I had to pick a new winner for the Fuji X100 camera from Adorama because the previously announced person did not complete all the required steps in order to be part of this giveaway.
The new winner of the Fuji X100 camera is Michael Penn. Congratulation!
This upside down PDF document contains Q&A on the freshly released Pentax Q camera. Some of the answers indicate that there may not be a second mirrorless camera from Pentax this summer. I did express this concern in previous posts – the Pentax NC-1 and Pentax Q were probably different names for the same camera. Here is the Q&A recap:
I received this email form the person behind a new project called TriggerTrap – see the video below for a better understanding of this product:
TriggerTrap is a universal camera trigger. The device itself can do timelapse photography, and it can trigger your camera based on laser and sound. It can also do non-linear timelapse photography: You can choose to extend or reduce the gap between each photo automatically, to enable the illusion of your animation speeding up or showing down.
With the above, Triggertrap is already a really exciting product, but I think it is made doubly interesting by the Aux input. This will enable photographers to connect just about anything to their camera. Think about it: You press your car horn, it takes a photo. Your phone rings, it takes a photo. The sun rises, it takes a photo. Anything is possible – and that’s why this camera trigger is so eminently hackable and exciting to experimental photographers all over the world!
The SVP DC-3D-80 is a cheap 3D camera that can also be used in 2D and for video. The price? $150. Here are some of the specs:
Holga have recently expanded their range of lenses for Digital Photographers. These low cost photographic lenses enable Digital SLR photographers to mount a Holga Lens to their digital camera bodies for creative effect. The new lenses available are summarized in the following table:
| Model Code | Camera Model | Camera Format | Focal Length | Holga Fisheye Compatibility |
| HL-O | Olympus | SLR | 60mm | FEL-HL |
| HL-S | Sony | SLR | 60mm | FEL-HL |
| HL-P | Pentax | SLR | 60mm | FEL-HL |
| HL(W)-OP | Olympus PEN | Micro 4/3 | 25mm | FEL-HLW |
| HL(W)-PLG | Panasonic Lumix G | Micro 4/3 | 25mm | FEL-HLW |
| HL(W)-SN | Sony NEX | Mirrorless | 25mm | FEL-HLW |
| HL(W)-SSN | Samsung NX | Mirrorless | 25mm | FEL-HLW |
The Holga Lenses for Digital Cameras have a focal length of 60mm for traditional SLR/DSLR cameras and 25mm for smaller formats (eg. Micro Four Thirds, Sony NEX, etc). All lenses have a fixed aperture of f/8.
Fujifilm EF-20 and EF-42 flash units for the Finepix X100 are now in stock. No other X100 accessories are currently available in stock at the three major US stores. For a complete list of all possible Fuji X100 accessories, check this post.
The current instant Canon rebates will expire on July 30th, 2011. Here are the complete list of available savings:
The Tokina AT-X 17-35mm f/4 PRO FX lens was first shown at Photokina 2008. The Canon version will be available in July, the Nikon version will go on sale in September, 2011. The listed price for Japan is ¥98,000 (around $1,211). Some sample images can be found here.
