Last week I attended PDN PhotPlus Expo in New York which explains the lack of new rumors on this site for the past few days. All my questions about future products were answered politely with the phrase “no comments” and I don’t have any rumors to report from the floor.
A recap on all rumors from last week is coming up next.
Some pictures from the show after the jump:
The previous rumors were that Franke & Heidecke would be shutting down its operations for good, but now the latest report from Germany brings some hope to the 89 years old company, producer of the Rollei cult-camera (Google translation):
“In a first extension were 20 employees for outstanding work for two weeks engaged in early October. After this period, a new intermediate solution could be realized by the end of October.”
Kodak is expected to announce an “entirely new type of camera” at CES in January 2010. This rumor is coming from ElectricPig:
“It’s not entirely clear whether Kodak will debut a new category of camera altogether, or a type of camera it has never made before. Could the Big K be about to launch its first ever SLR?”
Via Gizmodo
Update: for unknown reasons Canon pulled the plug on the “Nocturne” video by Vincent Laforet.
Main features (previous rumors were “almost” correct):
The price is 4,999.99 and you can pre-order now @ Amazon.
Vincent Laforet video “Nocturne” shot with the new Canon 1D Mark IV:
Nocturne from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.
Press release:
“A Pentax representative told me today at the Paris photo show that Pentax will release a full frame DSLR in 2010.”
UPDATE – latest Canon 1D Mark IV specs:
There will be a Canon event in Australia On October 20th. The main theme is the 50th anniversary of Canon SLR. Of course a new 1D Mark 4 camera with very high ISO is expected. This sounds like a logical response to Nikon’s D3s 102400 ISO that was released few days ago (see low-light D3s video here).
Ricoh will have a presentation of a mirrorless APS-C camera on November 12th, 2009. The camera will be available in December 2009. I am expecting more details in the next few days.
This is the information I posted two months ago on this rumor:
Ricoh is working on a compact camera based on Pentax’s K mount. It’s not clear if they would use the exact K mount or the M 4/3 approach by keeping the mount diameter in-tact and reducing the distance so that older K mount lenses still can be used via an adapter and a new series of new “micro K mount” lenses will be introduced.
Features of the new panel
Advantages when used in a DSLR camera
“The new SDXC specification provides up to 2 terabytes (TB) of portable storage capacity to store weeks of high-definition video, years of photo collections and months of music. It will accelerate SD interface read/write speeds up to 104 megabytes per second for the first phase. It can be used in cameras, camcorders, mobile phones and other consumer electronic devices. The SD Association will have a road map for a data transfer bus interface speed of 300 megabytes per second in the coming months.”
UPDATES: link to datasheet and camera compatability. The new product is now also on Leaf’s website:
This was reported as a rumor few days ago, now it’s official:
“The Aptus II 5 sports a 48x36mm sensor, and offers an ISO range of 25-400. It is available in four mounts, allowing the back to be used with Hasselblad H and V cameras, Contax 645 and Mamiya/Phase One’s 645 bodies. The entry-level back retails at £5995 +VAT.”
