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Sony DSC-RX1R announced, Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Sony DSC-RX1R

Sony has introduced the new Cyber-shot RX1R full-frame premium compact camera. In terms of operation and functionality the RX1R is exactly the same as the RX1 that’s been on sale since last Fall, the only difference being that it has no anti-aliasing (AA) filter. In theory, this means that you’ll get even better resolution than the original RX1, with the trade-off of increased moiré. Everything else remains the same as before, which means that the RX1R sports an F2, 35mm lens, 24MP CMOS sensor, 1080/60p movie recording, and much more.
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Fujifilm Fujinon XF 27mm f/2.8 Pancake R lens announced, Price, Specs, Where to Buy

Fujifilm XF 27mm f 2.8 Pancake lens

Fujifilm has introduced the XF 27mm F2.8, a compact ‘pancake’ lens for its X-system cameras. It’s just 23mm thick and weighs only 78g, making it by far the smallest X-mount lens. This means there’s no space for an aperture ring, so X-Pro1 and X-E1 owners will need to update their firmware to allow aperture setting from the camera’s rear control dial.
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Fujifilm X-M1 announced, Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Fujifilm X-M1

The Fujifilm X-M1 now officially announced, a compact-bodied mirrorless camera that features a rather different design to its previous models. Instead of ‘traditional’ shutter speed and exposure compensation dials, the X-M1 uses twin electronic control dials to change exposure parameters. It has a tilting 920k dot 3″ LCD screen but no eye-level viewfinder, and uses the same 16MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS sensor as the X-Pro1 and X-E1. It comes with a new kit zoom, the XC 16-50mm F3.6-5.6 OIS that offers a 24-75mm equivalent range and optical stabilisation, but has no aperture ring.
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Pentax K-500 announced, Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Pentax K-500

Pentax has refreshed its entry level DSLR lineup with the announcement of K-500. The K-500, meanwhile, gets most of the K-50‘s features – the main loss being weather sealing – in a less expensive package.
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Pentax K-50 announced, Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Pentax K-50

Pentax has refreshed its entry level DSLR lineup with the announcement of the K-50. The K-50 is an update of the K-30, featuring less controversial styling and slightly tweaked processing, helping it offer a maximum ISO of 51,200. While not radically different from the K-30, this camera brings twin dial controls and 100% glass prism viewfinders to price points, where features are rare. Alongside the cameras, Pentax is launching revised, DA-L versions of its 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 WR and 55-200mm F4-5.6 WR lenses.
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Pentax Q7 announced, Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Pentax Q7

Pentax Ricoh has announced the Pentax Q7 – its latest Q-mount camera and the first to feature a larger, 1/1.7″ type sensor. The 7.44 x 5.58mm, 12MP BSI CMOS sensor is the same size as the one used in many enthusiast compacts, with the company claiming a 60% improvement in S/N ratio over the existing Q10. This improvement also allows the camera to focus faster in low light.
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Leica X Vario (Mini M) announced, Price, Specs, Where to Buy

Leica X Vario

Leica camera AG today now officially announced the Leica X Vario Type 107 (Leica Mini M) – the world’s first compact camera with an APS-C sensor and fixed zoom lens. Its Vario Elmar 18-46mm 1:3.5-6.4 ASPH lens offers a 28-70mm equivalent range, and sits in front of a 16.1MP CMOS sensor. Viewing is via a 920k dot 3″ LCD, or the same optional plug-in EVF as used by the M Typ 240 and X2. As we’d expect from Leica the camera has a full set of traditional analogue controls for shutter speed, aperture and exposure compensation
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EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x Price, Specs, Release Date, Where to Buy

Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender

Canon has announced the EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x – a top-end telephoto zoom with a built-in switchable teleconverter, whose development was first announced back in February 2011. Simply flicking a lever at the rear of the barrel converts it to a 280-560mm f/5.6 lens. Designed for professional sports and wildlife photographers, it includes an array of top-end features such as Power Focus for movie shooting, and IS ‘mode 3’ that only applies stabilisation at the point of exposure, aiding panning. It also offers weathersealed construction, 4-stop image stabilisation, and a minimum focus distance of 2m.

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