A couple of weeks ago, it was discovered that Google Glass has wink detection features baked into the device that could allow users to stealthily snap photographs of anything just by winking at it. Today, the first wink-to-shoot app was launched.
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Olympus E-P5 to be Unveiled on May 10, Will Arrive in June —43 Rumors
Olympus’ sleek new E-P5 flagship Micro Four Thirds camera will be officially announced on the morning of May 10 (next Friday), and will hit store shelves in June. A possible price floating around is $1,000 with a kit lens, but that may be “too good to be true.”
In case you missed them, you can find leaked photos here and here.
New Photos of the Upcoming Olympus E-P5 Emerge —Mobile01
New photos of the upcoming Olympus E-P5 have been published over on Chinese forum Mobile01. These show the camera as it looks in the real world, as opposed to the official product photos that have previously leaked. 43 Rumors writes that the camera will feature a new 5-axis image stabilization system.
Samsung today announced its new NX2000 mirrorless camera, a system camera that features a large sensor, a touchscreen, and wireless connectivity. This is the camera that was leaked by an FCC filing a couple of weeks ago, and which people thought might be Android-powered (it’s not).
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At Photokina 2012 last September, Zeiss announced that it was working on a new family of lenses for mirrorless cameras. This past March, we got a closer look at the lenses, which were outed as a 12mm f/2.8, 32mm f/1.8, and 50mm f/2.8 for Fuji’s X mount and Sony’s E mount.
Today, the company revealed even more details about the lenses, which are branded “Touit,” publishing specs, product pages, and sample photographs.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada-based photographer Chris McVeigh is incredibly good at building camera replicas with LEGO pieces. Last month we featured his LEGO recreation of the Leico M9-P Hermes rangefinder camera.
Now McVeigh (who goes by the name “Powerpig” online), is back with a beautiful new camera creation. This time he has built a Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Rainbow instant camera.
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Unboxing an $18,000 Nikon 800mm f/5.6 Lens —Outdoor Photo GearApparently if you order an $18,000 Nikon 800mm f/5.6 lens, it comes like a Russian nesting doll: it’s a lens in a case in a box in a box in a box.
Less than a week after first photos of the upcoming Olympus E-5 leaked onto the web, new photos have emerged showing additional views of the flagship Micro Four Thirds camera.
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Canon 100-400mm Replacement May Arrive in August 2013 —Canon Rumors
We may soon see a replacement for Canon’s “Dust Pump,” the 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS.
Rumor has it that Canon will be announcing a successor for the lens around the end of August 2013. Canon Rumors reports that prototypes are already floating around and being tested over in Asia.
Lytro is seeing more and more competition these days, as more and more companies are jumping into the “snap now, focus later” game. There are now apps that mimic the technology, and companies like Toshiba are working on building Lytro-style smartphone camera modules.
Lytro’s latest challenger may be quite a formidable foe: it appears that Nokia has invested in Pelican Imaging, another startup that’s working on building Lytro-style smartphone camera arrays.
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