according to this forum post from a PentaxForum member who actually visited the Pentax booth and talked to the reps:

  • The print on the invitation about a new product was a simple mistake.
  • There will be no new product this year.
  • There will be maybe something new in January, but we don’t have to worry about waiting until Photokina.
  • The Pentax camera division will not merge with the Ricoh camera division in the coming year.

 

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What’s coming from Canon on October 18th?

By PR admin | Published: October 9, 2011

There is an upcoming Canon VIP event on October 18th, 2011 in the Netherlands:

Digicame-info posted a rumor for an upcoming EOS-1D/1Ds successor on the same date (October 18th, Google translation):

  • One model which is integrates the 1D and 1Ds
  • 18 million pixel full-size sensor
  • 61 focus points.
  • 14 fps (12 fps with AF)
  • New battery, but it will also be able to use older ones
  • 150-200 grams heavier than the current model
  • ISO range: 100-51200
  • Fixed LCD monitor
  • Street price of about 600,000 yen body only
  • New 24-70mm lens with a price of about 200,000 yen
  • October 18 announcement, scheduled to be released mid-March of next year
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Rumor: also a new Zeiss Distagon 16mm f/2.8 lens

By PR admin | Published: October 7, 2011

In addition to the rumored Zeiss Distagon 25mm f/2.0 lens, there could be a second new Zeiss Distagon 16mm f/2.8 lens:

“Oh, by the way, for those who’s interested in astrophotography and ultra-wide angle, Zeiss will be releasing a 15mm/2.8 soon, and it will be available in both ZE and ZF mount, for more details, please wait for Zeiss official announcement.”

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PatchMatch: more Photoshop magic

By PR admin | Published: October 7, 2011

After Content Aware Fill, here is a demo of another “Photoshop magic” developed by Adobe and Princeton called PatchMatch:

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Fujifilm X10 US price: $599.95

By PR admin | Published: October 6, 2011

The US price for the Fuji X10 camera was initially set at $699. Today Adorama corrected the price and started taking pre-orders again at $599.95.

The Canadian price will be $599.99 CAD. Shipping will start in November, 2011. UK price is £499.99, the price in Germany is 529 EUR.

The official Fujifilm X10 sample images can be found here.

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Sony to offer firmware update v1.03 for A65 and A77, lubrication for NEX-5N

By PR admin | Published: October 6, 2011

The new firmware for the A65 and A77 SLT cameras will probably be released in mid-October, 2011. Firmware version 1.03 was already spotted in a recent Sony event in Thailand (see picture above).

Sony claimed that the NEX-5N clicking sound during video recording is caused by a mechanical part of the shutter that “clicks” during sudden movements of the camera. Sony will offer free lubrication to current NEX-5N owners. There will be no firmware fix for this problem.

Via Focus-numerique

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The upcoming “premium” Fuji X mirrorless camera will not have a m4/3 sensor

By PR admin | Published: October 6, 2011

According ot the latest tweet from FujiGuys, the upcoming FujiFilm X mirrorless camera will not have a m4/3 sensor (Fuji is part of the m4/3 group). They descried the X series as a “premium camera“.

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This is the Fuji X-S1 camera

By PR admin | Published: October 6, 2011

In addition to announcing their plans for a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, Fujifilm also added another bridge camera to their X line-up. The only known specs so far are:

  • 2/3″ EXR CMOS sensor
  • fixed 26x zoom lens (f/2.8 – 5.6)
  • 1440k pixels EVF
  • 62mm filter size
  • the camera will obviously have video, since it has stereo mics on the front

Here are the first leaked X-S1 images:

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Rumor: New Zeiss Distagon 25mm f/2.0 lens coming in October

By PR admin | Published: October 5, 2011

The current Zeiss Distagon T 25mm f/2.8 lens

According to this FM forum post, Carl Zeiss will be releasing a new Distagon 25mm f/2.0 lens this month:

“Yes, I have an idea about the new 25. It will be announced in October, so keep an eye for the Zeiss website. And if everything goes well, delivery of the first production batch will be in Germany right before Christmas.”

The current Zeiss Distagon T 25mm lens has a f/2.8 aperture.

Via Zeissrumors

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FujiFilm makes plans for mirrorless interchangeable lens camera official

By PR admin | Published: October 5, 2011

The Fuji X lineup (from the DCWatch coverage of the Fujifilm presentation in Tokyo)

Fujifilm had an event in Tokyo and gave some juicy details about their upcoming mirrorless interchangeable lens camera:

“resolution and low noise will surpass rival the 35mm full size sensor”

Prototypes of the new mirrorless camera will be displayed at the 2012 CES show in January (in Las Vegas).

There will also be a new SLR style camera called X-s1 that will feature a 2/3″ EXR CMOS sensor and fixed 26x zoom.

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