Fujifilm Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 R lens announced

By PR admin | Published: September 5, 2013

Fujifilm XF 23mm f:1.4 R lens
Fuji officially announced the Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 R lens. The price is $899.95, shipping will start on October 16, 2013, Amazon is now accepting pre-orders. Sample images from the new lens can be found here.

Press release:

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Adobe announces Photoshop Photography Program: Photoshop, Lightroom and 20GB of storage for $9.99 per month, starting September 17th

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2013

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Another rumor materialized today: Adobe announced a new Photoshop Photography Program that includes Photoshop CC, Lightroom 5, Behance ProSite and 20GB of storage for $9.99 per month:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2013

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Ilford opened its first black and white film development lab in the US to meet demand for traditional silver gelatin black and white images.

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Sony Image Sensor business is booming, see original article. More information available here.

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Canon looks for opportunities in surveillance as camera growth slows down.

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Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to prosecute Olympus over the financial scandal from last year.

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For tomorrow: Pentax Theta 360 camera and Fuji XF 23mm f/1.4 R lens announcements

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2013

Pentax Theta 360 camera
For tomorrow’s scheduled press event Ricoh will most likely announce a new 360° camera called Pentax Theta 360. Such camera was rumored last year, but the Pentax acquisition by Ricoh probably delayed the announcement. Various prototypes of similar camera were shown at Photokina (by Pentax) and during the CES show (by Ricoh). The above screenshot taken earlier today is from Ricoh/Pentax website but the page is now removed. You can still access the cached pages here. There could also be other new products that will be introduced.

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Confirmed: Olympus E-M1 camera announcement on September 10th

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2013

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Digicame-info published an Olympus invitation for a press event scheduled for next week and confirmed what I already reported last week: the Olympus E-M1 camera and  M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-40mm f/2.8 lens will be announced on September 10th.

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Sony announcement: QX100 and QX10 lens camera modules and three new camcorders

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2013

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Sony officially announced the following new products:

Hands-on videos:

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Rumors: Panasonic working on new pancake power zoom lenses

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2013

Panasonic Lumix 14mm f:2.5 G Aspherical Lens for Micro Four Thirds

I received some information that Panasonic is working on a whole new series of pancake power zoom lenses for Micro Four Thirds cameras that will be similar in size to the current 14mm f/2.5 prime (pictured above). I expect to receive more detailed information in the coming weeks and months.

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Kodak exits bankruptcy, now a “technology company serving imaging for business markets”

By PR admin | Published: September 3, 2013

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Well, they did it: today Kodak officially announced that they are exiting bankruptcy and will continue to exists as a “technology company serving imaging for business markets – including packaging, functional printing, graphic communications and professional services“. Here is the full press release:

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New Sony Sport Cam HDR-AS30 to be announced tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: September 3, 2013

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In few hours Sony will also announce a new HDR-AS30 sport cam that will replace the previous HDR-AS10 and HDR-AS15 models. The markings on the new version indicate a 12MP Exmor sensor and GPS capabilities.

Via Sonyactioncam2

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What happened to the Pentax 645 system?

By PR admin | Published: September 3, 2013

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The upcoming Ricoh press conference got me thinking about the company’s current line of photo products and I realized that this year they were supposed to announce three new 645 lenses but unless I have missed something, there has been no word on those products. The expected new 645 lenses are:

  • Wide zoom (24-45mm)
  • Standard zoom (45-90mm)
  • Tele zoom (90-200mm)

Before the 2013 Photokina show there were some rumors that a new 645D camera will be announced during the show, but this never happened. Is Ricoh Imaging still committed to the 645 medium format system?

As of today online stores still have the Pentax 645D camera listed for sale at $6,996.95 (the original price at launch was $9,995.95)

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Ricoh press conference at IFA scheduled for Thursday, September 5th

By PR admin | Published: September 3, 2013

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The 2013 IFA Consumer Electronic Show will start this Friday (September 6th). Ricoh has scheduled a press conference for Thursday, September 5 at 3:00pm CEST. I have no idea what will be announced but if you do, please let me know. On the same website you can also watch the live Sony press conference tomorrow.

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Sony QX100 and QX10 promo video leaked few hours before the official announcment

By PR admin | Published: September 3, 2013

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The promo video for the Sony QX100 and QX10 lens camera modules for smart phones is now available on YouTube few hours before the official announcement:

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