Some camera concepts

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2011

The first camera concept is developed by Lucas Ainsworth and is called Capture 180 – it takes a 180° hemispheric photograph and allows the user to view an image beyond the dimensions of a standard image. By moving the large LCD display on the back, you can see different portions of a previously taken picture:

The second concept, designed by Han In Kyung, is for a floating dual lens camera called “Underabove” that can take images simultaneously above and under water. The LCD screen combines the images taken from above and under water:

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Fuji X100 expected on April 11 in the UK

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2011

Amazon UK lists the Fuji X100 with a release date of April 11, 2011:

The information I received is that the initial shipment for each country will be very limited. A second, large shipment will follow at the end of March/early April.

The Fuji X100 is already shipping in Japan to customers who pre-ordered it in advance. The current wait time on Amazon Japan is 6-10 days.

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Samsung working on NX20 and NX200 mirrorless cameras

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2011

According to DDaily Korea, Samsung is working on two new mirrorless cameras: NX20 and NX200. Those will be the successors of the current NX 10 and NX100 models and are expected to be released in the first half of 2011 or latest by fall. Both cameras are reportedly in the last stage of the development process.

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Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens gets a focusing scale

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2011

In the last moment before start shipping, Samyang made some design changes to the 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens: they changed the design with a new metallic red ring, added a focusing scale and reduced the size of the lens (I believe they re-designed the lens hood). This is a full frame lens available in Canon, Four Thirds, Nikon, Pentax, Samsung NX and Sony mounts. The announced price is €389 (around $540). In the US, Samyang products can be purchased on eBay.

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Kodak’s investor pushing for sale or “turn-around”

By PR admin | Published: March 3, 2011

Kodak's 5 days stock price (Marketwatch)

WSJ reports that one of Kodak’s investors is pushing for a turn-around or sale of the 119 years old company. The current situation of Kodak was described as “deteriorating financial condition and substantial diminution of shareholder value”.

In the past few months Kodak made the headlines with rumors hat the company is for sale and several reports of declining profit and revenue.

Via PMA News

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Firmware update 1.03 to fix Pentax K-5 front-focusing issues

By PR admin | Published: March 3, 2011

PentaxForum reports that Pentax is currently working on a firmware update 1.03 for the Pentax K-5 DSLR camera that will fix the front-focusing issues recently reported on several websites.

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Fuji X100 update

By PR admin | Published: March 2, 2011

Here are the latest Fuji X100 updates from a recent Q&A session:

  • The APC CMOS EXR sensor in the X100 is produced by Fuji
  • It took Fuji two years to develop the X100
  • X100 focusing speed is 0.16 seconds
  • Fuji is currently examining the option of developing an interchangeable lens camera
  • Fuji expects to sell 100,000 X100 cameras in the next 12 months

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Olympus announced SZ-30MR, SZ-20 and TG-810 compact cameras

By PR admin | Published: March 2, 2011

Today Olympus announced three new compact cameras: SZ-30MR, SZ-20 and TG-810. The SZ-20 was the camera previously leaked on the European Trade Marks and Design office.

The new Olympus SZ-30MR is the first ever camera to capture Full HD movies (1080p) and 16MP stills simultaneously. Specs at a glance:

  • 24x wide optical zoom (25-600mm)
  • backlit CMOS sensor
  • 3D photo shooting
  • Eye-Fi card compatibility
  • price: €329
  • available: March 2011

The SZ-20 is almost identical to the SZ-30MR, except the 12.5x zoom and the lack of the Dual Engine TruePic III+ image processor.

The new TOUGH TG-810 is world’s first 100kg crushproof camera and it has a 3-sensor compass. HD video recording is included. The TG-810 can be yours for €299 in mid-March, 2011.

Detailed specs:

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Pentax K-r Rilakkuma limited edition camera

By PR admin | Published: March 1, 2011

Today Pentax announced in Japan the Rilakkuma limited edition K-r camera. Only 1000 pieces will be released on July 8th, 2011 for the price of 94,500 Yen (around 1150 USD). Rilakkuma is a popular bear character in Japan.

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Olympus announcement tomorrow?

By PR admin | Published: March 1, 2011

The latest rumor indicates of a potential Olympus announcement tomorrow. One possibility is this new compact camera that was filed with European Trade Marks and Designs office few weeks ago:

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