The cost of owning one of the world’s most coveted high-end cameras has just been dramatically reduced, following the launch of a landmark global marketing initiative by Hasselblad:
The makers of the world's most advanced camera system have announced plans to cut the cost of ownership on a number of models - including a massive 22.9% off the entry-point H4D-31 (with 35-90mm lens) and 20.59% off the company's 'ultimate photography tool', the 60 megapixel H4D-60 camera.
Samsung published a press release this week to announced the US pricing for their latest NX mirrorless cameras - not sure what they had in mind since the prices have been available from the day of announcement:
As some readers reported yesterday, Amazon UK had listed the Pentax K-30 for £699.99 on their website. The entries are now removed but pentaxforums was able to get a screens shot. The release date was listed as June 25th, 2012.
Techradar received another teaser from Olympus with the text:
"A Portrait! What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound."
Olympus is probably preparing to release their high end 75mm f/1.8 portrait and 60mm f/2.8 macro lenses:
Nikon recently announced their new entry level Nikon D3200 camera and this could mean only one thing - Canon will follow. Here are the first rumored EOS Rebel T4i/650D specs:
FYI: the Canon EOS Rebel T3i was announced on February 7th, 2011.
Sony just announced their new mirrorless NEX-F3, SLT-A37 cameras and a new 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.
Sony NEX-F3 specs:
Sony A37 specs:
Sony NEX-F3, A37, 18-135mm pre-order options:
Hands-on videos on the new Sony products:
According to Pentaxforums, the previously leaked Pentax K-30 DSLR camera will be announced next week and will be available in 3 different colors (black, white and blue). In addition to the specs reported earlier, the new DSLR is expected to have 11AF points and 100% viewfinder coverage. The US price should be around $700-$800 for body only.
