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Fuji shows behind glass Zeiss X mount primes and their own 55-200 f3.5-4.8 OIS XF, February 4, 2013
At the Fuji booth at the CP Plus 2013 Japanese trade show, DC Watch Impress (computer-translated) spotted two interesting lenses behind glass that they were not allowed to touch, the Fuji 55-200 f3.5-4.8 OIS XF and the Zeiss lenses for... Continue

Memory Cards: SD Association shows UHS-II cards at CP Plus in Japan, February 4, 2013
If you find the UHS-I memory cards to be getting rather old, fear not! The SD Association comes to the rescue. At the CP Plus 2013 trade show in Japan, they have shown mock-ups of the UHS-II memory cards, captured... Continue

HTC planning a 3-layer sensor with Ultrapixels for next M7 uberphone, February 4, 2013
Foveon fans may feel some validation today as Pocket Lint writes that HTC will not feature a standard sensor in their new M7 ubersmartphone. Instead it will have "Ultrapixels", which is their marketing speak for a three layer sensor, three... Continue

Ricoh shows live demo of 360-degree omnidirectional camera, February 4, 2013
Oppa Ricoh style! Ricoh was showing live demos at CP Plus of their 360-degree omni-directional (all directions) digital camera. The camera is paired with a smartphone. You can watch the 2-minute video demo at DigInfo.TV (via Pocket Lint) or find... Continue

Pentax signals Full Frame in video interview at PentaxForums, February 4, 2013
PentaxForums interviewed Pentax at CP+ and the Pentax interviewee signaled that the Pentax hierarchy is embracing full frame digital cameras. This was a pre-scheduled interview, so we can be certain the Pentax guys were very careful about what they were... Continue

Tokina working with Pentax on Full Frame Lenses (for Full Frame DSLR - obviously), February 2, 2013
At CP Plus, the PentaxForums News Blog was told by a Tokina employee that Pentax and Tokina are working together on 35mm full frame Pentax-branded lenses for an upcoming Pentax full frame DSLR. Tokina, unlike Tamron, does not sell lenses... Continue

Interview with Canon: 7D Mark II will take it to the next level and will take a while, February 2, 2013
In an interview with DC Watch Impress (computer-translated), Canon's Massaya Maeda, human-translated at the bottom of the Canon Rumors post, said that a 7D successor (aka 7D Mark II) would take things to the next level, it would not just... Continue

Panasonic shows 42.5/1.2 and 150/2.8 primes in Lens Road Map and CP Plus, February 2, 2013
Panasonic has shown two prime lenses at their CP Plus trade show exhibit area and also in their latest Micro Four Thirds Lens Road map. Both the pictures of the lenses and the new road map were captured at dpreview... Continue

Interview: Olympus at dpreview at CP+ 2013, February 2, 2013
dpreview has published their second interview from CP Plus 2013, this time with Olympus featuring Toshi Terada. The Olympus dude says Four Thirds products coming this year, both for the lenses (read: camera(s) that can utilize them) and also for... Continue

Leakage: body pictures of Olympus XZ-10 compact in three colors, January 25, 2013
The internet is a leaky bucket! A new leak at DigiCame Info (computer-translated) revealed a picture of a new Olympus Stylus XZ-10 fixed lens digital camera, available in three body colors (black, white, lavender), along with a retro-style half-case. The... Continue

Goodbye Nokia Pureview (Symbian), Hello Nokia Pureview (Windows), January 24, 2013
The Nokia Pure View 808 is the last Symbian phone from Nokia according to the latest Nokia financial documents as unearthed by Tech Crunch (via Engadget). The Pure View 808 has the 41-megapixel resolution and is currently rated #1 among... Continue

JK Imaging shows Kodak branded M43rs cameras in China, January 21, 2013
JK Imaging is showing Kodak branded Micro Four Thirds digital cameras in China! Just like the Polaroid announcement, the situation is hazy at the moment. The current situation is summarized at dpreview and discussed by photographers in the dpreview comments.... Continue

New Yongnuo YN500EX flash and YN622-N trigger (and YN560-II successor coming), January 14, 2013
Some lighting lightning news now. Yongnuo (China) has announced the new YN500EX flash along with the Nikon-centric YN622-N flash trigger. They also revealed that a new version of the YN560-II is coming soon. Details at Lighting Rumors and Lighting Rumo(u)rs... Continue

Coming up: Kodak-branded interchangeable lens camera (and 52x superzoom), January 10, 2013
A few days ago, Kodak signed a licensing agreement with Southern California based (and probably Chinese manufacturing) JK Imaging. With this agreement, JK Imaging will market digital cameras under the Kodak brand. Fast forward to now, and Amateur Photographer UK... Continue

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,... Continue

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