Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM and EF 35mm f/2 IS USM lenses announced

By PR admin | Published: November 6, 2012

Canon officially announced their new EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM (pre-order for $1,499.00) and EF 35mm f/2 IS USM (pre-order for $849.99) lenses at the same time Nikon introduced their D5200 DSLR camera:

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Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM and Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS lenses leaked ahead of announcement

By PR admin | Published: November 5, 2012

Update: the two new lenses are now officially announced.

Canon will announce two new lenses in the next few days - EF 35mm f/2 IS USM and Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS. Here are the detailed specs (Google translated):

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Pentax K-01 and Panasonic LX5 now selling at half price

By PR admin | Published: November 3, 2012

Pentax K-01 sale

Panasonic LX5 sale

The prices of the Pentax K-01 and Panasonic LX5 cameras are now reduced in half:

The LX5 is already replaced by the LX7, but why the K-01 price drop nine months after the camera was announced? Poor sales or a new K-02 is coming soon?

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Ricoh’s patent for a 5.3-22mm f/2-3.5 lens (for 1/1.7″ sensor)

By PR admin | Published: November 2, 2012

Ricoh filed patent 2012211956 in Japan for a 5.3-22mm f/2-3.5 lens designed for a 1/1.7" sensor (24-100mm equivalent). The lens design contains 11 elements in 8 groups, including two aspherical elements. This lens could be designed for the Pentax Q system, which has a 1/2.3" sensor, or for a new GXR module.

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After the Sony F5 and F55 Cine Alte 4k cameras announcement, RED introduced huge price cuts

By PR admin | Published: November 1, 2012

After Sony announced their new F5 and F55 Cine Alte 4k cameras two days ago, RED responded with a huge price cut - the new prices are as follow:

  • RED EPIC-M: $24,000 (old price: $39,500)
  • RED EPIC-X: $19,000 (old price: $34,500)
  • RED SCARLET-X: $7,950 (old price: $9,700)
  • RED ONE MX: $4,000 (old price: $25,000)

This is what RED's CEO Jim Jannard had to say on reduser.net:
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Top 10 best selling mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras in Japan

By PR admin | Published: November 1, 2012
Rank Manufacturer Model Sensor size Share of sales (%)
1 Olympus E-PL3 MFT 10.6
2 Sony NEX-5N APS-C 10.3
3 Canon EOS M APS-C 9.2
4 Olympus E-PM1 MFT 9.1
5 Panasonic GF5 MFT 8.9
6 Nikon J1 1" sensor 8.3
7 Pentax Ricoh Q 1/2.3" sensor 5.9
8 Sony NEX-F3 APS-C 5.4
9 Sony NEX-C3 APS-C 5.3
10 Olympus E-PL5 MFT 3.5

BCNranking published the top 10 best selling mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras in Japan for the period of January to September October, 2012. Some interesting points:

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Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for October 2012

By PR admin | Published: November 1, 2012

  

  

Those are the top 10 PhotoRumors posts for October 2012:

  1. Rumor: GoPro Hero 3 due before the end of the year
  2. 46.1MP Canon EOS 3D shows up on B&H website
  3. Lomography announces Belair X 6-12 bellows camera
  4. Plustek OpticFilm 120 film scanner now available for pre-order in the US
  5. Rumor: GoPro Hero 3 camera to be announced this week
  6. The latest Canon rumors
  7. Camera concepts
  8. Canon EOS 1Dx gets DxOMarked, almost as good as the Nikon D3s
  9. First sample images scanned with the Plustek OpticFilm 120 professional grade scanner
  10. Celestron Nightscape 8300 CCD camera now shipping 
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First image of the Samsung NX300 mirrorless camera?

By PR admin | Published: November 1, 2012

I received this blurry image of what appears to be the new Samsung NX300 mirrorless camera which already briefly appeared on the company's website a month ago. The NX300 will be the replacement of  the NX210 model. For reference: the back of the camera looks different then the current NX1000 and NX210:

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