Pentax announcement next week: W90 & X90

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2010

The previous rumor about another Pentax announcement right after PMA was true. You probably also remember this leak on a retail website about a new Pentax W90 waterproof camera. That one was true as well:

The Pentax W90 will be the first camera with LED lights around the lens for close-up photography. According to the picture it should have HD video and 5x zoom (ok, I will not comment on the substance in the picture above – I think besides water proof and shock proof this cameras will also be s**t  proof).

The second camera will be the Pentax X90 – a 26x super zoom camera with a 12.1MP sensor:

For some reason Pentax pulled out of PMA in the last moment (Canon and Leica are also not part of PMA this year).

Expect those two cameras to be announced on February 24th (+/- 1 day in the US).

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Four new Samsung cameras do be announced soon, including the “Panasonic LX3 killer”

By PR admin | Published: February 19, 2010

There were several reports that Samsung is about to announce a new compact camera with a fast f/1.8 lens and an 1/1.8″ image sensor (see all previous Samsung rumors here). This camera was labeled as the “Panasonic LX3 killer”.

I think the camera in question is the fist model in the picture below (click on image to enlarge). The second model looks like a video cam, similar to the Kodak PlaySport. I don’t have detailed specs or models names, but according to the previous rumors from dpreview the “LX3 killer” should have:

  • New 1/1.8″ CMOS sensor
  • 24mm, 3x optical zoom. f/1.8 lens
  • Swivel rear screen

click on image for larger view

Expect an official announcement during PMA in the next few days.

Update – a reader just added this comment:

The second camera from the right is the WB2000:

  • CMOS Backlit 10MPx (1/2.4″), probably the Sony Exmor R
  • 24-120mm f/2.8-5.6
  • HD 1080p/30fps
  • Sweet Panorama
  • 10fps
  • 3″ AMOLED display
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Samsung and Sony will be releasing 3D cameras

By PR admin | Published: February 18, 2010

Sony has already listed “Personal Imaging” as part of their 3D platform:

Sony has also announced a prototype of a high frame rate single lens 3D video camera.

Samsung has indicated that they are working on a 3D camera as well:

Fuji already has a 3D camera on the market.

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Sony DSC-TX5 and DSC-H55 p&s cameras released, no new Alpha DSLR yet

By PR admin | Published: February 18, 2010

Sony just announced the previously rumored  Sony DSC-TX5 (Waterproof, Freeze Proof, Shockproof and Dust Proof) and DSC-H55 models:

No Sony Alpha DSLR was announced.

Pre-order options:

Full press release after the break:

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Another Canon product launch on February 23

By PR admin | Published: February 17, 2010

DigitalREV wrote on their twitter page that they were invited for “another Canon product launch” on February 23rd:

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Another day, another countdown timer

By PR admin | Published: February 17, 2010

Today’s countdown timer is brought to you by Olympus and is related to a Four Thirds product:

And few more Olympus related updates:

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Pentax 645D – is this the final version?

By PR admin | Published: February 16, 2010

Two pictures of Pentax 645D courtesy of Pentax Japan – this is probably the final version that will be revealed on the teaser ad (click for larger view):

As you can see the back picture is slightly different from the one I published yesterday more buttons, different side cover.

How do I know this will be the final version? Take a look at this picture.

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Pentax 645D is revealing itself slowly

By PR admin | Published: February 15, 2010

The Pentax 645D teaser is actually slowly displaying more details of the camera – now we can see the shutter release:

The teaser started on February 9th. Six days later the progress bar is aprox, 1/5 of the way to the end. That means the official announcement should somewhere around March 9th-10th, 2010. There were some rumors that the 645D will be unveiled at the CP+ Camera and Imaging Show in Japan (March 11th-14th, 2010).

Here is a prototypes picture of Pentax 645D (courtesy of Pentax):

Pentax 645D back view (source: Pentax Japan)

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Two more Samsung cameras @ PMA

By PR admin | Published: February 15, 2010

User Redcrow from dpreview (who has provided some valid info in the past) just wrote about two new Samsung cameras that will be shown @ PMA:

New WB1000 successor

  • New BSI image sensor (CMOS)
  • Full HD video recording
  • Sweep panorama feature loaded

A higher line camera (than WB series)

  • New 1/1.8″ CMOS sensor
  • 24mm, 3x optical zoom. f1.8 lens
  • Swivel rear screen
  • It is the one I expected as LX3 killer

The WB1000 successor will be called WB2000 – it was previously leaked on Amazon.

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Samsung in 2010

By PR admin | Published: February 15, 2010

The latest Samsung rumors:

  • Samsung will have 10 NX lenses by the end of 2010 (they already have 4 so far: 30mm, 18-55mm with and without IS, and 50-200mm)
  • Samsung will introduce a new, cheaper NX camera at PMA
  • Samsung will introduce a high-end compact at PMA (less megapixels, high-end lens)
  • All confirmed by Samsung Benelux Product Manager Ronald Niezen.

Some of those items match our previously reported Samsung rumors.

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