Olympus E-5 price and some final details

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2010

The Olympus E-5 will share the same battery and grip as the E-3. The rumored price: $1699.99.

Here are the specs:

  • 12.3 MP sensor
  • 150K shutter life
  • Dual memory card slot: CF+SD
  • Max shutter speed: 1/8000
  • 3″ swivel LCD display with 920,000 dots resolution
  • Live view
  • Stereo mic input
  • 5 fps (not 6 like initially reported)
  • Magnesium weather proof  body
  • 11 AF points
  • 6fps
  • Image stabilization
  • Anti-dust feature
  • HD video @ 720P with 30fps
  • Built-in wireless flash
  • 100% viewfinder coverage
  • Announcement: September 14th, 2010
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Olympus E-5 leaks in Japanese magazine

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2010

The front cover of the latest issues of F5.6 (Japanese camera magazine) will cover the Olympus E-5. The issue is not released yet, but you can see the table of content on Amazon Japan:

Olympus E-5 is expected to be released on September 14th. Specs are available here.

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Pentax K-5 advertisement spotted in Cologne, Germany

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2010

Pentaxforums and dpreview forum member published pictures of the new Pentax K-5 camera being advertised on taxi cabs in Cologne, Germany – right on time for Photokina. A detailed picture of the Pentax K-5 already leaked few days ago.

Direct link to the pictures available here and here.

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Panasonic GH2 captured on a California beach

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2010

While playing beach volleyball at Santa Monica, a dvxuser forum member got approached and asked if he is “willing to model for an upcoming shoot highlighting a new camera”.

That camera was the Panasonic GH2. Read all the details, including pictures fo the new GH2 on dvxuser.com.

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Samyang has a Photokina teaser too

By PR admin | Published: September 11, 2010

Samyang has posted this teaser on their website:

The pictured lens is probably the rumored 35mm f/1.4.

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Pentax K-5 leaked

By PR admin | Published: September 10, 2010

Picture of the upcoming Pentax K-5 and detailed specs just leaked few hours ago:

Full specs after the break:

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For next week: Olympus E-5

By PR admin | Published: September 9, 2010

New Olympus teaser that could be for the upcoming Olympus E-5:

The initial expected release date was September 14th, 2010.

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Pentax K-r, DA 35mm 1:2.4 lens, Pentax Optio RS1000 and RZ10 cameras now official

By PR admin | Published: September 9, 2010

Pentax announced their new K-r model DSLR, a new DA 35mm 1:2.4 prime lens and two point and shoot cameras: Pentax Optio RS1000 and RZ10.

Pentax K-r is currently available for pre-order on Amazon in different colors and lens combinations.

Full press release can be found at Photographybay. Hands-on preview is available on dpreview and in the two videos after the break:

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Spy shot revealed: the new Think Tank Photo’s New Sling-O-Matic

By PR admin | Published: September 9, 2010

ThinkTank released a new sling bag “Sling-O-Matic”, the same bag was spotted in the wild few days ago:

Full press release after the break:

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For tomorrow: Pentax K-r, DA 35mm f/2.4 AL lens and two Optio cameras

By PR admin | Published: September 8, 2010

Update: the Pentax K-r link is already live, but password protected, try it: http://www.camera-pentax.jp/k-r (via ci)

Tomorrow (September 10th.) Pentax will announce:

  • Pentax K-r:  12.4 MP CMOS sensor, Safox IX AF module, 6 im/s in JPEG mode, 96% 0.85x pentamirror viewfinder, 3″ 921,000 dots LCD screen, Li-ion battery with optional AA-batteries adapter, infra-red data transmission;  649$ body only, 699$ with 18-55mm.
  • Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL lens:  one aspherical lens, bayonet made of polycarbonate, 45mm (length), 124g, 0.3m minimum focus distance;  199$.
  • Two new Pentax Optio point and shoot cameras.
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