interview archives (180 posts)
Polaroid Saga continues: Sensor found in Camera Body (also: rewatch Engadget interview), January 9, 2013
Never a dull moment with the new Polaroid mirrorless system. It appears the whole internet may have to use its collective wisdom in order to figure out what these cameras really are ;-) At the bottom of the hands-on report...
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Live Interview with Polaroid CEO: Wednesday at 4pm New York City time, January 8, 2013
This is a reminder! On Wednesday at 4pm New York City time (1pm Vegas time), Engadget will be hosting a live interview with the current Polaroid CEO. There is also a live chat room at the aforelinked page, so that...
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Ask the Camera Companies Questions via Imaging Resource, January 7, 2013
Imaging Resource is planning to interview seven major digital camera manufacturers on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and they are collecting questions from photographers. So if you have something you want to ask, be sure to let Imaging Resource know!. The...
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Mark your calendars: Engadget live interviews with RED and Polaroid, January 7, 2013
Mark your calendars! Engadget has scheduled two camera-related live interviews at CES + PMA 2013 in Vegas! Here they are: + Tuesday Jan 8 at 4pm NYC time with RED co-founder Ted S. + Wedn Jan 9 at 4pm NYC...
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Panasonic considering Android for cameras (but implementation at least 1 year away), January 7, 2013
The Amateur Photographer UK talked to Panasonic representatives and were told that Panasonic is considering Android for digital cameras, but such an implementation would be at least one year away. As part of the previously mentioned CES 2013 press conference,...
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Three Leica video interviews (40 min runtime) from Photokina 2012 available now, January 6, 2013
If you are anxiously waiting for the wave of new digital camera announcements and you are looking for something camera-related to do while waiting, and you have 40 minutes to spare, Megapixel.co.il has finally published three Leica video interviews they...
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Olympus Executives: Non-FT camera compatible with Four Thirds lenses in later 2013, December 30, 2012
In multiple interviews in the past, Olympus executives, while avoiding to reveal specifics, have been hinting repeatedly at a hybrid solution as their flagship, a M43rds camera that can also make the most of their existing Four Thirds SLR lenses....
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Olympus whistleblower CEO interviewed (his book is now available for purchase), December 1, 2012
Camera manufacturer executives are typically flying under the radar, getting nowhere near the notoriety and scrutiny and the political and corporate intrigue and hero worship as the CEOs of high profile companies. But the Olympus scandal changed that, and not...
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Interview with Sigma: no obstacles to Full Frame Foveon sensor, November 21, 2012
The new CEO of Sigma, Kazuto Yamaki, gave an text-based interview to LensTip.com, the english version of Optyczne.pl. This was a concise and on-topic interview. Of interest to full frame fans, the Sigma CEO said: "...Technologically speaking there are no...
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Interview with Samsung on Android cameras, NX, Lenses, etc at Imaging Resource, October 30, 2012
Interview time! Imaging Resource has published a detailed text-based interview with Samsung discussing their endeavor into Android digital cameras. In addition to a variety of Android-related topics, the interview also talks about their NX mirrorless cameras and lenses, possibility of...
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Interview: 20-minute video interview with Panasonic Europe (GH3, etc), October 21, 2012
The Photokina 2012 interviews are rolling out at Megapixel.co.il. They have now published their Panasonic Video Interview, a total of 20 minutes runtime, talking a lot about the GH3 and more! The aforelinked page also has a picture of two...
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Aptina talks details about their 1-inch sensor in dpreview interview, October 17, 2012
Interview time again! Aptina recently officially announced their 1-inch imaging sensor for digital cameras, and an Aptina VP talked to dpreview in detail about the new 1-inch sensor. The discussion went into some technical depth as well. The Aptina dude...
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Interview with Sony President at dpreview covers multiple segments, October 15, 2012
Having interview withdrawal after the end of Photokina? Fear not, a new interview has arrived, it is a wide-ranging interview with the Sony President and COO, Philip Molyneux at dpreview.com. With Sony being involved in many aspects of the imaging...
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AP UK and BJP hold Leica accountable for Mirrorless denials, October 10, 2012
As you may recall recalling, in an earlier joint interview in June 2011 with Amateur Photographer UK and British Journal of Photography, two well-known photography magazines, Leica executives said that a compact system camera system from Leica was going to...
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Canon Europe: no EVF for EOS-Mirrorless, September 22, 2012
In answering a question submitted by an Amateur Photographer forum reader, a Canon Europe representative told Amateur Photographer UK: "... We are not seeing a requirement for EVFs ...". His mention of smartphones may perhaps reveal one of the target...
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