3D archives (67 posts)
Sony reveals eleven new Cybershots, plus Bloggies, 3D dual-everything camcorder, and camcorders w/built-in projectors, January 5, 2011
Sony has launched eleven fixed-lens point and shoot models. Sony is touting their 3D feature with one-lens and one-sensor that works for both stills and movies. How much this is marketing BS and how effective it will be? Well, time...
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Reviews Etc (E-5, GF2, 60D, S95, FX700, etc) {Firmware: SD15}, January 3, 2011
Happy Gnu Year! The "Review Train" has a new name. Over time it organically veered off into other semi-related topics, so now it has a more descriptive name, "Reviews Etc". As usual, lens reviews can be found at the Lens...
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Rollei launches 3D two-sensor/lens "prime" camera and 3D digital picture frame, December 23, 2010
Rollei has fired the first shot camera-wise of CES 2011 with a new 3D camera, the PowerFlex 3D, with two 1/2.5" CMOS sensors and it looks like a pair of "prime" "normal" lenses. Launched as well is a new 7-inch...
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Review Mini-Train (E-5, 14mm M43rds 3-way, HD-DSLR Follow Focus round-up, etc), December 16, 2010
We don't have a lot of new reviews today, so instead of a train, we have a pony ride ;-) As usual, lens reviews can be found at the Lens Reviews stable. We start with the Olympus E-5 getting a...
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Review Train (Nikon D7000, D3100, Pentax K-r, 60D, A55, GH2, etc), December 13, 2010
The flow of reviews has slowed down but has not stopped! Time for a new round-up! For previous editions of the "Review Train" and other review-related posts, please check the Reviews category. For lens reviews, as usual, check the Lens...
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Trend-spotting: What are the manufacturers promoting in the magazines?, December 8, 2010
Time for some "trend spotting". We take a look at what the major manufacturers are promoting in the year-end (December 2010) editions of two popular photography print magazines, Popular Photography and Shutterbug. Both issues are thicker than usual - save...
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Review Train (Ricoh GXR, Hogan's Mirrorless War, etc), December 2, 2010
Time for a brand new edition of the "Review Train"! We start with 4-way mirrorless shootout by Tom Hhogan squaring off the Sony NEX-5, Samsung NX100, Panasonic GF1, and Olympus E-PL1! He also includes a handy lens chart of each...
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Review Train (Samsung NX100, Nikon D3100, Fuji Real3D W3, etc), October 25, 2010
Time for a new modest-size edition of the "Review Train"! For lens reviews, be sure to visit and bookmark the Lens Reviews page. Mirror mirror on the cyber-wall, which is the most aggressively-priced Photokina mirrorless cameras of all? Why, the...
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Review Train (Canon 60D, Sony A33, Samsung EX1/TL500, Nikon P7000, etc), October 20, 2010
Time for a new edition of the "Review Train". As usual, the latest lens reviews, including the Sony Zeiss 24mm f2 review at dpreview, and perhaps the first review of the new Samsung 20-50mm NX i-Function lens can be found...
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Minox provides more details on unconventional four-lens PX3D 3D camera, September 21, 2010
Minox teased about the PX3D before the Photokina trade-show began, and today they are providing more details! According to the Minox-PX page, the first production models will come out in the summer of 2011 (twenty-eleven)! The aforementioned site includes a...
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Also new: Sony prototypes and roadmap, Ricoh A12 (28mm f2.5 APS-C), Leica versions of LX5 and FZ100, Samyang lenses, Minox 3D, September 21, 2010
In addition to everything else, here is a brief summary of what else has been announced. We will go in detail on all these later on... + Sony development announcements include advanced pellicle-mirror camera, lenses, lens roadmap for 2011 and...
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Panasonic announces expected trio of lenses: 14mm f2.5 pancake, 100-300mm f4-5.6 OIS, 12.5mm f12 3D, September 21, 2010
In addition to the Lumix GH2 camera, Panasonic has announced the trio of expected and promised lenses. We will have more on these tomorrow. + 14mm f2.5 pancake + 100-300mm f4-5.6 MegaOIS + 12.5mm f12 3D lens In Japan, the...
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Panasonic brochure leak: 3D lens is 25mm f12 fixed, 100-300mm f4-5.6, September 19, 2010
Brochure leaks are the new trend at Photokina 2010! 43rumors.com has received a b+w scan of a Panasonic M43rds lens sheet that shows the Panasonic 100-300mm f4-5.6 lens and the Panasonic 3D lens, where it is revealed it has a...
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Long interview with Samsung President: on mirrorless, 3D with one lens/sensor, sales of Dual-View, market share, & more, September 16, 2010
On the 3D front, Image Sensors World writes that according to an interview with the Samsung President with Korea Times, Samsung is planning on "one lens one sensor" 3D cameras, with a "guinea pig" in 2011, before the technology matures...
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New 3D camera by Minox (Minox PX 3D) to be revealed on Sept-20, September 16, 2010
Photoscala.de writes that Minox is teasing a September 20 announcement at Photokina where they will reveal a 3D camera of sorts that works without the need for special glasses or other gadgets. Minox has a special website for this "Minox...
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