ThinkTankPhoto Modular and Skin belt systems sale (20% off)

By PR admin | Published: August 2, 2011

ThinkTankPhoto rarely has any sales on their products. Currently you can get 20% off on their Modular and Skin belt systems:

ThinkTankPhoto Modular set

ThinkTankPhoto Skin set

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Upcoming Sony announcement (NEX 7, NEX 5N, a65, a77, lenses and more)

By PR admin | Published: August 2, 2011

Some more details on the upcoming Sony announcement:

  • Sony NEX-5N:

  • New vertical grip C77AM with dust and moisture protection:

  • New Sony 16-50mm f/2.8 SSM SAL1650 lens:

Sony a65 and a77 cameras will also be announced. There is some talk about three new E mount lenses: 24mm f/1.8, 50mm f/1.8 and 55-210 f/4.5-6.3 but I do not have any details yet.  Sony will announce also new camcorders and other accessories.

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Top 10 posts for July 2011

By PR admin | Published: July 30, 2011

Here are the top 10 most visited PhotoRumors posts for July 2011:

  1. LockCircle camera body cap for your Canon DSLR.
  2. Ricoh GXR M-mount cartridge is out.
  3. Bringing a digital camera on a plane kills pixels?
  4. This is the new SLR Magic Noktor Hyperprime 50mm f/0.95 lens.
  5. Is this the Sony a77 camera?
  6. Canon EOS 5D Mark III video.
  7. Fujifilm may re-enter the interchangeable lens camera market, aims to become #3.
  8. Open letter from Hoya to valued Pentax customers and partners.
  9. New full frame Noktor HyperPrime lens.
  10. Some Sony Alpha A99 rumors.
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Canon updates

By PR admin | Published: July 29, 2011

Same recent Canon links & headlines:

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The winner of the Canon PowerShot S95 book is…

By PR admin | Published: July 28, 2011

The winner of the Photyographer’s Guide to the Canon PowerShot S95 book from White Knight Press is Ralph Meliso. Congratulations!

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This is the new full frame Noktor HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens

By PR admin | Published: July 27, 2011

This is the a picture of the new full frame Noktor HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens. There are not details about the lens mount, but the fact that is a full frame lens limits it to Sony/Nikon/Canon/Leica cameras. Some more details:

  • can be used on mFT and NEX cameras with an adapter
  • round aperture opening instead of hexagon shape
  • slide out hood
  • metal ring around the lens
  • the lens will be different from the current APS-C version
  • the marking on the front reads “Made in Japan”.

After it went out of business, the Noktor brand was recently acquired by SLRMagic.

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Olympus announces VF-3 Electronic Viewfinder and PEN E-PL3 pricing

By PR admin | Published: July 27, 2011

Today Olympus announced the previously leaked VF-3 electronic viewfinder and the pricing of the PEN E-PL3 camera that was announced few weeks ago. The price of the VF-3 will be $179.99. The Olympus PEN E-PL3 with 14-42mm Zoom or 17mm prime lens will cost $699.99. Olympus announced also a new Olympus SP-810UZ Ultra Zoom camera.

Full press release:

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New full frame Noktor HyperPrime lens

By PR admin | Published: July 26, 2011

Noktor tweeted about a new full frame HyperPrime lens currently being tested:

Noktor has released several new lenses in the past few months and it seems that they will also go after Canikon crowd.

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Samsung NX200 first impressions

By PR admin | Published: July 26, 2011

First impressions of the upcoming Samsung NX200 camere were published online today on a Russian forum:

“Focusing is really very nimble (not inferior Panasonic G3). NX200 looks stylish and professional, much smaller, more comfortable grip, but too small for my hand. Traditionally, high-quality screen. By design, like most of all Samsung cameras (NX100 and NX200 – heaven and earth). With the new lens 18-200 looks very solid. The quality of images have not been able to assess, in the hands was an engineering sample. In two weeks will be the serial.”

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Lytro light field camera briefly appears in a promotional video

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2011

Lytro released a video of a fashion model photographed with their light field camera. The camera appearance is blurred throughout the video except at the 1:26 mark where you can see a pixelated glimpse of the camera and its size:

 

Based on this picture, the camera appears not to be bigger than a regular DSLR.

The images form the photo shoot can be found on Lytro’s website:

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