The Street reported that Apple has picked a 8MP sensor from Sony for the upcoming 2011 iPhone:
“Apple has picked Sony’s 8-megapixel camera chip for the 2011 iPhone, according to supply and manufacturing sources, said Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar.”
OmniVision reported that Apple ordered 5MP sensors from them for the next, 2010 iPhone.
2010: 5MP
2011: 8MP
Why posting iPhone rumors here? Because the iPhone is now the most popular camera on flickr.
Via MacRumors
Some rumors point to an April 18th announcement of the new Sony EVIL cameras:
“18 april is the press-release of this camera, the camera shall be different , than we see at the PMA and maybe we get some more information , about some other thinks but that I don’t now for sure”
Others rumors indicate an official release in late May:
“According to our sources the camera will be announced on late May! We don’t have the exact date but we have been told that the camera will be available in stores in June. There will be two mirrorless cameras called NEX!”
The detailed specs are expected to be:
Concept cameras are created by designers and usually there is no connection to the real manufacturer. I still find those models very interesting: this Sony a352 DSLR Camera concept was designed by Ryan David Francis – check his site for more pictures:
Vincent Laforet wrote this on his blog unde the title “NAD2010 – possible turning point for HDDSLR”:
“NAB 2010 kicks off tomorrow – and you should expect some pretty fantastic announcements from a wide variety of companies. I know of quite a few – but am sworn to secrecy for at least another 12 hours or so. For those of you who could not make it out to the city of sin for this conference – know that a lot of the buzz here surrounds the HD DSLR and “convergence” worlds. Very exciting times. I can’t wait to share a lot of what I know with you very shortly. Zeiss, RedRock Micro, Lite Panels, Marshall Electronics, Canon and many many more have some very exciting announcement to make tomorrow!”
Another rumor materialized today: Panasonic announced video camera with a 4/3 sensor:
Full press release after the break:
The global launch of Adobe Creative Suite 5 that will take place on Monday, April 12, 2010 at 8:00 am PDT/11:00 EDT.
Samyang 14mm f/2.8 ED IF Aspherical MC with fastenings for all systems.
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF UMC AE version of the Nikon mount – this is a new generation of portrait lens, with a new type of anti-reflective coating and built-in chip transmitting data to the camera focal length, aperture and other parameters. Other parameters remain unchanged.
Samyang MC 85mm f/1.4 IF-mount version of the Olympus 4/3.
The graph says it all:
Panasonic DSC Roadmap 2010
Industrial Sensors Roadmap after the break:
Many manufacturers have introduced rebates programs. Usually new products are not introduced when there is an ongoing rebate campaign, which also means slow times for the rumor mill. Also, all major players are preparing for Photokina (coming up in September, 2010) and don’t want to show their cards in advance.
Here are the latest rebates:
Canon 50D: $100 rebate
Canon 50D + 28-135mm: $100 rebate
Canon 50D + 28-135mm and 70-300mm: $250 rebate
Canon EOS 50D SLR Digital Camera Kit with 17-85mm Lens: $400-$500 conditional rebate
Canon EOS 50D SLR Digital Camera Kit with Canon 18-200mm EF-S IS Lens: $400-$500 conditional rebate
Olympus E620: $50 rebate
Olympus E-30: $100 rebate
Olympus E-3: $100 rebate
