The successor of the Olympus E-5 will support both Micro Four Thirds and Four Thirds lenses

By PR admin | Published: December 20, 2012

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In interview with Quesabesde, Miguel Angel Garcia (CEO of Olympus Spain) confirmed that in 2013 the company will release an E-5 successor that will support both Micro Four Thirds and Four Thirds lenses. No other details on the new camera were provided. This is nothing new - Olympus executives made similar statement earlier this year and even released an official statement indicating that they are working on a new Four Thirds pro body.

The Olympus E-5 was announced on September 14, 2010 and currently sells for $1,499.

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Panasonic may be working on a high-end compact camera with fixed lens and Micro Four Thirds sensor

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2012

Panasonic Micro Four Thirds compact camera with fixed lens

In a recent interview with Quesabesde, Michiharu Uematsu from Panasonic indicated that the company might be working on a high-end compact camera with a fixed lens and a Micro Four Thirds sensor. With the latest success of the RX100 (and RX1), I will not be surprised if Panasonic (or Olympus) go that route. Both company already have some serious compact cameras (Panasonic LX7 and Olympus ZX-2) and adding m4/3 sensor seems to be the next logical step.

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Sony SLT a37, a57 cameras and 70-400mm lens listed as discontiunued

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2012

Sony a37 discontinued

Sony 70-400 lens discontinued

Sony Japan listed the Sony a37 and 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM lens as discontinued. B&H recently also listed one of the a57 camera configurations as discontinued:

Sony a57 discontinued

The Sony a37 was announced in May 2012, the a57 was introduced in March, 2012.

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The latest patent applications from Tamron, Canon and Sony

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2012

Tamron

Patent 2012-242504 from Tamron is for a 300mm f/2.8 full frame lens for mirrorless cameras (?):

Tamron 300mm f/2.8 full frame lens for mirrorless cameras patent

Tamron 300mm f/2.8 full frame lens for mirrorless cameras patent

Canon

Patent 2012-247451 from Canon is for a 50mm f/1.2 lens:

Canon 50mm f/1.2 full frame lens patent (for DSLR cameras)
Canon 50mm f/1.2 full frame lens patent (for DSLR cameras)

The next example is interesting - it looks like Canon filed a patent for a 50mm f/2.0 full frame mirrorless lens:

Canon 50mm f/2.0 full frame size mirrorless lens patent
Canon 50mm f/2.0 full frame size mirrorless lens patent

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Kodak selling patents for $525 million

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2012

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Kodak will get approximately $525 million for its patents portfolio. This was a necessary step in order to get the previously reported $793 million in financing in order to exit from bankruptcy and continue as a commercial printing company.

Full press release:

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This is the Polaroid IM1836 (Android based mirrorless interchangeable lens camera)

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2012

Polaroid IM1836 mirrorless Android based camera

I just received those new images of the already leaked Android based IM1836 interchangeable lens camera from Polaroid that were published on a Russian social media network. The only new addition to the previously reported specs is that the IM1836 will use MicroSD memory cards.

 

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Polaroid to announce an Android based mirrorless interchangeable lens camera

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2012

Polaroid-mirrrorless-camera

Polaroid is expected to announce the world's first compact, interchangeable lens, Android based, mirrorless camera. Here are the details:

  • Model name: IM1836 (this is probably not the final name)
  • Powered by Android 4
  • 3.5" touchscreen
  • 18.1MP sensor
  • Pop-up flash
  • Built-in Wi-Fi
  • HDMI and headphones outputs
  • Panorama, blink detection functions

Update: see also this related post.

For some reason, the Polaroid IM1836 looks identical to the Nikon 1 J2 mirrorless camera with the exception of the lens release button. Even the 30-110mm lens focal length corresponds to one of Nikon 1 lenses:

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Fujifilm XF1 and X10 win 2013 iF Product Design Award

By PR admin | Published: December 16, 2012

Fujifilm-XF1-and-X10-win-2013-iF-Product-Design-Award

Fujifilm won the 2013 iF Product Design Award for their XF1 and X10 cameras:

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