The first RED Epic camera got stolen, $100,000 reward announced

By PR admin | Published: December 31, 2010

It was just 10 days ago when the first RED Epic-M camera got shipped and now it’s stolen. The above is an actual picture of the stolen camera. The founder of RED Jim Jannard announced a $100,000 reward for the safe return of the camera and conviction of the thieves:

“While it is not usually our position to offer rewards for our customers stolen property, this one is an exception. EPIC #00006 is truly a historic camera. It is the very 1st EPIC shipped to one of our customers and the way it was taken irritates me no end.

We are now offering $100,000 for the safe return of EPIC #00006 and the rest of the system including the media with Mark’s files… and the arrest and conviction of those that broke into Mark’s chalet in France. We will ONLY pay this amount if there is an arrest and conviction of the parties as we are not interested to be ransomed by thieves.
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Full list of Sony cameras for CES 2011

By PR admin | Published: December 31, 2010

This is the full list of cameras to be announced by Sony for CES 2011:

  • Cybershot DSC-W510: 12MP, 2.7 in. screen, sweep panorama function
  • Cybershot DSC-W530: upgrades to a 14MP sensor
  • Cybershot DSC-W560: adds SteadyShot and 720p HD video
  • Cybershot DSC-W570: adds 16MP, 5x zoom (25mm on the wide side)
  • Cybershot DSC-WX9: high end model, 16MP Exmor R CMOS, 3 in. LCD, 1080i video, 3D, 10fps, background defocus feature, HDMI
  • Cybershot DSC-WX10: top of the line, f/2.4 lens, manual WB, very high speed AF
  • Cybershot DSC-H70: 16MP CCD sensor, 3 in. LCD, 720p HD video, sweep panorama
  • Cybershot DSC-HX7: 16MP Exmor R CMOS sensor, 3 in. LCD, 1080i video 3D, HDR, 10 fps
  • Cybershot DSC-HX7: 16MP Exmor R sensor, 3 in LCD screen, 1080i video, sweep panorama, background defocus feature, 10 fps
  • Cybershot DSC-T110, DSC-TX10 – very small point and shoot camera, no other details available

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Samsung 60mm f/2.8 Macro ED OIS SSA and 16mm f/2.4 NX lenses

By PR admin | Published: December 31, 2010

After the Samsung 85mm f/1.4 NX lens that showed up online few days ago, two more lenses made an appearance on dpreview – the Samsung NX 60mm f/2.8 Macro ED OIS SSA:

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Happy New Year!

By PR admin | Published: December 31, 2010

Happy New Year to all PhotoRumors readers! When I started this blog year and a half ago, my main goal was to be informed on the latest photo equipment outside of Nikon and Leica territories (I have separate sites for those). In terms of traffic growth, PhotoRumors is following closely the steps of NikonRumors for which I thank all of you PR fans. Here are some stats:

  • In 2010 PhotoRumors had 1,168,284 absolute unique visitors from 210 countries/territories that generated a total of 5,126,111 pageviews
  • We have a total of 960 posts and 7,309 comments in over 50 different categories

Those are the top 5 most visited posts of 2010 – no surprise the Fuji X100 is taking the #3 spot:

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New Olympus accessories for the E-PL2 and ZX-1 cameras

By PR admin | Published: December 31, 2010

In addition to the E-PL2 and the ZX-1, Olympus will also release five additional point and shoot cameras and the following PEN accessories at CES 2011:

Olympus E-PL2 underwater housing

Olympus E-PL2 underwater housing

Olympus E-PL2 LED light

Olympus E-PL2 LED light

Olympus E-PL2 Bluetooth

Olympus E-PL2 Bluetooth

The Olympus ZX-1 will probably be compatible with most of the existing (and new) PEN accessories but it will have its own underwater housing:

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This is the new Samsung 85mm f/1.4 NX lens

By PR admin | Published: December 29, 2010

This is how the previously rumored Samsung 85mm f/1.4 NX lens will look like. The details:

  • One low dispersion glass
  • 67mm diameter
  • Focus distance indicator
  • Two rings (focus ring in the front and iFn ring in the back)
  • SSA motor

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Olympus XZ-1 compact camera with a fast f/1.8 Zuiko zoom lens

By PR admin | Published: December 29, 2010

Judging to this picture, the new the Olympus XZ-1 compact camera will have a 6-24mm Zuiko zoom lens (28-112mm equivalent) with f/1.8-2.5 aperture range. This model will give some serious competition to the Panasonic LX5 and Samsung TL500. The camera will have HD video, 10MP sensor, 3in. OLED display.

The camera identical to the earlier prototypes shown by Olympus earlier this year:

Olympus Zuiko equipped compact

More pictures after the break:

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Sony at CES 2011

By PR admin | Published: December 29, 2010
Sony booth at PMA 2010

Sony booth at PMA 2010

After Olympus and Samsung, Sony will be the next major manufacturer that will announce new products at CES 2011. There will be several new camcorders, including a special 3D Handycam that will be able to shoot HD with both lenses and a camcorder with built-in projector. Sony will also release three new versions of the Bloggie camera that will have an extra large screen (one of the models will also have 3D capabilities). And finally, there will be around a dozen new Sony Cybershot point and shoot cameras with improved HDR, dedicated video record button and some new 3D features.

There will be no new DSLR and NEX cameras or lenses announced at CES 2011.

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Samsung to release NX11 and WB700 cameras for CES 2011

By PR admin | Published: December 28, 2010

Samsung has prepared two new cameras for CES 2011: Samsung NX11 amd WB700. First, the Samsung NX11 specs:

Image Sensor: 23.4×15.6mm, CMOS, 14.6 Megapixels
Image Stabilization: Lens Shift (depends on Lens)
Dimensions and weight: 123 x 87 x 39.8mm (excluding the projecting part); 353g (without battery and card)
Price: $649 (with bundle zoom lens)
Availability: February
Additional features:

  • Super sonic drive
  • 3.0” AMOLED
  • EVF VGA (640×480) 921k dots equiv.
  • Multi : Normal 15points, Close Up 35points
  • Face Detection : Max. 10faces
  • Electronically controlled vertical-run focal plane shutter
  • Metering : Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
  • TTL Auto Pop-up flash
  • Smart Flash, Auto, Auto + Red-eye reduction,
  • 28mm wide-angle coverage (Equivalent to 35mm)
  • Samsung External Flash available (SEF-42A, SEF-20A, SEF15A : Optional)
  • Hot Shoe
  • Smart Auto, Lens Priority, Program, Shutter Priority AE, Aperture Priority AE, Manual, Sound Picture, Panorama, Scene, Movie
  • Beauty shot, Children, Close Up, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach & Snow, Night, Portrait, Landscape, Sports
  • RAW : 14M (4592×3056)
  • Super fine , Fine, Normal
  • High Definition Movie Recording with MP4 (H.264)
  • Frame rate – 30fps

Full press release after the break:

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New Zeiss 25mm f/2 Distagon lens is coming

By PR admin | Published: December 28, 2010
The current Zeiss Distagon 2/35 and 2/28 lenses

The current Zeiss Distagon 2/35 and 2/28 lenses

According Diglloyd (paid subscription site) Zeiss will release a new 25mm f/2 Distagon lens (source):

“A new 25mm f/2 Distagon is coming that will likely behave more like the 21/2.8 Distagon.”

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