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Samsung NX200 to be announced during the first week of September

By PR admin | Published: August 26, 2011

Samsung reportedly leaked on their own blog the planned announcement of the new NX200 mirrorless camera during the IFA show in Berlin (September 2-7, 2011):

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Panasonic Lumix X 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 and 45-175mm f/4.0-5.6 lenses announced

By PR admin | Published: August 26, 2011

Today Panasonic announced the Lumix G X Vario PZ 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH Power O.I.S ($399.99) and Lumix G X Vario PZ 45-175mm f/4.0-5.6 ASPH POWER O.I.S. ($399.99) lenses. In addition Panasonic revealed a new superzoom DMC-FZ150 with a 12MP CMOS sensor and a new compact FX90 camera with Wi-Fi capabilities.

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New image compression format: JPEGmini

By PR admin | Published: August 25, 2011

Megapixel has an interesting article on a new image compression format called JPEGmini that is compatible with the existing JPEG and allows the file size to be up to five times smaller without any visible loss of image quality. You can try JPEGmini for yourself by uploading your own photo on their website.

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Fujifilm Finepix X50 camera is indeed listed in the Promaster catalog

By PR admin | Published: August 25, 2011

I was wrong. After my Fuji X10/X50 post yesterday, a reader (thanks Steve) posted a link to the somethingawful forum that contained a picture of the new Fuji X50 camera from the Promaster catalog, which existence I previously denied . The catalog must be out for few weeks now – the first time I asked about it on Twitter was on August 6th.

Here is a scan of the Promaster catalog listing:

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Adobe cloud?

By PR admin | Published: August 24, 2011

Adobe may come out with some kind of a cloud solution for photographers that will allow synced access to their entire photo library on various devices (phone/tablet/computer):

“No matter which device is in your hand, you see your entire photo library. So those hundreds of photos you took while touring through Italy with your smartphone would also appear in the library on your tablet device and at home on your laptop…just like that.
At Adobe, we’re exploring solutions to get you there. And it should come as no surprise that we will also leverage the power of Photoshop editing technology for quick fixes along the way.”

Via PhotographyBay

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Fujifilm X10

By PR admin | Published: August 24, 2011

As part of the latest Fujifilm X10 rumor, Gizmodo recently reported that a Fuji X50 camera was listed in the latest Promaster catalog. I have several readers who own the catalog, confirming to me that this was not the case and all this started as a joke on a forum. The original Fuji X10 specs I believe came from this post. The actual camera name will likely be X10 and it should be released next month. The new Fujifilm system camera with interchangeable lenses (based on the X100) will probably be released later in the year or in early 2012.

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Sony to announce three new NEX lenses in 2012, still has plans for full frame camera

By PR admin | Published: August 24, 2011

Quesabesde reports that at today’s press conference in Athens, Sony confirmed that three new NEX lenses will be released in 2012: a wide zoom, a telephoto lens and the first mid-range G NEX lens (?). Sony also reaffirmed that a full frame camera is still on their roadmap without providing any further details.

Another report from the same event indicates that Sony has not made a decision whether it will Translucent Mirror Technology in future models.

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