Panasonic to have new product announcements in July

By PR admin | Published: June 16, 2010

Panasonic is expected to have an announcement in mid-July.

One possibility for Panasonic could be a new GH2 camera with more advanced video features and maybe even global shutter which if true would eliminate the “jello effect”.

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Tamron explores the possibility of producing Micro Four Thirds lenses

By PR admin | Published: June 16, 2010

DSLR magazine wrote on their facebook wall that Tamron is exploring the possibility of manufacturing lenses for the Micro Four Thirds system:

Translation:

“Finally! Tamron begins to explore the possibility of manufacturing lenses for Micro Four Thirds system. What can I say? … I told you so!”

The only problem with this rumor is that Sony is a major shareholder of Tamron and is questionable whether they will support any m4/3 lens development (Sony owns 11.08% of Tamron).

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Sony NEX 5 in stock (UK & US)

By PR admin | Published: June 15, 2010

Update: Sony NEX 3 now also in stock in the US.

Jessops (UK) already has the Sony NEX 5 in stock:

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Pentax 645D already on eBay

By PR admin | Published: June 13, 2010

The just released Pentax 645D is already available on eBay. The prices vary from $9,500 to $11,998:

For all Pentax 645D listings on eBay click here.

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Sneak peek at Nik’s new HDR software

By PR admin | Published: June 12, 2010

I mentioned that last week – here is the sneak peak video of the new HDR software from NIK:

Nik Software HDR Tool Sneak Preview from minus kronor on Vimeo.

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Pentax 645D coming to Europe

By PR admin | Published: June 12, 2010

Focusnumerique reported on twitter that Pentax 645D will be coming to Europe with a price tag of 10,000 EUR. This is not really a surprise since the 645D was listed on Pentax UK website and showed up on a Polish online store few weeks ago. There are still no plans to introduce the medium format camera to the US.

Amazon Japan is already selling the Pentax 645D – shipping in 2-3 weeks.

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Adobe Lightroom for the iPad: “tougher than one might think”

By PR admin | Published: June 12, 2010

Over a month ago Terry White gave a hint on his blog that a Adobe Lightroom might be coming to the iPad. Yesterday John Nack (Principal Product Manager, Adobe Photoshop) indicated on his blog that Lightroom for the iPad is not going to be an easy task to accomplish:

“Building a great iPad app for mobile photo review, editing, and sharing is (presently) tougher than one might think, but customer desire is very clear.”

Via Photographybay

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Sigma 300-800mm F/5.6 to be updated soon

By PR admin | Published: June 11, 2010

I received some information from Asia that the current Sigma 300-800mm F/5.6 model will be updated this August.

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Another Panasonic announcement expected at the end of July

By PR admin | Published: June 10, 2010
Yoshi Yamada Presents LiHD

Credit: gregverdino@flickr

There are already rumors floating around that Panasonic will have a major product announcement at the end of July, most probably at/around July 28th (this should not be a surprise given Panasonic’s history of announcements at the end of July). One of the possibilities is a Lumix LX3 replacement. Just 10 days ago Panasonic announced a new p&s camera and a WA Lumix lens.

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Panasonic update – Lumix LX4 maybe in July

By PR admin | Published: June 9, 2010

Update: a reader just reminded me about this post I wrote last year – almost every year Panasonic releases new products around July 20th.

The current Panasonic LX3 model

Quesabesde visited Panasonic factories in Japan and there are two interesting bits of information in terms of upcoming products:

  • For some reason Quesabesde is “convinced” that there will be a successor of the Panasonic LX3 and the announcement could be as early as next month (July). The new model is expected to have an improved RAW capabilities and better zoom (the current LX3 model has 5.1–12.8mm zoom, which equivalents to 24-60mm in full frame).
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