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Photokina day 4 updates

By PR admin | Published: September 24, 2010

Pentax K-5 DSLR and Optio RZ10 hands-on

New version 2 of Think Tank Photo Urban Disguise bag was released.

Carl Zeiss at Photokina video:

Posted in Pentax, Ricoh, Zeiss| 5 Comments

What is a Plenoptic camera?

By PR admin | Published: September 23, 2010

Plenoptic technology is developed by Adobe and it lets you select which part of the image you want to be in focus. A Plenoptic camera contains an array of microlenses between the front lens and the sensor and it captures a series of small images from different viewpoints that can later be extracted and manipulated by special software in order to reach a certain depth of field during postprocessing.

Todor Georgiev is one of the scientist from Adobe that worked on that project and on his website I even found a picture of the the first plenoptic camera on the market produced by the German company Raytrix:

Posted in Adobe, Future of Photo Equipment| 17 Comments

Photokina day 3 updates

By PR admin | Published: September 23, 2010

Photokina news are slowly fading away as we approach the end of day 3 of the biggest photography show. Quick update on the latest:

BJP: “Sigma says it is working on a full-frame version of the sensor, despite the three-layer design’s complexity.”
Photokina medium format coverage.
Hasselblad plans 200-megapixel camera for 2011.
Pentax announced retail prices for the 645D – US: $9999.99 (why the 99 cents?) UK: £9000 (body only).
Gorillapod Video: floor coverage
Zeiss to Discontinue Lenses for Pentax

Posted in Hasselblad, Pentax, Sigma, Zeiss| 3 Comments

Photokina day 2 updates

By PR admin | Published: September 22, 2010

First, a slideshow from Photokina 2010:

Hasselblad CFV-50 adds 50MP digital sensor to your V-System camera. They also brought a Hasselblad H4D Ferrari Edition.

Ricoh G700SE: 12MP, waterproof, dust proof, shockproof, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and wifi (b/g) antennas.

Posted in Hasselblad, Ricoh| 3 Comments

Photokina day 1.5 updates

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2010

Samyang announced two more lenses: V-DSLR 8 mm F3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye CS and AE 14 mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC:

According to fotomagazin.de Ricoh will introduce APS-C sensor module with M lens bayonet for their GXR system (prototype was already shown in Japan few months ago).

Olympus Zuiko-equipped compact camera (prototype):

Posted in Olympus, Ricoh, Samyang, Sigma| 5 Comments

You can get your Fuji X100 for $1000 in March 2011

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2010

Engadget reports that the Fujifilm FinePix X100 will cost $1000 and it will start shipping in March 2011.
AP says the price in Europe will be €1000.
Three X100 videos:

Posted in Fuji| Tagged Fujifilm X100| 46 Comments

Photokina day 1 updates

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2010

Panasonic GH2 + new 3D lens announced:

Sony showed a prototype (maybe Alpha A77?) DSLR at Photokina:

See also AP related coverage on the new Sony prototype.

Ricoh GR LENS A12 28 mm F2.5 announced:

Posted in Adobe, Minox, Panasonic, Ricoh, Samsung, Sony| 4 Comments

Sigma announced several new products including a 46MP camera with Foveon X3 sensor

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2010

Update: the official Sigma SD1 website is up.

Posted in Sigma| Tagged Sigma SD1| 34 Comments

Photokina day 0 updates

By PR admin | Published: September 20, 2010

First, my favorite: Fuji X100 – some quotes from Falk Lumo who had the chance to talk to the Fuji folks:

“I asked why not with a lens mount? Answer: We want see how this one sells first. I asked: but you know that if this version does not sell it may be because it has no mount? Answer: no, is it so…? I asked if its cheaper than Leica X1. Answer was hesitant. Eventually they gave me “1000” as a ballpark number”

More X100 pictures available here and here plus another video: