Panasonic announced two new rugged cameras to its water, freeze, shock and dust proof tough camera range, the Lumix TS6 and TS30. Th e Lumix DMC-TS6 features a 16 MP CMOS sensor with a 28mm wide-angle 4.6x optical zoom Leica lens (equivalent to 28-128mm in the 35mm format). It has 1920x1080 60p full HD video recording capability, a burst shoot mode of 10 fps, Instant Transfer … [Read more...]
Camera Control Pro 2 to be made compatible with Nikon 1 V3
Nikon India announced that the Nikon 1 V3 will soon be compatible with the Camera Control Pro 2. The compatibility with the Nikon remote control software will be made available in May this year. With Camera Control Pro 2, photographers can remotely control the camera’s advanced function, including high-speed continuous shooting, and even movie recording functions such as … [Read more...]
Tamron’s Telephoto Zoom lens production reaches 5 million unit mark
Tamron Co. announced that it achieved a cumulative production of ultra telephoto zoom lenses to reach the 5 million unit mark as of September 2014. The company first introduced its AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 aspherical lens in 1992, and has added advanced technologies of Vibration Compensation (VC), ultrasonic motor PZD (Piezo Drive) and lightweight and compact configuration. In … [Read more...]
Manfrotto offers compact tripod head for video cameras
Manfrotto is marketing a compact and lightweight head suitable for shooting movies, the ‘XPRO Fluid Head’ in Japanese markets at a suggested list price of 20,200 Yen. The head is made of its original polymer ‘Adapto’ and alumina to make it lightweight (740g). Yet it can hold a camera up to 4kg. The head moves very smoothly, and the user can choose whether he wants strong or … [Read more...]
Sony still suffers from Mobile Communications business
Sony Corp. announced that their sales for the first six months ending on September 30, 2014, rose by 6.5% to 3.711 trillion Yen. Significant increase in the Games and Network Services segment and the favourable impact of foreign exchange rates contributed to this. The company reported an operating loss of 15.8 billion Yen, compared to the operating income of 49.4 billion Yen … [Read more...]
