124 pages of Fuji X100 owner’s manual goodness now online

By PR admin | Published: March 6, 2011

The Fuji FinePix X100 owner’s manual is now online. Enjoy!

 

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After a lens price increase, Canon still offers instant rebates

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2011

At the beginning of February Canon increased the prices on certain lenses like the 85mm f/1.2L (was 1999 and now is 2089) and the 24-105mm f/4L IS USM (was $1079 and now is $1091).

At the same time Canon is currently running an instant rebate program on the 7D and 60D cameras (expire on March 31, 2011).

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New sensor technologies

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2011

Bidirectional OLED microdisplay combines a sensor and a display on the same chip by integrating photodiodes between the OLED pixels:

This technology was developed by the the Fraunhofer Institute. For now the demo chip is only monochrome with 320×240 display and 160×120 camera, but there are plans for higher resolution displays (VGA and above). Here is a video (in German) describing this technology:

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Some camera concepts

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2011

The first camera concept is developed by Lucas Ainsworth and is called Capture 180 – it takes a 180° hemispheric photograph and allows the user to view an image beyond the dimensions of a standard image. By moving the large LCD display on the back, you can see different portions of a previously taken picture:

The second concept, designed by Han In Kyung, is for a floating dual lens camera called “Underabove” that can take images simultaneously above and under water. The LCD screen combines the images taken from above and under water:

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Fuji X100 expected on April 11 in the UK

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2011

Amazon UK lists the Fuji X100 with a release date of April 11, 2011:

The information I received is that the initial shipment for each country will be very limited. A second, large shipment will follow at the end of March/early April.

The Fuji X100 is already shipping in Japan to customers who pre-ordered it in advance. The current wait time on Amazon Japan is 6-10 days.

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Samsung working on NX20 and NX200 mirrorless cameras

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2011

According to DDaily Korea, Samsung is working on two new mirrorless cameras: NX20 and NX200. Those will be the successors of the current NX 10 and NX100 models and are expected to be released in the first half of 2011 or latest by fall. Both cameras are reportedly in the last stage of the development process.

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Samyang 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens gets a focusing scale

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2011

In the last moment before start shipping, Samyang made some design changes to the 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens: they changed the design with a new metallic red ring, added a focusing scale and reduced the size of the lens (I believe they re-designed the lens hood). This is a full frame lens available in Canon, Four Thirds, Nikon, Pentax, Samsung NX and Sony mounts. The announced price is €389 (around $540). In the US, Samyang products can be purchased on eBay.

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Kodak’s investor pushing for sale or “turn-around”

By PR admin | Published: March 3, 2011

Kodak's 5 days stock price (Marketwatch)

WSJ reports that one of Kodak’s investors is pushing for a turn-around or sale of the 119 years old company. The current situation of Kodak was described as “deteriorating financial condition and substantial diminution of shareholder value”.

In the past few months Kodak made the headlines with rumors hat the company is for sale and several reports of declining profit and revenue.

Via PMA News

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Firmware update 1.03 to fix Pentax K-5 front-focusing issues

By PR admin | Published: March 3, 2011

PentaxForum reports that Pentax is currently working on a firmware update 1.03 for the Pentax K-5 DSLR camera that will fix the front-focusing issues recently reported on several websites.

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Fuji X100 update

By PR admin | Published: March 2, 2011

Here are the latest Fuji X100 updates from a recent Q&A session:

  • The APC CMOS EXR sensor in the X100 is produced by Fuji
  • It took Fuji two years to develop the X100
  • X100 focusing speed is 0.16 seconds
  • Fuji is currently examining the option of developing an interchangeable lens camera
  • Fuji expects to sell 100,000 X100 cameras in the next 12 months

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