New Hasselblad Lunar limited edition camera announced

By PR admin | Published: January 13, 2014

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Hasselblad announced another Lunar limited edition camera. Only 200 pieces will produced. Shipping will start on January 31st and the price will be €7,200 (around $10,000). Read the press release, it's entertaining:

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Polaroid came up with another mirrrorless interchangeable lens camera *UPDATED*

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2014

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Exactly one year ago (during CES 2013) Polaroid announced their iM1836 interchangeable lens camera that looked identical to the Nikon 1 J1 model. As a result, Nikon sued Polaroid and the iM1836 was gone, but Polaroid did not give up - during CES 2014 they had another mirrrorless interchangeable lens camera on display (the above pictures are from digitalcamera.jp). The lens mount is probably the same as on the Vivitar IU680 camera (the lens is the same as some readers noted in the comments section).  The technical specifications are:

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The Vivitar IU680 is an interchangeable lens camera module for smart phones

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2014

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After Sony and JK Imaging, Vivitar also announced at CES their own interchangeable lens camera module for smart phones. The Vivitar IU680 is sightly different - you can attache different lenses:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2014

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→ This new Liquid Image Ego LS camera comes with a built-in 4G LTE connection and can stream photos and videos.

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→ Polaroid announced new sports action cameras.

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Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD sample images

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2014

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DCfever.com published some sample images taken with the Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD lens ($1,069.00). The lens is expected to start shipping on January 17 on the US. The detailed technical specifications can be found here.

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Deals of the day: Sony NEX-7 and Ricoh GR cameras on sale

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2014

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This Sony NEX-7 two lens bundle currently sells for $999 ($650 instant savings) and includes a $100 B&H gift card plus free shipping.

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After my last post in December, the price of the Ricoh GR compact camera dropped another $80 and is currently selling for $619 (its main competitor, the Coolpix A, is still listed for the MSRP price of $1,096.95)

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Rumors: the Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera to be announced at the CP+ show in Japan

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2014

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Another Canon EOS 7D Mark II rumor: the camera will be announced at the CP+ show in Japan (February 13 - 16, 2014). Just like the Nikon D400, a 7D replacement has been rumored for years, but there has not been anything reliable so far to convince me that this camera is really coming. A new version of the Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L IS lens could also be announced soon.

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Ricoh GXR camera system discontinued in the UK

By PR admin | Published: January 10, 2014

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AP reports that the Ricoh GXR camera system is already discontinued in the UK and is no longer in production (check current availability on Amazon UK):

"In an interview with AP at CES, Ricoh Imaging UK managing director Jonathan Martin said GXR sales have been discontinued in the UK and, as far as he knows, production has stopped altogether."

The article mentioned  that the last remaining GXR stock is still available in Germany (check Amazon Germany): Back in April 2013 I reported that several GXR products were already listed as discontinued in the US and today they are even no longer listed at B&H. There were rumors at one point for a new GXR camera, but I guess they never materialized.

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