Photo Rumors

The Arca Swiss d4 & d4m get an US price (world’s smallest and lightest tripod head)

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2011

Arca-Swiss will start shipping the d4 & d4m tripod heads in February 2011. The US pricing will be $1102 for the d4 and $711 for the d4m:

ARCA-SWISS d4 & d4m

With the invention of the d4 pan tilt head ARCA-SWISS has put an end to setting levers of 3d heads that extend
in all directions and always get in the way. No more uneven swivelling out of the camera. No more oversized
dimensions, heavy loads and other all too well-known drawbacks to get in your way. We get straight to the point!
The d4 and d4m are especially suitable for efficient and precise work in digital studio photography and outdoors
for architectural photography. The d4 is the world’s smallest, most functional and lightest gearhead.

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Olympus TG-810

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2011

Olympus will announce a new TG-810 camera at the CP+ show in Japan next week. The camera was leaked from Henry online store. The TG-810 is rumored to have a 14MP sensor, 5x zoom and a 3 in. LCD display. The second expected camera is a new 26x ultra zoom compact (24mm on the wide angle side) with back illuminated CMOS sensor.

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Kenko’s interchangeable lenses digital camera (C-mount)

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2011

In addition to the previous specs, Kenko’s interchangeable lenses C-mount digital camera will not have a built-in flash but it will be compatible with other Tokina products like lenses, flashes, and field scopes. The camera will have a SD card slot. Expected to be released in Summer of 2011. Nikon F a T mount adapters are also planned:

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Ricoh confirms the Leica mount module for GXR

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2011

Today Ricoh Japan confirmed the upcoming Leica mount module for the GXR system:

23.6mm × 15.7mm, APS-C size, 12.9MP, CMOS sensor
Newly developed focal plane shutter
No model name yet for the module
Expected Release Fall 2011
A prototype will be displayed at the CP+ show in Japan (February 9-12, 2011)

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Ricoh to announce Leica lens cartridge for the GXR system

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2011

image credit: DC Watch

Ricoh is about to announce a new Leica mount cartridge for the Ricoh GRX system. A prototype was already shown at the CP+ show last year. The unit will have a 12.9MP 23.6×15.7mm APS-C size CMOS sensor and a newly-developed focal plane shutter. The unit is expected to be released in autumn of 2011.

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New Pentax RZ-18 Optio compact camera

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2011

Pentax Optio RZ-18

In addition to the Silver Pentax K-5 and the medium format Pentax D FA 645 25mm f/4 lens, Pentax will also announce one or more new compact Optio cameras for the CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show in Japan (February 9-12, 2011). The previous rumor was about a new Pentax Optio RZ-18 with 3″ swivel LCD, 14MP sensor, 18X optical zoom (28-504mm) and a price tag of around $300. The camera is expected to be very small in size.

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Sony is about to announce two new cameras (HX100V and HX9V)

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2011

Sony DSC-HX9V

Update: Amazon is now taking pre-orders for Sony HX9V and Sony DSC-HX100V.

In the next two days Sony will announce at two new point and shoot cameras: Sony DSC-HX100V and DSC-HX9V. The specs after the break:

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Kenko to unveil their interchangeable lenses digital camera tomorrow (C-mount) UPDATED

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2011

Update: Here is diagram of the new Kenko C-mount camera system and its compatibility with other products (click on image for larger view) – it seems that Keno will release a C-mount adapter for existing Tokina lenses:

This camera was supposed to be shown at Photokina, but the prototype got lost… DCWatch now reports that this mirrorless camera will be announced tomorrow (February 1st). The camera will have a C-mount (closed-circuit television cameras mount).

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Pentax K-x and K-7 now officially discontinued

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2011

Pentax K-x and K-7 are now listed as discontinued on pentax.jp. Both models were replaced by the Penatx K-r and K-5 in September 2010. The now discontinued K-x and K-7 were announced in September 2009. It will be interesting to see if Pentax will keep this 12 months refresh cycle.

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