It seemed like Sony’s delayed NEX-C3 micro-four-third camera is indeed coming, though they’re still keeping quiet about its launch date. but the camera’s instruction manual has now made a brief appearance on the company’s Czech Republic site, offering yet more evidence that the successor to the NEX-3 is set for an imminent launch. The camera mock-up on the description page appears to be identical to previously leaked photos, and judging by control layout, NEX-3 and NEX-5 users should find it fairly familiar. Of course, the manual has been taken down, but as the Internet goes, nothing sleeps away untouched. DPReview points out that the camera is smaller than both previous models, and includes a 16 megapixel sensor, a new 30mm f/3.5 macro lens priced at €259 (about $383).
Ripping apart a smartphone may be somewhat easy to some people, but tearing down a DSLR is another thing altogether. The latest stunt from iFixit is just what we said, tearing down a DSLR from Nikon. The latest victim is Nikon’s latest D5100, which was just launched last week. Usually when we see teardowns from iFixit, most of them only involved heat guns, but this time, they also went to desolder some wires. According to the crew, the camera is very hard to disassemble, even went as far as saying that “approximately 4 billion screws hold the device together”. If you’re interested in looking at the organs of the DSLR being tear apart step by step and see what’s inside a DSLR, then hit the link below for some fun provided by iFixit.
Are you ready for another round of epic blue alien battle with the force of Terran? The superstar director of Avatar and Titanic, James Cameron, has been on a shopping spree lately, but he’s not getting some bunch of LV bags, he’s getting 50 units of epicly advance RED EPIC-M cameras that are capable of super high resolutions of 5k. Each of these hand-machined professional cameras cost $58,000. There’s no word whether James Cameron is buying these for which movies, but looking at previous reports that the upcoming Avatar 2 is due in end of 2014 makes it hard to ignore which project he’s into right now.
When Sony discontinued the NEX-3, we can guess why. But the only reason we though we knew, are to avoid clashing with the NEX-5’s sales as the NEX-3 is stuck in between. However, now we had another reason to refer to. Apparently Sony is hard at work on developing the next NEX-3.
The successor will probably be called the NEX-C3, and is rumoured to include the same 16.2 megapixel image sensor used in the Sony Alpha A55 DSLR, as well as HD video capture (as expected) and the new flash seen in the image above. Leaked photos on Sony Alpha Rumors reveal an LCD with the same tilt capability we love on the NEX-3, as well as minor adjustments to the controls. The blog also got its hands on some leaked images of the Sony Alpha A35 DSLR (pictured below), though there’s no details about it yet.
Apparently Sony is said to have both cameras launched this month, but was set back by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March. No pricing has been rumoured yet, but we expect the NEX-C3 to be priced similarly with the now-discontinued NEX-3.
Surprise news for us, that all these while it’s been quite tight-lip about, but now Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer ‘accidentally’ said that his company is producing cameras for the next batch of iPhones and iPads during a public interview with the Wall Street Journal. Traditionally, Apple’s sourced its sensors from OmniVision, including the delightfully backside-illuminated 5 megapixel CMOS unit you’ll find in the iPhone 4, but since Sony too has BSI tech and OmniVision has reportedly encountered delays, your next portable Apple product might house a Sony Exmor R sensor like the one found on the Xperia Arc. Great news this is. Of course, there’s a punch line in the article, and that the factory in charge of giving Apple some Alpha-licious camera sensors is affected by the Japanese tsunami disaster, so we might not see it in the next iPhone and the newly launched iPad 2 anyway.
Zdenek Kalal, a researcher at the University of Surrey, has just developed what may be the most advance vision system known to the current world. In essence, it takes the ordinary task of tracking objects to an entirely new platform, enabling users to select an object on the fly and have the algorithm immediately start tracking something new.
The system is able to maintain a lock within seconds, even if your object twists, turns, or leaves / returns. Moreover, these “objects” could be used as air mice if you force it to track your digits, and if you teach it what your staff looks like, you’ll have a fully automated security scanner that can recognize faces and grant / deny access based on its database of white-listed individuals.
This is one of the world’s most elite compact cameras, standing proudly next to a Leica. A digital compact camera, nearly point and shoot, and yet photos of the DSLR camera quality. This is the Fujifilm’s FinePix X100. Its body is made of gorgeous magnesium, the MacBook Air of the camera world, and you can even take photos silently, as demonstrated by Kai Wong.
Thanks to the F2 Fujinon lens, Photography Blog even called the X100 “right up there with the best APS-C sensor cameras on the market” in terms of image quality, and with “the best build quality of any camera that we’ve ever tested,” too. No surprises, as the images were superbly sharp, and the lack of noise with such lens is remarkable. Of course, the 23mm F2 Fujinon lens is fixed to the camera so you can’t use any adapters and change the lens like any ordinary Micro Four-Third cameras.
Watch the review by DigitalRev TV, and read the written review by Photography Blog in the source link below. Say goodbye to your savings after this.
It’s a new year, and everyone’s launching new model or refreshing old ones. Panasonic unveiled its Lumix point-and-shoot lineup in January for the year 2011, but they never really gave any price point. But now the wait is over as the DMC-ZS10, DMC-ZS8, DMC-TS3 and DMC-FX78 are all being officially priced this week. All but the ZS8 supports the company’s new 3D Photo mode, which produces a realistic 3D photo by taking 20 consecutive photos and overlaying the two best images to provide a 3D image that can then be played on a Panasonic VIERA 3D HDTV. The format of the 3D image is compatible with MPO, and can also be played back on other MPO-compatible equipment such as a televisions, digital photo frames and printers.
Not the extreme sense, but yes we’re here seeing a video of how the Virtopsy Project used the Kinect to control a PACS system. There’s a lot of medical terms here, so we’ll just skip that and watch the video above, where they do just that, swirling medical images around with hand gestures.
Some countries (like mine) have just got their iPad launched, but rumours of the next iPad have already begun emerging, and this ain’t ordinary rumour. Reuters has cited from no less than four sources from within Apple’s component suppliers, and all have expressed their belief that the fruity tablet will get a refresh sometime in 2011, probably in the early quarters.
These sources stated that the new iPad will have both a back-mounted and a front-facing module, with Largan and Genius identified as having received new orders from Cupertino for churning out imagers. They also mentioned that production at places like Wintek and Simplo is expected to ramp up in the first quarter, and that parts are targeted for a February shipment in preparation for an April iPad refresh. Well, these are still rumours so we should just enjoy the bad weather first before wondering about the next iPad.
Some countries (like mine) have just got their iPad launched, but rumours of the next iPad have already begun emerging, and this ain’t ordinary rumour. Reuters has cited from no less than four sources from within Apple’s component suppliers, and all have expressed their belief that the fruity tablet will get a refresh sometime in 2011, probably in the early quarters.
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