Sony announced the a290 & a390 DSLRs

By PR admin | Published: June 9, 2010

Today Sony announced the long rumored α290 and α390 DSLR cameras – both are considered entry level with 14.2MP sensors and no video. Full press release and detailed specs comparison after the break:

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Samsung NX5 update

By PR admin | Published: June 8, 2010

After being rumored for months, the Samsung NX5 camera was “kind of” released last week – CNET Asia reports that the new Samsung NX5 will be available only in Europe and Korea. At the same time AmateurPhotographer reports that Samsung is yet to decide if the NX5 will be available in the UK and reports that only United States and Germany will be getting the new model. Germany will definitely be selling the Samsung NX5 because Amazon Germany is taking pre-orders.

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Adobe launches Lightroom 3

By PR admin | Published: June 8, 2010

Adobe Lightroom 3 is now official and Amazon is taking pre-orders (I guess that’s why this video showed up online few days ago).

What’s new in Adobe Lightroom 3:

Full press release after the break:

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Pentax update

By PR admin | Published: June 7, 2010

Pentax 645D should be available for sale in Japan in 2 days (June 11th).

Credit: BJP

A new Pentax rumor came from PMA Australia:

“K20D replacement (not called the K30D) will be 21 megapixels and announced around Photokina.”

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iPhone 4

By PR admin | Published: June 7, 2010

Brief specs of the new iPhone 4:

  • 5x digital zoom
  • tap to focus
  • 1.75 micron pixel size in sensor
  • Backside illuminated sensor
  • 5 megapixel camera
  • 720p at 30fps video
  • new iMovie app for video editing
  • LED flash

Full specs now on Apple’s website.

Sample pictures taken with the iPhone 4 are available here.

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New Olympus Pro DSLR at Photokina

By PR admin | Published: June 6, 2010

A new rumor from the Olympus reps at PMA Melbourne:

“Pro spec DSLR on the way. It will use the pen’s TruePic V and a few other surprises that will make it quite a remarkable camera. I was told an announcement is due at Photokina 2010.”

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Sony α290 and α390 appeared in a Swedish photo magazine

By PR admin | Published: June 5, 2010

Sony α290 and α390 made an appearance in a Swedish photo magazine:

An article with pictures and a few specs about the new Sony A290 and A390 appeared today in a Swedish photo magazine, “Digitalfoto för Alla” #9 (possibly published one tay early?)
The much criticized grip of the A230/A330/A380 series is gone, and replaced with a more conventional and apparently with much better ergonomic.
The Smart Teleconverter button is moved out of the way a little, up onto the camera top.
Resolution of the low end model is increased with 40%, so now both are equipped with 14 Mp image sensors. Couldn’t find any mention of it being CCD or CMOS, but have made a quick browse only so far.
And A390 has Quick LiveView, while A290 has not (thanks Sony, for not confuse us unnecessarily!).
Still no video.

Introductory prices in Sweden (approximately converted to Euro)
A290 + 18-55 mm 600 Euro
A390 + 18-55 mm 800 Euro
There will also be dual kits with the 55-200 mm too.

Common specs for both A290 and A390:
9 AF points
ISO up to 3200
In-camera SteadyShot
2,7″ Screen
Either Memory Stick or SD memory cards (no dual slot, but a single combo slot).
New Help Guide + Tip Function (very clever, says the magazine writer).
HDMI Output

Via Dyxum

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Terry White’s top 5 favorite new features in Lightroom 3

By PR admin | Published: June 5, 2010

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Nik coming up with a new HDR software

By PR admin | Published: June 5, 2010

You can now sign up for a “sneak peek” at Nik’s new HDR software:

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Two interesting patents from Sony and Canon

By PR admin | Published: June 5, 2010

Update: I forgot that Canon also filed a patent for a touchscreen DSLR few months ago.

The first patent is about a touchscreen DSLR from Sony:

PhotographyBay has the whole story, here is a part of the patent application:

The touch panel 332 functions as a touched position detector that detects the touched position where the user touches the display screen 33f of the rear monitor 33, whereby a user’s operation can be inputted.

The thus configured rear monitor 33, when the approaching eye sensor 15 detects that an eye of the user has approached, is shut off to prevent glare produced by the display screen 33f and reduce electric consumption thereof. In the touch panel 332, however, some touch buttons (icons B1 to B5 in FIGS. 6A and 6B) remains active (turned on) while the other touch buttons (tracking AF frames Bp in FIGS. 6A and 6B) are turned off, as will be described later. – US Patent Appl. No. 2010/0134676

The second patent is for a camera voice recognition from Canon which is probably targeted at the p&s market.

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