This is what Sony’s teaser was about – their new PMW-F3 Super 35mm digital motion picture camcorder:
The new camera is available in two different flavors: PMW-F3K with three lenses (35mm, 50mm, 85mm) and PMW-F3L with PL mount adapter. The new cameras are expected to be released in February 2011. The price for the lens kit will be 2,205,000 JPY (around 27,000 USD) and without-lens 1,522,500 JPY (around 18,000 USD)
Full press release after the break:
I finally got some time to upload few images from PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2010 that ended last week.
Pentax
Pentax had a big table (not really a booth) with all of their latest products, including the 645D. You can download a sample RAW file taken with the 645D here (DropBox is great for sharing large files):
Sony
Sony had the second largest booth on the show (after Canon) and there had a lot of equipment on display as well as presentations and even some BMX action:
Sony has a new teaser out of what appears to be a video camera. The speculations are for a new digital motion picture camera with a “full frame” (35mm) sensor. The announcement is expected on November 17th, 2010.
Via FDTimes
Kodak 29MP CCD sensor (KAI-29050)
Kodak announced a new 29MP full frame (35mm) CCD sensor. The KAI-29050 sensor is “the highest resolution CCD image sensor based on Interline Transfer technology”.
Highlights of the new sensor:
Full press release after the break:
Pentax K-5
Pentax is expecting to release new firmware update for the latest K-5 DSLR camera. The update will include:
Update: ok, I was wrong – the Nikon D7000 scored 80 points, 2 points lower than the K-5. Pentax remains the leader (even though I think the K-5 should be compared with the D300s replacement and not with the D7000).
There have been few hints in the past about a potential Adobe Lightroom version for the iPad (see here and here). In their latest presentation, Adobe showed content-aware fill on an Android tablet and paint mixing on an iPad that can be wirelessly transferred to your computer:
It seems that the direction Adobe is taking, is to use mobile devices as an additional tool to Photoshop instead of creating standalone mobile applications (they already have PS Express app). MacRumors showed some mockups on how those Photoshop tools may look on iPad and iPhone:
I am not sure if this is just an investment move for Olympus or they are really planning to release something like the Panasonic Lumix Phone, but here is the news – Olympus wants to buy a cell phone company:
“Olympus Corp. said Friday that it will launch a tender offer for ITX Corp. to turn the cellular phone sales unit into a wholly owned subsidiary. Olympus currently holds an 82.07% stake in ITX. The cost of acquiring the ITX shares that it does not own will likely come to about 7 billion yen.”
Nikkei via Imaginginsider
CMOSIS and TowerJazz announced a new 12MP CMV12000 sensor with a global shutter and a frame rate of 300 fps:
“CMOSIS, a leading independent developer and supplier of high end CMOS image sensors for professional imaging applications, and TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced CMOSIS will add a new member to its CMV CMOS image sensor family at VISION 2010: the 12-megapixel CMV12000. The off-the-shelf image sensor is manufactured in TowerJazz’s Fab-2 in Migdal Haemek, using its advanced 0.18 µm specialty CIS process. The sensor features 5.5 x 5.5 µm pixels laid out in a high-resolution 4096 x 3072 matrix resembling the APS-C format. CMV12000 offers high sensitivity and low noise, global shutter and a frame rate of 300 fps which provides best in-class performance. The new CMOS sensor is perfectly suited for a broad range of industrial, movie and TV, traffic monitoring and motion control applications.”
The latest rumor is that Samsung will release a NX mount camcorder at CES 2011 (January 2011). This seems like a logical step, since Samsung has been producing camcorders for while and other manufacturers, like Sony and Panasonic, have already introduced compact camcorders with interchangeable lenses. The new Samsung NX camcorder is rumored to have APS-C sensor and 3D recording capabilities.
Panasonic GF2 is now official and it will be available in January 2011. Pricing is not yet announced (Panasonic aways announce the pricing approximately 30 days prior to shipment). Some of the improvements over previous GF1 model are:
Sample pictures taken with the Panasonic GF2:
Additional coverage from the Web:
Video video presentations and the full press release of the Panasonic GF2 after the break:
