Fujifilm’s 20% price increase on films now official in the USA

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2012

The details about Fujifilm's price increase on black and white, color negative, and color reversal films in the US are now official: 20% across the line starting from August 1st, 2012.

If you still shoot film, stack up now from B&H or Adorama!

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Pentax working on second generation of the 645D medium format camera

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2012

The sensor inside the Pentax 645D camera ($9,995) was initially produced by Kodak, but in 2011 they sold the Image Sensor Solutions (ISS) business to Platinum Equity. The rumor is that those medium format sensors are not longer in production and Pentax is working on a second generation of the 645D camera. It seems that Leica is having similar issues and will be using a new sensor from an European semiconductor manufacturer in their upcoming S3 camera.

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Pentax Q price drops almost 40%

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2012

When the Pentax Q was announced a year ago, the price for a kit with a lens was set at $800 which was pretty high considering the camera's specs. After the recent Pentax lens price increase, the price of the smallest mirrorless camera dropped by almost 40% to $499. The two lens kit now sells for $750.

Maybe Ricoh-Pentax will announce a new version during Photokina? Rumors about a new cheap mirrorless camera are already floating around.

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Another Olympus teaser for the TG-1 iHS camera

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2012

There is another "World's First..." teaser from Olympus. After watching the video, I am now convinced that this new campaign is for their rugged Olympus TG-1 iHS camera that leaked on BestBuy's website last week:

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New 35mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Fourth Thirds and Fuji X mounts

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2012

There are several samples on xitek.com taken with a new 35mm f/0.925 lens from the Chinese manufacturer Shenyang Zhongyi. The lens is expected to be released with Micro Fourth Thirds and Fuji X mounts.

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New nuts from Olympus coming soon

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2012

Olympus sent this "teaser" to Techradar. I think the two nuts represent the toughness of the already leaked new rugged Olympus TG-1 iHS camera that should be announced soon. I cannot think of any other associations between nuts and cameras, can you?

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Ubertronix Strike Finder now available on the iPhone

By PR admin | Published: April 30, 2012

I have covered Ubertronix Strike Finder products in the past and now the company has come up with an app solution called Strike Finder that lets you capture lightning strikes with your iPhone. The app costs $1.99 and can be downloaded from iTunes.

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Detailed specs for the Sony a37 and NEX-F3 cameras

By PR admin | Published: April 29, 2012

 

Listed bellow are the detailed specs of the already leaked Sony a37 and NEX-F3 cameras. The official announcement will be on May 17, 2012 and will include a new 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 SAM lens priced at around $500. Sony is also planning to announce a new 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS lens this summer.

Sony a37 specs (replacement for the a35):

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