Sony NEX-5T mirrorless camera registered by Taiwan Radio Research Agency

By PR admin | Published: July 29, 2013

Sony NEX-5T mirrorless camera registered by Korean Radio Research Agency

Similar to the Fuji X-A1, the Taiwan Radio Research Agency also has a registration for a Sony NEX-5T mirrorless camera. No technical specifications are available at that point.

Via Digicame-info

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Sigma Poland is counting down to a “revolution” in 4 days

By PR admin | Published: July 28, 2013

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Sigma Poland has published a new website called Sigma Foto Revolution (rewolucja.sigma-foto.pl) that has a running countdown and a slogan that translates to “Destroy the system with Sigma, release is coming” or something like “Overthrow the system with Sigma, there is liberation“. The use of the word “system” is very interesting. On several occasions in the past, Sigma has officially said that they will not pursue a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (see this and this posts).

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Adobe Lightroom 5 update expected next week

By PR admin | Published: July 28, 2013

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Adobe published on their blog that a new version of Lightroom 5 will be released next week and it will contain fixes for “hot issues” (a list of the top 5 hot issues in LR5 can be found here).

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Fuji X-A1 camera registered by Korean Radio Research Agency

By PR admin | Published: July 28, 2013

Fuji X-A1 camera registered by Korean Radio Research Agency

The Korean Radio Research Agency has a new registration for a Fujifilm X-A1 camera. The X-A1 will be the new entry level camera from Fuji (no X-Trans sensor inside) and is expected to be announced at the end of August.

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Rumored Panasonic GX7 pictures and specs surface online

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2013

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The German magazine fotomagazin.de leaked the first pictures of the upcoming Panasonic GX7 MFT camera. Here are the detailed specifications:

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Lomography kickstarts a Petzval portrait lens for Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2013

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Lomography, in cooperation with Zenit, started a kickstarter project on a Petzval portrait lens for Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras (as many of you guessed correctly in this post). The lens is currently in production, the first prototypes are expected in the next month or two. For more information, visit this page.

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Fuji’s last X-Pro1 firmware update was faulty

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2013

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Fujifilm issued a statement that the last X-Pro1 firmware update was faulty. It seems that the problem is serious since they ask customers to contact Fuji support if the firmware was already installed:

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Canon files patent for a 50mm f/1.8 lens with image stabilization

By PR admin | Published: July 24, 2013

Canon 50mm f:1.8 lens with image stabilization patent

Canon filed a patent in Japan for a new 50mm f/1.8 lens with image stabilization (IS):

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Deal of the day: two SanDisk 16GB SDHC Extreme class 10 UHS-I memory card for $47.50

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

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B&H is currently selling two SanDisk 16GB SDHC Extreme class 10 UHS-I memory card for $47.50. Note that those cards are new versions with improved read/write speed: maximum read speed is 80MB/s and maximum write speed is 60MB/s.

Few other deals:

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Lomography published clues for a new product announcement on Thusday

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

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Lomography has published four article-teasers for an upcoming mystery product that will be announced on Thursday, July 25th. Can you make any sense of the attached images/clues?

Update: as several readers have mentioned in the comments section, the new product will most likely be a Petzval lens. For more info check this and this link.

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Rumors: Canon is testing a 75MP Pro DSLR camera

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

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Photographybay reported a rumor that Canon is currently testing a high resolution 75MP Canon DSLR camera that will come in a pro body (like the 1Dx). The camera will have new processor(s) in order to handle the huge image files accordingly and a very hight frame rate (fps). Announcement could happen before the end of 2013, but the new camera will be available somewhere in 2014.

This rumor makes sense since Nikon is also expected to announce a high megapixel pro DSLR body (D4x).

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First picture of the upcoming Fuji XF 23mm f/1.4 R lens

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2013

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This picture on Fuji’s website appears to be the upcoming Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 R lens (35mm equivalent). The new lens will have a distance scale and 62mm filter thread. According to the latest roadmap, the 23mm f/1.4 lens is expected to be announced by the end of the year.

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