Canon files a patent for a 600mm f/5.6 lens

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2010

Canon’s patent JPO 2010-145832 is for a 600mm f/5.6 lens:

600mm f/5.6 lens patent details:

  • Focal distance 582.48
  • F number 5.85
  • Field angle 2.13
  • Image height 21.64
  • Whole-length-of-the-lens 346.68

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Pentax got a new 25mm f/4 wide angle lens for their medium format 645D camera

By PR admin | Published: November 21, 2010
Pentax 645D with the D-FA 55mm f/2.8 lens

Pentax 645D with the D-FA 55mm f/2.8 lens

TOP interviewed Ned Bunnell (President of Pentax USA) and here are the highlights:

  • Pentax has no plans to discontinue the 31mm, 43mm and 77mm FA Limited lenses.
  • Pentax will start shipping a new wide angle D-FA 645 25mm f/4 lens in early 2011 (for the medium format 645D camera). Apparently this lens was announced at Photokina, but Pentax forgot to tell the world about it. The other lens for the 645D is the D-FA 55mm f/2.8 that should start shipping any day now in the US.
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Just few interesting links

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2010

  • Sony released a firmware that will add AF support to A-mount lenses when used with the Sony NEX-VG10E camcorder.

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Samsung got balls

By PR admin | Published: November 19, 2010

In an interview with AP, Samsung’s vice president of camera business Jeong Wook Kim said that Samsung is “determined” to be #1 in the mirrorless camera market by 2012 and be “the best selling camera brand” by 2015.

“We are passionate about making a success of the NX system, and we are certain that the APS-C sensor will dominate the compact system camera market. It won’t be long before compact system camera sales exceed those of DSLRs, and then Samsung will be the best selling camera brand”

BCN ranking shows that Samsung is currently not even in the top 20 best-selling interchangeable lens digital camera (based on Japan’s market):

Maybe Samsung’s statement was about the Korean market only, because I do not see how this can happen on a global scale.

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Video shot with the new Sony PMW-F3 Super 35mm digital motion picture camcorder

By PR admin | Published: November 17, 2010

This video is taken with the Sony PMW-F3 Super 35mm digital motion picture camcorder that was announced few days ago. Currently, there are only three pre-production versions of this cameras in the world:

compulsion – teaser from Jason Wingrove on Vimeo.

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MIT camera can take pictures around corners

By PR admin | Published: November 17, 2010

Interesting news reported by BBC – MIT created a camera that can produce an image of an object that is not directly visible by sending a laser beam and creating an image from the  bounced light of the object:

“The prototype uses an ultra-short high-intensity burst of laser light to illuminate a scene. The device constructs a basic image of its surroundings – including objects hidden around the corner – by collecting the tiny amounts of light that bounce around the scene.”

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Sony announces the development of NXCAM HD camcorder with E mount

By PR admin | Published: November 16, 2010

Sony just annoucned the development of a new NXCAM HD camcorder with E mount (use of NEX lenses). Regular α lenses can also be used with an adapter. The camera will have 1080p (60p / 30p / 24p or 50p / 25p) recording modes and will be available in the middle of 2011. The recording format will be AVCHD.

Fulll press release after the break:

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Clever patent from Olympus

By PR admin | Published: November 16, 2010

Olympus filed an interesting patent in Japan that will allow you to use the camera strap as a glare shield. This will make also the LCD screen visible in bright sunlight. Clever.

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Olympus E-PL1s announced, for now only in Japan

By PR admin | Published: November 15, 2010

The rumors were true: the freshly announced Olympus E-PL1s features a new M. ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II kit lens and for now will be sold only in Japan.

Changes from E-PL1 version (all Google translated):

  • A zoom lens kit included with the product, the smaller and lighter, can also shoot video optimized “MSC (Movie & Still Compatible) mechanism,” equipped with “M. ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II”, “M. ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150mm F4.0-5.6” to change
  • ISO6400 high sensitivity for shooting
  • Body color, white / red / black deployed in three colors. The same color as the body color body side frame
  • Lithium-ion battery compatible with the new safety standards “BLS-5”, Li-Ion battery charger “BCS-5” Bundle

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Sensor presentations on the 2011 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference

By PR admin | Published: November 15, 2010

Some of the interesting sensor presentations from the 2011 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference are from Sony and Samsung:

“23.9 A 1/2.33-inch 14.6M 1.4μm-Pixel Backside-Illuminated CMOS Image Sensor with Floating Diffusion Boosting by Samsung

23.11 A 17.7Mpixel 120fps CMOS Image Sensor with 34.8Gb/s Readout by Sony”

The full program can be downloaded here.

Via Image-sensors-world

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