Six new Panasonic cameras @ CES: Lumix FP1, FP3, F3, FH3, FH20 and 2 new SDXC cards

I found this on an Asian website and I am pretty sure is accurate, based on my previous experiences. The official announcement will be on January 6th, 2010. There will be also two new SDXC memory cards with 48GB and 64GB capacity.

Panasonic Lumix FP3

The first one is the Panasonic Lumix FP3:

  • 4x zoom
  • very compact
  • 3.0” touch screen LCD
  • 14.1 MP
  • start-up time: 0.97 sec
  • shutter release lag: 0.006 sec
  • HD video 1280 x 720p @ 30 fps
  • SDXC computable
  • available in different colors

Panasonic Lumix FP1:

  • 4x zoom
  • very compact
  • 12.1 MP
  • 2.7″ LCD screen
  • start-up time: 0.97 sec
  • shutter release lag: 0.007 sec
  • HD video 1280 x 720p @ 30 fps
  • SDXC computable
  • available in different colors

Panasonic Lumix F3

Panasonic Lumix F3:

  • 12.1 MP
  • 4x zoom
  • HD video 1280 x 720p @ 30 fps
  • 2.7” LCD display
  • Face detection
  • SDXC memory card support
  • two colors: silver and black

Panasonic Lumix FH20:

  • 14.1MP sensor
  • 8x zoom
  • HD 720p motion jpeg video
  • advanced Venus Engine IV image processor

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Sony A450 to be released in 2 days?

Sony A450, but is it real? Sony will hold a press conference in two days @ CES, then we will know for sure. Previous rumors indicated that the A450 will not have video and it will be announced at CES. If that rumor was correct, we should also see a A700 replacement during CES (also without video).

Source

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CES 2010: Sony press conference scheduled for January 6th

I am not sure how much of this press conference will be photography related, but you can watch it live @ ustream.tv on January 6th from 4:15-5:15pm PST.

The live stream will also be available here:

Live TV : Ustream

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Some Olympus rumors (new EP-3 and E520 replacement)

I got some Olympus rumors: in the first half of 2010 Olympus will announce the EP-3 with new lenses. The Olympus E520 will be replaced in the first quarter of 2010.

Olympus E520

Olympus E520

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Samsung NX10 official

Samsung NX10 is official! Finally!

Dpreview has a hands-on preview.

Via Engadget

Full press release after the break:

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Samsung NX10 to be released tomorrow

Several indications that the Samsung Nx10 will be released tomorrow:

  • dpreview: “The press embargo will be released in afternoon of Jan, 4 in local time of Korea (Jan 4, 12:00 pm in Korea = 7:00 pm PST)”.
  • yonhapnews.co.kr has posted something that looks like a press-release (computer translation).
  • Samsung NX10 will be on display @ CES.
  • Sample pictures taken with the Samsung NX10 can be seen here.
  • The first video made with the Samsung NX10 also surfaced online:
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Two Canon announcements next week during CES 2010

Canon will have two announcements on January 5th and 9th, 2010 during CES.

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Discontinued Pentax lenses

List of discontinued Pentax lenses (source):

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Best of 2009

This has been an incredible journey – I started PhotoRumors.com in April 2009 to keep myself informed on all rumors outside of Nikon and Leica territories. The rest is history and this blog got Alexa rating of 62,994 in only few months. Amazing! Thank you all for your support!

Those are the top 10 most visited PhotoRumors posts for 2009:

Happy New Year everyone!

See also the best of LeicaRumors and NikonRumors.

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Sony 100mm F2.8 macro lens: “no longer available”

Not sure why – maybe “no longer available” only for that market (Greece)?

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