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Sony a7R II vs. a7S II cameras comparisons (videos)

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2016

B&H published a series of videos comparing the Sony a7R II and a7S II cameras:

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FujiRumors.net and SonyCameraRumors.com

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2016

I recently registered FujiRumors.net and SonyCameraRumors.com domains and they now point to the corresponding Fuji and Sony sections of this blog for an easy access (in case you are interested only in a particular brand). I already separated PentaxRumors.com into a separate blog. Stay tuned – there are some more “exciting” news coming soon.

Posted in Fuji, Sony| 32 Comments

Samsung already registered for the 2016 Photokina show

By PR admin | Published: January 10, 2016

For some odd reason Samsung is already listed/registered to be part of the 2016 Photokina show that will take place in September (thanks for the tip Tinus). Maybe they registered before they decided to kill their camera business or maybe they really have something new to announce?

See the latest Samsung news and rumors.

Posted in Samsung| Tagged Photokina 2016| 17 Comments

The latest patents from Canon, SIgma and Konica Minolta

By PR admin | Published: January 10, 2016

→ Canon EF 24-300mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens patent.

→ Canon CN-E 70-200mm f/2.8 lens patent (Super 35mm).

→ Canon has an interesting patent where the sensor of a DSLR camera is moving forward in order to use the camera with EF-M lenses.

→ Canon EF-M 55-300mm f/4.5-6.3 DO IS STM lens patent.

→ Sigma has a new patent for a 120-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports lens.

Posted in Canon, Konica Minolta| Tagged Patents| 4 Comments

Lexar memory cards sale

By PR admin | Published: January 10, 2016

There is a new Lexar memory cards sale over at Adorama (link to all):

Lexar 32GB 1000x Class 10 UHS-II (U3) microSDHC: $28.95
Lexar 64GB 1000x Class 10 UHS-II (U3) microSDXC: $49.95
Lexar 64GB 1066x CompactFlash – 2 Pack: $159.90
Lexar 128GB 1066x Compact Flash – 2 Pack: $289.95
Lexar 32GB 1400x XQD 2.0 up to 210MB/s read & 80MB/s write speed: $69.95
Lexar 64GB 1400x XQD 2.0 Up to 210MB/s read & 80MB/s write speed: $119.95
Lexar 16GB 633x Class 10 UHS-I U1 SDHC – 2 Pack: $21.95
Lexar 32GB 633x Class 10 UHS-I U3 SDHC – 2 Pack: $28.95
Lexar 64GB 633x Class 10 UHS-I U3 SDXC – 2 Pack: $54.95
Lexar 32GB 1000x UHS-II U3 SDHC – 2 Pack: $44.95
Lexar 64GB 1000x UHS-II U3 SDXC – 2 Pack: $72.95
Lexar 128GB 1000x UHS-II U3 SDXC – 2 Pack: $121.95
Lexar 256GB 1000x UHS-II U3 SDXC – 2 Pack: $257.95
Lexar Multi-Card 25-in-1 USB 3.0 Memory Card Reader: $19.95
Lexar High-Performance microSDHC / microSXHC 633x class 10 UHS-I memory card with USB 3.0 reader:

Posted in Deals, Lexar| 1 Comment

Nikon: the Samsung deal was a “hoax”, there was never even a talk about it

By PR admin | Published: January 9, 2016

In a recent AP interview, Dirk Jesper (Product Manager for Professional Products and Product Planning at Nikon Europe) called the speculation that Nikon bought Samsung’s NX camera business a “hoax” and added that there was never even a talk about it:

Posted in Nikon, Samsung| Tagged Nikon buying Samsung NX camera business, SAR clickbait, SAR fake rumors| 105 Comments

GoPro and Samsung are also working on 360 degree action cameras

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2016

Shortly after Nikon announced their first KeyMission 360 action camera (pricing not yet available), GoPro also confirmed that their own 360º camera is in development. It seems that Samsung is also working on one:

Posted in GoPro, Nikon, Samsung| Tagged 360 degree cameras| 17 Comments

Kodak Astro AZ901 90x zoom camera spotted at CES

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2016

JK Imaging (I think) quietly introduced a new Kodak Astro Zoom AZ901 camera with a 90x optical zoom (FIY: the Nikon Coolpix P900 camera has “only” 83x zoom). This is all the information we have so far:

Posted in JK Imaging, Kodak| Tagged CES 2016| 18 Comments

Upcoming Fuji and Olympus announcements

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2016

Today I received confirmations on the dates for the upcoming Fuji and Olympus announcements:

Fuji will have an announcement on January 15th, expected: Fuji X70, X-Pro2, X-E2S, XP90 cameras and XF 140-400mm f/4-5.6 R LM OIS WR lens
Olympus will have an announcement on January 27th, expected: new Olympus PEN-F digital camera

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Not a single Samsung camera or lens was on display at the 2016 CES show

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2016

A reader reported few days ago that there was not a single Samsung camera or lens on display at the 2016 CES show in Las Vegas.

There have been multiple reports in the past few months that Samsung is/will be pulling out of the camera business. There is still no official confirmation from the company.

Posted in Samsung| Tagged CES 2016, Samsung closing camera business| 17 Comments

Full list of upcoming Fuji cameras and lenses

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2016

A quick update on the upcoming Fuji announcement: in addition to the Fuji X70, X-Pro2, X-E2S cameras and XF 140-400mm f/4-5.6 R LM OIS WR lens the company will announce also a new waterproof FinePix XP90 model (replacement for the current XP80).

Via Digicame-info

Posted in Fuji| 6 Comments

What else is new at the 2016 CES show?

By PR admin | Published: January 7, 2016

In addition to my CES coverage here on PhotoRumors and NikonRumors, here are few other photo related products that got announced during the 2016 consumer electronics show (full list with pricing is available here and here):

Posted in Kodak, Polaroid, Sony, Zeiss| Tagged CES 2016, Kodak Super 8 camera| 1 Comment

Photography news, before it happens

Sony a7R II vs. a7S II cameras comparisons (videos)

FujiRumors.net and SonyCameraRumors.com

Samsung already registered for the 2016 Photokina show

The latest patents from Canon, SIgma and Konica Minolta

Lexar memory cards sale

Nikon: the Samsung deal was a “hoax”, there was never even a talk about it

GoPro and Samsung are also working on 360 degree action cameras

Kodak Astro AZ901 90x zoom camera spotted at CES

Upcoming Fuji and Olympus announcements

Not a single Samsung camera or lens was on display at the 2016 CES show

Full list of upcoming Fuji cameras and lenses

What else is new at the 2016 CES show?

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