The price of the Fuji X-Pro1 and X-E1 cameras drops $200

By PR admin | Published: June 2, 2013

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Fujifilm dropped the price of the X-Pro1 and X-E1 cameras by $200:

Fuji rebates

The following instant rebates are also available when you purchase a Fuji XF lens with the X-Pro1 or X-E1 body:

  • Fujifilm XF 18-55mm: $300 off
  • Fujifilm XF 60mm: $300 off
  • Fujifilm XF 35mm: $200 off
  • Fujifilm XF 14mm: $200 off
  • Fujifilm XF 18mm: $300 off

All Fuji products come with free shipping and 2% in rewards, the lenses include a free Fujifilm 39mm protective filter ($59 value).

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The latest patents: new Canon lenses, 3D camera and lens by Olympus, curved sensor by Toshiba

By PR admin | Published: June 1, 2013

Canon 70-200mm f:4 lens patent

Canon filed a patent for a 70-200mm f/4 lens.

Canon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens patent (APS-C)

Canon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens patent (APS-C)

Canon 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens patent (full frame)

Canon 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens patent (full frame)

Canon filed patents for a 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS and 28-200mm (APS-C) f/3.5-5.6 IS (full frame) lenses.

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Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for May 2013

By PR admin | Published: June 1, 2013

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Those are the top 10 PhotoRumors posts for May 2013:

  1. Rumors: Sony RX200 coming in June with a built-in pop-up viewfinder?
  2. Ricoh GR now shipping, additional coverage, Nikon Coolpix A comparison
  3. Adobe announces Photoshop CC, available only with monthly subscription
  4. This is the new Leica “Mini M”
  5. Another Hasselblad Lunar hands-on report: “the camera immediately becomes disappointing in terms of its finish”
  6. Hasselblad Lunar spotted in the wild, first impressions published online, the questions still remains: “Why?”
  7. Olympus PEN E-P5 specifications
  8. New: Samyang 16mm f/2 ED AS UMC CS lens for APS-C cameras
  9. The code of the Samsung NX200 and NX300 mirrorless cameras is now available as open source
  10. Deal of the day: Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 aspherical fisheye lens for $229 with free shipping
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Zeiss Touit lenses sample images

By PR admin | Published: May 31, 2013

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The new Zeiss Touit lenses for Fuji X mount are already shipping. Foto Hans Keuzekamp just received their first shipment and sent me few sample images that can be viewed on flickr:

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Adobe Photoshop CC will be released on June 17th

By PR admin | Published: May 30, 2013

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The new cloud subscription based Photoshop CC will be officially released on June 17th, 2013 and will include many new features like Smart Sharpen, Intelligent Upsampling and Camera Shake Reduction.

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Deal of the day: Sigma DP1and DP2 Merrill cameras are now $200 off

By PR admin | Published: May 30, 2013

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The Sigma DP1 and DP2 Merrill cameras are now selling with a $200 instat rebate and free shipping. This offer will end on June 30th, 2013.

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More images of the Kodak S1 Micro Four Thirds camera

By PR admin | Published: May 30, 2013

Kodak S1 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera

DCFever published new images of the Kodak S1 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera that will have a Micro Four Thirds mount/sensor, built-in Wi-Fi and a tilting screen. The camera is produced by JK Imaging who last year bought the rights to use the Kodak brand name. They are going to release also another compact model called ZS41 with a 4x, 28-112mm f/1.8-2.5 fixed zoom lens:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 29, 2013

Phottix Mitros TTL flash for Canon

The Phottix Mitros TTL flash for Canon is now available at the Phottix online store.

Olympus poised to supply lens units to Sony as part of the deal that was reached last year: "The imaging sensor has already started to source from Sony to Olympus. And the lens and lens units will start to source from Olympus to Sony."

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Olympus was one of the brands listed in the "Ten Brands That Will Disappear in 2014" list.


New videos from Carl Zeiss on designing and manufacturing the Touit lens family.

Sony-Kazuo-Hirai

"A new report from the investment banking firm Jefferies delivered a harsh assessment of Sony’s electronics business. “Electronics is its Achilles’ heel and, in our view, it is worth zero,” wrote Atul Goyal, consumer technology analyst for Jefferies, in the report, released this week." (Source: NYT)

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