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  • Glass at the Photokina

    As we all know, the upcoming Photokina in September is already the center of rumours coming from all parts. I have been trying to give an idea of what could be coming for the major brands in the DSLR market, concentrating mostly on the new bodies to be seen. But there is no end to…

  • Big lenses for the iPhone

    After some years of people trying to hook big lenses onto an iPhone (like above), there is now somebody trying to make this a serious affair: Here is the prototype of something that could become a real product from Vid-Atlantic, a way to solidly attach a Nikon DSLR lens to your iPhone. Little cameras like…

  • 3 new lenses for Sony

    Sony did not wait for Photokina to announce a batch of three new lenses for the Alpha line of DSLR photo cameras. The Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSM (SAL24F20Z) complements the already existing beautiful large-aperture wide-angle lenses from Carl Zeiss (Planar (SAL85F14Z) and Sonnar (SAL135F18Z)). It should be priced high but appealing for most…

  • Photography, so many failures!

    photo credit: davidgsteadman When buying a photo camera, we often research in order to decide if this is the best camera, if its features will be goo enough, but will it be robust enough? Will it be useful or necessary to purchase a warranty contract extension? Will it fail very soon? When somebody asks me…

  • Schneider Kreuznach lenses for Samsung NX

    From Sweden (Feber.se), we learn about the planned new lenses that Schneider Kreuznach will be launching for the recent Samsung NX line of Digital SLR photo cameras. 2010 15mm f/2.3 Super-Angulon 21mm f/2 Super-Angulon 35mm f/1.4 Xenon 55mm f/1.4 Xenon 2011 90mm f/1.8 Tele-Xenar 70mm f/2.8 Claron (Macro)

  • How Pentax and Samsung got to partner on photo lenses [Fun]

    I got this nice little funny text from Lithos in the Pentax Forums. Please, notice that it may (or may not) be what really happened. Here’s how Samsung gets Schneider Kreuznach to make lenses for ’em: SAMSUNG: “We’re making a play, like every other man and his giant-electronics-corporation dog, for the digital camera market. Unfortunately,…

  • 158 lenses = 1 photo camera

    Associate professor Yojiro Ishino and his students at the Nagoya Institute of Technology obtained an official recognition of their achievement when the Guinness World Records certified them as holding the world record for a camera with largest number of lenses. Usually, a DSLR has 1 lens attached. Some 3D cameras have two. This piece of…

  • New lenses for the Samsung NX-10

    As expected, 2010 will be a great year for lenses to strengthen the range delivered to the Samsung NX-10: Samsung announces no less than 10 glasses for this year. To be released during the first half of 2010: 18-55mm F3.5-5.6, Non OIS To be released during the second half of 2010: 20-50mm F3.5-5.6 20mm F2.8…

  • Sony at PMA 2010

    Finally, Sony told us some about the future of the Alpha line of D-SLR cameras. Unfortunately, it does not mean that we will see new cameras soon. The discontinued Alpha 700 will receive a replacement (who is surprised, really?) and it will come with a wide-angle lens Zeiss Distagon T* 24 mm f/2 ZA SSM…