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Canon expands Cinema Prime Lens family

Canon announced the introduction of two new lenses for its Cinema EOS Prime Lens line. The new CN-E 14mm T3.1 L F and CN-E 135mm T2.2 L F single-focal-length lenses are built especially for high-quality video recording at 4K and 2K resolutions. The new optics offer improved features that will meed the demands of EOS videographers.

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Panasonic HX-A100 wearable camcorder announced

Panasonic announced a new wearable tough-camcorder at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013, a major technology trade show, which is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is called HX-A100 and it continues the company’s tradition in wearable camera development.

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Toshiba image sensor discovered inside Nikon D5200

The recently-introduced Nikon D5200 was thought to feature an Aptina or Sony image sensor, as seen in previous Nikon-branded cameras. However, Toshiba took everybody by surprise with its copper-based 24.1-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, capable of shooting high-quality 1080p videos.

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Lexar joins the XQD memory cards club and releases the world’s largest SDXC card

Advancements in the storage industry are of great importance to photographers. Lexar joins XQD family with 32GB and 64GB 1100x XQD memory cards. The world’s largest SDXC card, Lexar 256GB 600x SDXC UHS-I card was also unveiled and will be released on the market in the neighboring future.

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Think Tank reveals Change-Up V2.0 camera bag and Sub Urban Disguise shoulder bags

Think Tank unveiled a new multi-function camera bag, which is an improved version of the original Change-Up, while releasing four new shoulder camera bags in the Sub Urban Disguise series, in order to provide a storage solution for each type of users.

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Ambarella sets free the 4K UltraHD format onto consumer market

Ambarella has launched today at the new A9 SoC (System on a Chip) camera, designed especially for the consumer market. The new camera is capable of recording videos at 4K resolution, thus putting 4K technology and slow-motion movies into the hands of the masses at reduced costs.

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Jessops camera retailer enters into administration

Jessops, a UK-based camera retailer, has officially entered into administration, with PricewaterhouseCoopers as the administrator. The camera store could not compete against online retailers and did not manage to fully recover after agreeing a debt restructuring with HSBC, in 2009.

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Fujifilm bridges the extremes

Fujifilm has revealed a new bridge camera at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013. The even brings us to the question: macro or tele? Well, why shouldn’t we have them both with the new Fujifilm SL1000 bridge camera, which comes packed with an impressive 50x optical zoom lens among others.

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Six Olympus Stylus cameras, including three rugged shooters, unveiled at CES 2013

Olympus has joined the CES 2013 bandwagon with six compact cameras, following the path set by Panasonic, Fujifilm, Canon, Nikon and Sony. These cameras makers have all unveiled a slew of cameras at the event which is underway at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and Olympus is the latest company to do so.

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Sigma launched its first 120-300mm f/2.8 lens

Sigma has announced a new lens, the first Sports line optic that is both trans-focal and also delivers a constant high aperture. Moreover, its firmware is user-customizable. Without much further ado, lo and behold the amazing Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM telephoto zoom lens!

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Nikon launches D5200 DSLR alongside WR-10 wireless remote controllers

Nikon has officially confirmed the US availability of its mid-range DSLR camera with an APS-C sensor. The Japanese manufacturer has revealed that the D5200 camera will be released towards the end of January 2013 in a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013, while revealing a couple of wireless remote controllers.

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Nikon 1 J3 and 1 S1 mirrorless cameras introduced with two Nikkor lenses

Nikon is trying to prove that it is getting serious with the mirrorless industry, so it has unveiled two new 1-series cameras, called J3 and S1, at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013. This duo continues the tradition set by the 1 V1 and 1 J1 mirrorless cameras introduced back in September 2011.

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Sigma DP3 joins the Merrill family

Sigma has just introduced a new high-resolution compact camera. The new shooter features a 46-megapixel Foveon image sensor and one could say that Sigma’s DP3 Merrill compact digital camera creates the almost-perfect Merrill trio, as it offers solutions for all types of photographers.

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Sony announced seven Cyber-shot cameras at CES 2013

Sony launched seven new Cyber-shot Digital Still Cameras powered by either Carl Zeiss or Sony lenses during the Consumer Electronics Show 2013. The list includes WX60, WX80, W710, W730, and WX200 compact cameras, as well as the H200 bridge camera and the TF1 rugged shooter.

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Canon PowerShot N unveiled at CES 2013

Driven by the rise of importance of social media networks in our lives, Canon has announced a solution that allows us to capture high-quality photos and to share them on Facebook. It goes by the name of PowerShot N and it employs a 12-megapixel sensor along with integrated WiFi connectivity.

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Canon IXUS 140, PowerShot A3500 IS, A2600 and A1400 announced

After unveiling the PowerShot N point-and-shoot camera, Canon took its time to reveal four new compact cameras called IXUS 140, PowerShot A3500 IS, A2600 and A1400. The Canon IXUS 140 will be called ELPH 130 IS in the United States and Canada and will be released on the market soon.

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Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM / DC Macro HSM lens now available

The Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM / DC Macro HSM lens is a new standard zoom lens that offers versatility in a compact and lightweight package. It is aimed at travel photographers as well as at users who enjoy capturing macro shots. It has been designed for APS-C cameras and will become available soon.

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Pentax taps into enthusiast compact market with MX-1

Ricoh has decided to bring the Pentax brand to the enthusiast compact camera market with the MX-1. This shooter has been unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013 with a 12-megapixel sensor, 4x optical zoom lens, and a retro design inspired by vintage film cameras.

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Parrot’s Aerial Drone gives wings to the masses

Paris-based company Parrot exhibited at CES 2013 the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0: a dual-camera aerial drone, with WiFi capabilities and GPS tracking. The will become available in the near future and will offer endless fun to its users, as it also supports a couple of augmented-reality games, called AR.Race2.0 and AR.Rescue2.0.

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Panasonic launches 10 Lumix cameras at CES 2013

Panasonic has joined the Consumer Electronics Show 2013 in order to unveiled a plethora of fixed-lens cameras. The manufacturer has taken the wraps off of 10 Lumix-branded cameras. There is a model for every type of photographer, including SLR-styled bridge cameras and point-and-shoot cameras.

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Polaroid camera using Android gets to be David amongst Goliaths

World’s first interchangeable lens camera powered by the Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean” platform is finally unveiled. It has been developed by Polaroid and it is called iM1836. This mirrorless camera is reminiscent of the Nikon 1-series, but it comes with a Micro Four Thirds mount and built-in WiFi technology.

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