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Samsung makes five NX lenses official

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2011

After the leak from last week, today Samsung officially announced the five new NX lenses:

Samsung 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 ED OIS
Samsung 16mm f/2.4
Samsung 60mm f/2.8 Macro ED OIS SSA
Samsung 85mm f/1.4 ED SSA
Samsung 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 OIS

Press release:

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Noise cancellation is the future of quiet cameras

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2011

Casio Exilim EX-ZR10 is the first camera with NEC's noise suppression technology

Few days ago NEC announced a new technology that should eliminate the AF/zooming lens noise during video recording. The sound of the moving lens is recorded and then subtracted in real time from the sound recorded by the microphone. Currently this technology is available only in the Casio Exilim EX-ZR10 compact camera.

Update: the new Samsung WB700 camera has similar technology.

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Fuji GF670W medium format film camera to be released next month

By PR admin | Published: February 19, 2011

Fuji GF670W

The Fuji GF670W was announced at Photokina 2010. The new medium format film camera is the wide angle version of the already existing Fujifilm GF670 rangefinder and will be rreleased on March 23rd in Japan. The Fuji GF670W has a Fujinon EBC 55mm f/4.5 lens (the previous version had a Fujinon EBC 80mm f/3.5 lens):

Fujifilm GF670

Fuji GF670W specifications:

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Fuji X100 available for pre-order at Amazon

By PR admin | Published: February 18, 2011

Amazon just started taking pre-orders for the FujiFilm X100 camera:

The camera is expected to available in the US and Canada on March 18th.

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Samsung NX 2011 roadmap (GPS, new lenses)

By PR admin | Published: February 18, 2011

A Korean blogger attended a presentation from Samsung that revealed the NX roadmap for 2011:

the NX line will be divided into three categories: NX Style (NX100), NX Classic (NX10, NX11) and NX Classic + models are to be determined (slice #3)
180° panorama mode
there is a 700mm prototype NX lens (slide #4)
a new GPS module for NX cameras (slide #8)
5 new lenses in 2011:
- ultra wide 16mm f/2.4 pancake: all metal, to be released in July
- macro lens 60mm f/2.8: first NX lens with ultra-sonic motor, to be released in August
- movie lens 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5: still in development
- portrait lens 85mm f/1.4: also with ultra-sonic motor, to be released in August
- movie pro 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3: (specially designed for video, can do AF while zooming, released in May)

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SeaLife introduces new Dive & Sport Camera Mini II

By PR admin | Published: February 18, 2011

SeaLife will introduce a new Mini II underwater camera in March of 2011. The camera will be waterproof up to 130ft (40m) and will cost $259.95. The camera has also an unbreakable, ruggedized, crushproof body as you can see in the next picture:

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Pentax manager on their mirrorless camera: “We’re on it” (NC-1)

By PR admin | Published: February 17, 2011

DSLR magazine interviewed Mr. Kawauchi (Pentax Product Planning Manager) at the CP+ show last week and he pretty much confirmed the upcoming Pentax NC-1 mirrorless camera (computer translation):

The answer, immediate, well-articulated, it is clear that is planned and well learned, but in any case seems elusive, since the logic is obvious: “Mirrorless concept is very attractive to us, full of potential, but having into account the philosophy of our firm, if we decide to do something in this respect has to be different, and it is not easy in the current context, to do something that is different and good… We’re on it.”

Pentax is expected to release their own mirrorless NC-1 camera in the next few months. The camera will have a 1/2.33″ in. sensor.

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Another Fuji X100 update

By PR admin | Published: February 16, 2011

FujiFilm X100

The official X100 sample images are now online.
For now only Amazon is taking Fuji X100 pre-orders.
Fuji X100 vs. Leica X1 specs comparison.
The X100 should start shipping in Japan on March 5th. For the US and Canada I heard March 18th as a potential shipping date.
Fuji’s new flashes that will be compatible with the X100 seems to be Sunpak clones – can you tell the difference?