Panasonic’s newly announced action sports camera, the HX-A100, is way different than a GoPro Hero3 or an Ego Mini because it comes wired to its control unit. But if you don’t mind its “wiry-look,” the wearable camera is waterproof- and dustproof-ready with a battery that can last up to 140 minutes of recording all your [...]
Panasonic just submitted a patent application for a sensor which can adjust the exposure time uniquely for each row of pixels on a sensor. This doesn’t sound like a huge deal at first, but it could seriously increase the perceived dynamic range of an image. If you are taking an image of a landscape, for [...]
Many companies in the photography industry are hurting. Hurting so bad that even the once great and still iconic company Kodak,was forced to declare bankruptcy. At first blush one may be quick to mark off Kodak’s recent turmoil as a simple shift in consumer focus. The emergence of smartphones with high powered cameras has greatly diminished the need [...]
After a series of rumors, Panasonic has finally announced the newest addition to their Micro Four Thirds system of cameras: the GF5. Here’s an excertp from the press release: SECAUCUS, NJ (April 5, 2012) – Panasonic today announced a new digital interchangeable lens system camera, the LUMIX DMC-GF5, which joins Panasonic’s award-winning LUMIX G Series [...]
Rumors have been circulating about a new camera from Panasonic dubbed the GF5. We first heard of this camera just a few days ago when a Chinese celebrity by the name of Angelababy posted a picture of the camera on her Instagram account (viewable above). At the time, all we had to go on was the [...]
Last January, Nauticam announced the NA-V1 underwater housing for the Nikon 1 V1. This month, Nauticam released yet another underwater housing for a mirrorless camera: the NA-GX1. As the name suggests, the NA-GX1 is made specifically for the Panasonic GX1 camera. The NA-GX1 features a “rugged, machined aluminum housing with unmatched ergonomics” and a depth [...]
Just last week, Olympus launched their much-hyped Micro Four Thirds (MFT) camera: the OM-D E-M5. With that announcement, it seems that the new OM-D camera has set a new standard in the MFT category and what Panasonic Director Ichiro Kitao recently revealed in an interview with Amateur Photographer (AP). Kitao, who is Panasonic’s director of [...]
It looks like “old” is the new trend in the camera industry nowadays. With just a couple of months before the unveiling of the rumored Olympus OM-D, which is reportedly going to have the same classic look of the old OM series, Samsung recently announced that they are going to release the NX200 RS “retro” [...]
Aside from showcasing the Lumix Wi-Fi prototype, Panasonic also announced five new Lumix compact cameras at CES 2012. The latest Panasonic cameras are Lumix FH6 and FH8, Lumix SZ7 and SZ1, and Lumix S2. The point-and-shoot cameras consist of features like Mega OIS optical image stabilisation, iA intelligent automatic mode, 10x zoom lenses, and f/2.5 [...]
A couple of concept lenses were showcased by Panasonic in their booth at the recent CES 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two lenses, which are designed for Micro Four Thirds cameras, are the Panasonic Lumix Vario X 12-35mm F2.8 and 35-100mm F2.8. The large-aperture zoom lenses are mockups and were labeled “concept lens” at the [...]