Hasselblad is going the Leica way and announced another limited edition Hasselblad H4D-40 stainless steel camera (they announced a H4D Ferrari limited edition two months ago). Only 100 pieces will be produced and the price will be 13,990 Euros (body only) or 14,990 Euros (with HC 2.8/80mm lens).
Via Imaging Insider
Cosina announced on their website that they will no longer produce Carl Zeiss ZK lenses series (for Pentax k-mount SLR cameras). Current models will be sold until they run out of stock.
In addition to the 2011 roadmap, there is a new Samsung NX lens roadmap till the year 2013:
2011:
2012:
In the US, Black Friday is a made up shopping day where retailers provide discounts in order to generate hype (and sales). Some of the Black Friday deals are already ongoing:
Update: some specials from Adobe:
Canon’s patent JPO 2010-145832 is for a 600mm f/5.6 lens:
600mm f/5.6 lens patent details:
Pentax 645D with the D-FA 55mm f/2.8 lens
TOP interviewed Ned Bunnell (President of Pentax USA) and here are the highlights:
In an interview with AP, Samsung’s vice president of camera business Jeong Wook Kim said that Samsung is “determined” to be #1 in the mirrorless camera market by 2012 and be “the best selling camera brand” by 2015.
“We are passionate about making a success of the NX system, and we are certain that the APS-C sensor will dominate the compact system camera market. It won’t be long before compact system camera sales exceed those of DSLRs, and then Samsung will be the best selling camera brand”
BCN ranking shows that Samsung is currently not even in the top 20 best-selling interchangeable lens digital camera (based on Japan’s market):
Maybe Samsung’s statement was about the Korean market only, because I do not see how this can happen on a global scale.
This video is taken with the Sony PMW-F3 Super 35mm digital motion picture camcorder that was announced few days ago. Currently, there are only three pre-production versions of this cameras in the world:
compulsion – teaser from Jason Wingrove on Vimeo.
