Hasselblad Announces HC 120 mm macro II and HC 50 mm-II

Photokina 2010: Hasselblad announced upgraded it to a macro 120 mm and 50 mm HC series medium format lenses. HC macro 120-II and HC 50 mm-II optimized for Shooting and gives them a better Close range performance, greater precision. The company also release a firmware update for medium format cameras H4D series later this year, which brings the number of additional features for customer feedback.
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Septemeber 2010: Cruiser September 2009 H4D System except those marked with a new line of cameras, but it introduced a new advanced technology photography unique True Focus and absolute position Lock properties to the world.Access to the renowned HC/HCD lens family is no wonder that the H4D has been received so well H4D camera line now provides a number of different models, including the H4D-40, which are designed for 35 mm DSLR users that you want to add the medium format to meet the needs of creative Tools.The remaining H4D-series includes templates to 50-60 megapixel sensors, as well as Hasselblad's multi-shot unique-H 4 d-50MS.
Always striving to provide the world's best photographers, Hasselblad camera system introduced two new HC lenses, the strengthening of the H-system of the lens of the family with the new HC 50 mm-II and HC 120 mm macro-II. Both lenses are a new optical design has significantly improved the delivery of
performance. New lenses are now available.
HC 50 mm-II
HC 50-II, and its relatively large 35 mm-equivalent focal length 31.4 mm, is versatile, allpurpose-glass, which can be used in many different applications.Updated optical design provides accuracy and even more the performance of the image area.Collapse the range is also
improved to provide better performance while maintaining the level of the image of an object at least 0,6 m from parts of the lens features 11.7 groups, focusing on the mechanism and a wide gap has a wide range of f/3.3-f/32.
HC 120 mm macro-II
HC 120-II macro lens is also an extremely versatile glass, by combining an excellent macro capture properties (the lowest level of the object, as shown in Figure 0.39 m of distance, and the largest image on a scale of 1: 1), as well as its a little longer focal length, which is the ideal product and portrait photography (35 mm equivalent focal length 73.5 mm).The updated optical lens design provides many improvements, including better resolution and, above all, close to the region.-in particular macro work-new lens offers enhanced color correction, cleaner unsharp areas free from the lens in the front of the color cast. Focusing the source element 9 9 groups within the optimum measuring range of f/4 aperture-f, 45, when closed, offers the perfect depth of field.
The two new lenses in addition to the introduction of the Hasselblad will soon free firmware update for the cameras in response to customer feedback system H4D and requests.
New H4D function plug-ins

E-spirit level:
This new feature to the landscape (horizontal) and vertical (portrait) positions by using two different graphical interfaces, depending on the direction that the camera automatically adjusts the camera easily LCD rear offer users a three-dimensional virtual server level. direct feed-back is the levelling of the viewfinder. all this shall be carried out in accordance with the accuracy of the H4D's yaw rate sensor factory calibrated-mode or user calibrated setting. HTS 1.5 the tilt and shift converter users get a clear and precise as a starting point for writing cant Photography.
Preview the invisibility mode:
When Shooting invisibility mode, users can select the preview shows the rear panel of the camera's LCD Remote for viewing directly on the camera.
Data display:
A simple press of a button, where the camera information is displayed in the rear LCD. priority will be given to the New graphical user interface as well as the settings such as aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and other information with the remaining number of frames.
GIL support H4D-60:
Firmware update adds full support for Hasselblad Global positioning GPS device H4D-60. this new functionality, which now support all GIL H2D/H3D/H4D-cameras.
The firmware update, can be released before the end of this year is available for download free of charge: www.hasselblad.com.
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Samyang 8 mm F3 inform. 5 Fish-eye-videographers

Photokina 2010:Samyang has released its 8 mm F3.5 Fish-eye lens filmmakers optimized version. APS-C Canon and Nikon DSLRs video on DSLR, V-8 mm F3.5 Aspherical If MC Fish-eye CS optical front window still photography version features, but the spatial focus on tracking Focus system is customized.
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Filmmakers to meet the needs of the Samyang optics has decided to launch a new generation product of 14.000 – super wide angle lens Samyang Video-DSLR 8 mm F3.5 Aspherical If MC Fish-eye tracking Focus systems adapted to CS.
Samyang V DSLR 8 mm F3.5 Aspherical If MC Fish-eye CS is a high-quality super wide angle manual should be set at an angle of view 180 ° „ of the lens of the Fish-eye ". Samyang V DSLR 8 mm F3.5 Aspherical If MC Fish-eye, in the context of the CS will be built, the front optical, such as the Samyang 8 mm F3.5 Aspherical If MC Fish-eye, which is becoming increasingly popular among photographers throughout the world.The new lens is designed for a film with APS-C reflex cameras and custom tracking Focus system.Lens offer much better image quality and is much more practical than reputable brands similar and expensive products.
On the basis of a comparison of photographic version smoothly adjustable mesh size, the shape of the case have been modified and sharpness performing tyres have been replaced by bars. This change will allow smoothly and precisely define parameters follow Focus. Indexes have been translated into 90 ° reading during the voyage, in order to facilitate the filming. in addition, the tulip housing Samyang V DSLR 8 mm F3.5 Aspherical If MC Fish-eye CS has been replaced by a broad collar.
Lens Construction • 10 components/7 groups
• 1 aspherical lens element

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Foolography bluetooth GPS connectors Nikon D90 and Dx000 unleashed

According to Germany, Foolography has released its Geotagging bluetooth modules versions of Nikon D5000, D7000 D3100, and D90. Enterprise Unleashed modules GPS or cable release socket Nikon's DSLRs and collect and embed external bluetooth GPS receivers where the date is displayed. The module is Unleashed Dx000 D3100, D5000 and D7000, while Unleashed D90 is suitable only for this particular model. They relate to the enterprise's existing module D200 and up, and are both available now and the retail price of EUR 149.
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Lensbaby introduces the cant transformer for mirrorless camera

Photokina 2010: Lensbaby is enabled Tilt transformer adapter to Nikon lenses Micro four-thirds are installed or will Sony NEX cameras tilt effects. In addition, the company announced also Composer Tilt with the transformer, which allows users to incorporate your corporate Optic Switch system lens and accessories for Tilt transformer. Priced $ 250 and 350 EUR accordingly, they are available now, four-thirds cameras, Micro behind Sony version later this year.
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New creative effects of Micro four thirds lens and Sony a NEX cameras features hire Plugin cant photography with Nikon mount lenses cant number of photographers unprecedented Tilt transformer
Portland, OR – in September, 2010-Lensbaby Lensbaby effects today informs the Creative Assembly, Tilt the camera products transformer ™ available as soon as the Panasonic Lumix G Micro System ™ and Olympus PEN ® digital cameras and Q4 2010 for the Sony ® a NEX cameras are connected to the latest Appendix ®.
Tilt adapter to Nikon photographers mount all the Micro lens mount ® four-thirds or Sony a NEX camera on and two times the standard tilt-shift lenses, number of pictures that are the focus to an unlimited soft blur the image slice.
"More creative tools a photographer better are free to express his or her unique vision." said Craig Strong, founder and Chairman of the Lensbaby. "We got excited when we realized that the Lensbaby Optic swap could be extended to Nikon mount camera lenses, including the primes, fisheyes, zoom and macro lenses. This unique design Micro four thirds cameras and Sony a NEX to photographers more freedom to capture images, they will see their mind's eye, by opening a new creative unprecedented opportunities. examining, produces a unique and compelling photographs that photography artists make new creative tools."
Tilt transformer also acts as a Focus for the Foundation for the composer to the front when you use one., they become with Tilt for Micro four-thirds of the transformer or Sony a NEX cameras are connected to. This offers photographers access to Lensbaby Optic Switch ™ hilarious creativity offered by the system.
CANT TRANSFORMER:
Tilt adapter allows photographers to tilt the lens in relation to their Nikon mount fluidly more than twice as much as the standard tilt shift lens, with an additional control over the whole photographers and the location of the sector through the application of the photo. Tilt Swivel transformer patent pending design sphere is based on code developed by award winning Lensbaby Lensbaby composer ® creative effects on the camera lens.Rotary ball on the front of the Nikon-mount, allowing photographers mount Nikon mount lenses.
Tilting Nikon mount lens Tilt transformer containing More focus sector different guidelines within the image.Vertical, horizontal and diagonal slices are possible, depending on the direction of the lens is tilted. foreground and background objects within that sector to focus on, for example, one person can focus on the photographer near even while also focus on much further away to someone standing in the right frame of the camera in the left portion of the frame.The choice to focus on multiple items at the same time (when out of the picture in the rest of the hämärtymisenä) for each item is placed in a different distance from the camera, it is usually possible to traditional tilt-shift lenses or view cameras.
The focus in the sector size is dependent on the mesh size used. for example, f/1.4 produces very thin slice a blur focus. F/22 is produced by the focus with only a small bit blur is a very broad sector.When very tilting and is very open hole shooting, such as the f/1.4, the focus is also reflected in the sector even thinner than when Shooting f/1.4 with as little as possible the tilt at.
Because of the occasional tilt with the photographers available Tilt transformer can produce as possible with the standard tilt-shift lenses will focus on the more extreme dimension line sector.For example, with the focus on extreme Tilt transformer photographer in the lower-left hand frame camera very close to the object while at the same time extremely focused on the upper-right corner of the object on the infinite.
Tilt-transformer product information and properties:
Available on the Panasonic Lumix G Micro immediately series and Olympus PEN digital cameras and Q4 by 2010, because Sony a NEX with Nikon cameras. When mount glass, produces the focus through the sector focus slice imageWidth is dependent on the hole-f/1.4 produces very thin slice a blur when f/22 is produced by a very broad sector focus only a little tiny focus, blur.Extreme cant is very bright aperture makes use of that sector are even thinnerTilts no more than twice as long as the standard tilt-shift lenses can be achieved by the more extreme the blur the focus very thin slice selective use of falling, the focus for the width and focus the invoice-off, the typical tilt shift lens compared to normal sector. Built, the system allows the lenses for Nikon (g) all openings. Nikon G lenses is not a gap in the ring on the lens itself. This mechanism is open and close by rotating the high quality metal lens. swivel ball smooth, fluid tiltEasy grip, the lock ring controls easily customize tiltAll metal construction and precision metal hole
Composer: Tilt with transformer
Lensbaby-program is a manual focus lens between the ball and socket configuration, which provides smooth selective focus and other creative photography displays an unparalleled ability to tilt the Photographers easily. simply desired angle of the glass and then focus on the manual tarkennettavaa with. tyre remains in the position of the Program that you want to sweep without locking mechanism.
Tilt transformer with the Lensbaby Composer is compatible with the Optic Switch system * with double glass optic and installed. other optics can be swapped in and out, photographers of creative effects including: one glass, Plastic, Pinhole and/or region of the disk and Soft look.
Tilt adapter specs and composer:
All information and features Tilt transformer as well as the following: ships Double glass optic and optical adapter installedThe photographer can change by using the included gap plates f/1.6 is not installed on the f/1.8, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/13, f/Optic Switch 22Supports Lensbaby, photographers swap system * out Double glass optic and swap the single glass, Plastic, soft target, which makes it possible to identify the disk from the hole and Pinhole and/or region PlateOptical adapter to reduce actual focal length lenses ~ 40 mm (~ 80 mm effective focal length) in the light of Focus type: ManualAperture type: interchangeable levitating aperture disksMinimum Focus: about 12 "(30 cm)/maximum Focus: Infinity (and beyond)
* Includes Composer Focus Front Optic adapter which allows the Lensbaby Double glass, one glass, Plastic, soft matter and Pinhole and/or region of the disk to infinity optics focus on Tilt when you use the transformer with the Composer. Micro four thirds cameras and Sony a NEX is the internal mirror, glass is less than the motion sensor with DIGITAL SINGLE LENS REFLEX cameras, this adapter requires. FishEye optic is not compatible with the Composer Tilt with the transformer.


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Pentax Announces price and 645 D camera availibilty

Photokina 2010: Pentax has announced the 645 D medium format digital camera will start shipping worldwide in December 2010. The camera will sell $ 9999.99 u.s. retail trade at the price of the body. In the United Kingdom to be priced £ 9000 body and £ 10000 kit DFA 55 mm 645 SDM lens. The company's medium format camera system first 645 digital version, it contains 40MP, 44 x 33 mm CCD sensor, 921 k dot 3-LCD and is compatible with existing 645 system lenses.

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 PENTAX Imaging Systems is pleased to announce that PENTAX 645 D interchangeable lens for medium-format digital SLR camera has been started in the United Kingdom December 2010.
PENTAX 645 D has been developed to provide super-high-resolution images, large image sensors serious landscape and outdoor photographers produced.
It combines the exceptional image quality excellent manoeuvrability and simplify the vocational level of outdoor photography outstanding reliability.
Large, high-performance image sensor (measuring 44 mm, 33 mm) and the PENTAX-original image processing technology with placing 645 D produces extra sharp, super-high-resolution images with around 40 effective megapixels.

PENTAX 645 d is also compatible with all existing PENTAX 645 lenses easily move digital current PENTAX 645 owners.
D PENTAX 645 is obtained at the beginning of December 2010.
The recommended retail price:
£ 9999. £ 99.99 8999 (main page)-kit (ml 55 mm SDM 645 lens)
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Kingston releases 600x CompactFlash card

Kingston has informed the Ultimate 600 x (90 MB/s) UDMA CompactFlash memory card 32 GB and 16 GB capacities. The fastest CF card company date, it complements the HD movie recording capabilities and continuous Shooting latest UDMA-enabled DSLRs. Kingston speeds is associated with a 600 x cards, including the 64 GB version from a list of Sony.

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Fast, large capacity Supports UDMA Mode 6; supplementary performance, the high-End Digital SLRs
Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom-28 September 2010- Kingston Digital Europe Ltd, Kingston Technology Company Inc, the independent world leader in memory products, announced today the release of an affiliate as well as the CompactFlash (CF) memory card. Ultimate 600 x 600 x CompactFlash Ultimate supports UDMA mode 6 and provides read and write speeds of up to 90 MB/s that the Kingston Technology fastest card supports state-of-the-art digital cameras and other devices.

"Kingston CF Ultimate 600 x cards are a great Shooting burst mode photographers, for example, in the situation of the wedding or sporting events to the event If in quick succession veteenlaskujen can make a distinction between a complete image capture or only is missing, such as," said Steve Hall, flash, Kingston Technology EMEA product Director for the development of "we are pleased to add our card 600 x CompactFlash family of products, which includes the Ultimate 266 x and x Elite Pro ™ 133."
Kingston CF Ultimate 600 x 16 GB and 32 GB capacity support is created when RAW mode or HD video Shooting large file size.If paired with UDMA mode 6 enabled cameras and readers, 600 x-speed can be used to write and read faster than legacy cards card data.Other added peace CF Ultimate 600 x includes free downloadable data recovery MediaRECOVER ®.

Kingston's CompactFlash Ultimate 600 x cards (part #: CF/XXGB-U 3) are lifetime warranty for newly issued asset-backed and 24/7 live technical support.

Kingston CompactFlash Ultimate 600 x features/requirements:
Capacity *: 16 GB, 32 GB dimensions: 1.43 "x 1.68" x 0,13 "(36.4 mm x 42.8 mm x 3.3 mm) — CF type I Speed **: 90 MB/s read, write Recovery Utility 90 MB/s: data recovery software download MediaRECOVER (Windows/Mac-compatible) Operation temperature: 32 ° to 140 ° f (0 ° to 60 ° c) Temperature storage: 185 ° f (-20 ° to 85 ° c) for more ° Standardized: meets the requirements of the specification for a CompactFlash Association Easy: plug and play guaranteed: lifetime warranty economical: autosleep status is maintained in the system battery * some capacity Flash memory device is listed in the formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. petroleum products at that time, you store data is less than the value of the products listed. for more information about the Kingston's Flash Guide at kingston.com/flash_memory_guide.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH 2 announced and previewed

Photokina 2010: Panasonic has announced the DMC-GH2 Micro Four Thirds camera. The successor to the GH1 continues with its 'hybrid' stills/video philosophy but adds a host of tweaks and improvements, foremost of which is a brand new 18Mp multi-aspect ratio sensor offering 16Mp output and an ISO range of 160-12800. The GH2 also inherits many features from the DMC-G2, including a revised control layout and touch-screen control. We've had a pre-production GH2 in the office for a few days, so click through to read all about it in our hands-on preview.

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Introducing the DMC-GH2 featuring Full HD 1920x1080/60i Movie Recording and the World’s Fastest Level of Light Speed AF* Pursuing Intuition and Enthusiasm

Today at Photokina 2010, Panasonic announced the LUMIX DMC-GH2 as the latest member of the New Generation System Camera LUMIX G Micro System. Fully compliant with the Micro Four Thirds System standard, the LUMIX G Micro System combines a downsized body with advanced functions that achieve both high performance and operational comfort