Samsung SCH-W880: 12 mp camera and a phone

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Expected specs (via Engadget):

  • 3G cellphone
  • 12 mp camera
  • 3x optical zoom
  • dedicated controls like a mode dial, shutter and zoom
  • 3.3-inch WVGA AMOLED display
  • HD video, HSDPA data, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, microSD slot, and DMB mobile television
  • Expected delivery for Korea only

As the title of the latest book from Chase Jarvis goes: The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You

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Make sure that you check also the pictures taken with an iPhone @ thebestcamera.com.

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Fuji’s upcoming Micro Four Thirds camera

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Remember folks, at this time this is just a rumor:

Fujifilm is moving to M4/3rds with a new body that will have an EXR sensor inside. The official announcement about Fuji’s joining to the M4/3 system will be made a few weeks before the camera announcement itself next PMA season (Jan/Feb 2010).

The new camera body –tentatively named: Micro-S10EXR (MS10), will have a 4/3rd 12MP EXR sensor, that shares a lot of its technologies and modes with current Fuji EXR compacts, just in a much larger sensor area and pixel size. The MS10 will be intermediate in form factor between the E-P1 and the GH1. It will have sensor shift stabilization, a substantial hand grip, tilt & swivel (similar in design to D5000), and a built-in EVF that is more akin to the EVF’s of Fuji compacts than to that of the GH1. The entire body is made by Fuji or designed for them specially to fit the MS10 (ie nothing is cloned from any of the current M4/3 bodies except for the mount & standards of course). For lenses however, the MS10 will have to use any of the available lens options for M4/3. The camera will be marketed with EXR sensor as its main selling point.

I would like also to remind you about this post, where an Olympus representative gave an interesting answer to a potential Fuji involvement in the m4/3 market.

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SonyRumours.com

After adding PentaxRumors.com as a way to filter to all Pentax related rumors, I received multiple requests to do the same with all Sony related rumors.

As of today you can also filter to all Sony rumors by using the SonyRumours.com domain name (sorry this is the British spelling or rumour, the other domain was not available).

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Panasonic GF1 now shipping

Amazon is now shipping the Panasonic GF1 camera. Unboxing pictures coming soon:

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10% Canon price increase on October 1st?

According to this dpreview post, Canon will raise their prices by 10% on October 1st, 2009. The original source was a “large photo supply shop in the NY/NJ/CT area”.

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The Canon Rebel 1500D/T1 coming soon

The Canon Rebel 1500D/T1 will be announced very soon – intended for sale during the Christmas season. The key specs:

  • Same 12MP sensor as 450D/XSi
  • DIGIC IV
  • Movie mode added: up to HD 1080, only 1 frame rate option at that size, 30fps
  • Fixed LCD 460K dots
  • No significant changes in size, weight or price. Price will of course be close to 1000D’s MSRP at launch
  • May have sensor shift stabilization
  • 3.5fps

It is rumored that the camera is in the final testing stage and may have been sent out to reviewers/testers already.

This new camera will replace the current Canon 1000D model.

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Sony flash HVL-F64AM specification sheet

I keep receiving detailed Sony specifications on rumored future products. This time we have a new flash unit HVL-F64AM:

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Full page view after the break:

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 released

adobe_photoshop_elements_8Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 was officially released today and is available on Amazon. As previously reported it will be available on October 22nd.

Press release after the break:

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 8/9 to be released on October 22

Amazon announced on their website that Adobe Photoshop Elements 8/9 (Win/Mac) will be released on October 22, 2009. The site is already removed, but here are the details:

adobe_photoshop_elements_8Key benefits of Adobe ® Photoshop ® Elements 8 Resize your pictures at your leisure, without any distortion – you want to change the size or orientation of a cliche? No problem: resizing – if the change from a landscape to portrait format and vice versa – do not distort the key elements such as people and buildings.

Get the best possible exposure – you want to restore every detail of a scene including light and dark areas? Take a picture with the flash and one without flash; Exhibition Photomerge option then produce a single shot perfectly lit.

Easily find your best photos – No need to travel tens or hundreds of photographs to find the most successful. The automatic scanning feature films and tag photos so you can easily find the most successful.

Instantly find some people in photographs – Easily find photos of your family with the function of recognition of people.

Get a clear picture – perfect view your photos and video clips in the Organizer with new previews in Full Screen mode, which also allow editing of images.

Add a youthful touch to your creations – Add a touch of novelty and freshness to your creations with printed patterns and unpublished illustrations.

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PentaxRumors.com

For all Pentax fans – from now on you can use the www.PentaxRumors.com domain name to cut the crap and go directly to the latest Pentax rumors.

You can of course use the categories/tags on the right to filter the rumors you are interested in.

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