Two interchangeable lens cameras are expected from Pentax in 2011

In an interview published by dpreview, Pentax said that they have not ruled out a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera: “If a product makes sense, and is feasible economically, we’ll come out with it”.

Here is some interesting information I received: Pentax is currently working on two different cameras with interchangeable lenses. The first one will be a digital version of the Pentax Auto 110 wich is actually a tiny SLR type camera (pictured below):

It is not yet clear if old 110 lenses will be compatible with the new digital version.

The second camera will be a “pure” EVIL (electronic viewfinder, interchangeable lenses) version. Announcement could happen as yearly as March of 2011.

A water proof point and shoot camera with built-in GPS will also be announced in 2011. This will be the first Pentax camera with GPS.

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Sony shows A700 successor at CES 2011

At CES 2011 Sony showed a prototypes of the A700 successor, an unidentified lens and a new flash:

No specs or release dates were provided. Photographybay has more photos of the camera.

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Polaroid went Gaga

Polaroid announced three new products at CES 2011: a portable Bluetooth printer, a new instant digital camera and… camera glasses. Yes, those are sun glasses with built-in camera and… LCD screens embedded in the front. The whole Grey line is inspired by Lade Gaga and “is truly expressive of Lady Gaga’s artistic vision”.

If you can go through the whole video presentation after the break, you definitely deserve an award:

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JVC GC-PX1 camera concept

PhotographyBay has some detailed CES 2011 coverage on a new camera GC-PX1 concept from JVC:

  • 10.6MP Back-illuminated CMOS Sensor
  • 10x Optical Zoom Lens with OIS
  • 1920 x 1080 Full HD Video at 60p / 36Mbps
  • Motor Drive Shooting 30 fps at 10MP
  • High Speed Video Capture at 300fps (in VGA Resolution with Real-time Processing)
  • 32GB Built-in Memory + SDXC Card Slot

For full datails and more images head over to PhotographyBay.

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Fuji X100 estimated price: €1000/$1200

In an interview with Adrian Clarke of Fujifilm, dpreview learned that the anticipated Fuji X100 camera will have an “estimated” price of €1000/$1200 and is on schedule for March 2011 release.

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Polaroid “GREY” press event is today

Polaroid is expected to reveal the next generation of instant cameras today at 3:30pm PST as part of the series of announcements during CES 2011. The word on the street is that Chase Jarvis will be involved in the event. Lady Gaga also seems to have some involvement in this project.

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Today is CES press day (part 2)

And this is probably it for CES 2011. The winners of this show imho are the Olympus E-LP2 and XZ-1.

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Watch the CES Sony press event live now

You can watch Sony CES press conference live starting at 5pm PST today:

update: the online live event is now over

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Today is CES press day (Fuji, Canon, Sony)

Today is press day at CES 2011. Many new products will be announced in the next few hours. On the camera site so far there are no big surprises from what was already reported:

  • Fuji announced eleven new point and shoot models. You can read more about the different Fuji cameras and their new EXR-CMOS BSI sensor here. Full press releases at Photographybay.

All will have more updates throughout the day as new announcements are coming in.

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Pentax released new firmware for K-5, K-r and 645D

Pentax just released new firmware updates not only for the K-5, but also for the K-r (ver. 1.01) and 645D (ver. 1.01) cameras.

The firmware can be downloaded from network.pentax.eu.

Update: the firmware updates are now official.

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