Joby Gorillapod Video Tripod

2010 Photokina News Tripods

“Video Seasickness Be Gone!” Today, Joby announced the new Gorillapod Video tripod for mini and pocket camcorders and point-and-shoot cameras with video capabilities. The Gorillapod Video features a 360 degree pan and 135 degree tilt with the omni-directional video head, a lightweight anodized aluminum design, bendable and wrappable ball-and-socket legs, magnetic feet, and a quick-release […]

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Lowepro S&F Series

2010 Photokina Bags Lowepro News

Today, Lowepro unveiled its new S&F Series, a redesign of its popular Street & Field modular carrying system. The newest generation updates the industry classic to make it more flexible for today’s fast-paced demands of the wireless multimedia environment. The Series maintains many of the popular components of the Street & Field such while adding […]

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Lensbaby Composer with Tilt Transformer for Micro Four Thirds and Sony α NEX Cameras

2010 Photokina Lenses News Nikon Olympus Panasonic Sony

Today, Lensbaby announced the new Composer with Tilt Transformer creative effects lens for use with Nikon mount lenses on Micro Four Thirds cameras, such as the Panasonic Lumix G Micro system and the Olympus PEN system and Sony α NEX cameras. The Composer with Tilt Transformer gives a photographer control over the size and placement […]

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Sigma APO 120-300mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens

2010 Photokina Lenses News Sigma

Sigma has announced the APO 120-300mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM zoom lens. This zoom lens features Sigma’s Optical Stabilizer, a weather-resistant design, 1 SLD and 2 FLD glass elements, super multi-layer lens coating, HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor), and a rounded 9 blade diaphragm.

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Sigma APO Macro 150mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens

2010 Photokina Lenses News Sigma

Sigma has announced the APO Macro 150mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM telephoto lens. This lens features Sigma’s Optical Stabilizer, a weather-resistant design, three SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements, a floating focusing system, Super Multi-Layer Coating, HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor), and a rounded 9 blade diaphragm.

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Sigma Electronic Flash EF-610 DG ST

2010 Photokina News Sigma Studio & Lighting

Sigma has announced the new Electronic Flash EF-610 DG ST. The EF-610 DG ST features illumination coverage from 24mm to 105mm, a guide number of 61, TTL automatic flash exposure control, autozoom function, a manual flash mode, and an Auto Power-Off function.

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Sigma Electronic Flash EF-610 DG Super

2010 Photokina News Sigma Studio & Lighting

Sigma has announced the new Electronic Flash EF-610 DG Super. The EF-610 DG Super features illumination coverage from 24mm to 105mm, a guide number of 61, a modeling flash function, TTL wireless flash, manual flash mode, FP (high speed) flash, rear-curtain Synchro flash, multi-pulse flash, and Auto Power-Off function.

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Sigma SD1 DSLR Camera

2010 Photokina News Sigma

Sigma has announced the new SD1 digital SLR camera. The SD1 features a 46-megapixel 24×16mm APS-C X3 direct image sensor, dual TRUE (Three-layer Responsive Ultimate Engine) II image processing engines, Type I CF Card compatibilty, 11 point twin cross sensor autofocus system, a 3.0-inch LCD, O-ring sealing weather-resistant design, a lightweight magnesium alloy body, and […]

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 Hybrid Touch-Control Digital Single Lens Micro Camera

2010 Photokina News Panasonic

Today, Panasonic announced the new Lumix DMC-GH2 hybrid touch-control Digital Single Lens Micro camera that is compatible with the Micro Four Thirds System standard. The Lumix DMC-GH2 features a 16.05-megapixel multi-aspect LIVE MOS sensor, 3D shooting capability with the newly announced Lumix G 12.5mm f/12 lens, a 3.0-inch LCD with Multi Aspect Wide Screen LVF […]

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Three New Panasonic Lumix G Lenses

2010 Photokina Lenses News Panasonic

Today, Panasonic announced three new lenses for the Lumix G Series cameras on the Micro Four Thirds System standard, the Lumix G 12.5mm f/12, Lumix G 14mm f/2.5 ASPH, and Lumix G Vario 100-300mm f/4.0-5.6 MEGA O.I.S..

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Leica D-Lux 5 Digital Camera

2010 Photokina Leica News

Today, Leica announced the new D-Lux 5 compact digital camera. The D-Lux 5 features a 10.1-megapixel 1/1.63″ CCD image sensor, a Leica DC Vario-Summicron 5.1-19.2mm f/2-3.3 ASPH zoom lens (24-90mm in 35-mm format), 720p HD AVCHD-Lite format video recording, a 3-inch wide-angle LCD, manual and automatic settings, O.I.S. image stabilizer, and can capture images in […]

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Leica M9 Titanium Edition Digital Camera

2010 Photokina Leica News

Today, Leica announced the new “Titanium” edition of their M9 digital camera. The special edition M9 (500 cameras) is designed by Volkswagen Group’s cheif designer Walter de’Silva and his Audi Design Team. The Titanium M9 features solid titanium metal accents, leather used in the interiors of Audi’s premium automobiles, and the special edition Leica Summilux-M […]

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Leica V-Lux 2 Digital Camera

2010 Photokina Leica News

Today, Leica announced the new V-Lux 2 compact digital camera. The V-Lux 2 features 14.1-megapixels, a Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 4.5-108 mm f/2.8-5.2 ASPH 24-fold super-zoom lens (25–600mm in 35-mm format), a 3-inch rotating LCD, Full HD 1080i-AVCHD video recording, an integrated stereo microphone with an electronic wind noise filter for video recording, 11 fps high-speed […]

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Olympus Develops the First Compact Camera With Built-In Zuiko Lens

2010 Photokina Lenses News Olympus

Today, Olympus announced the development of the first digital compact camera to feature a built-in Zuiko lens. Olympus will be displaying a prototype of the camera from September 21-26 at the Photokina 2010 tradeshow in Cologne, Germany and again from October 28-30 at the 2010 PDN PhotoPlus Expo in New York City.

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Pentax K-5 DSLR

2010 Photokina News Pentax

Pentax has announced new K-5 digital SLR camera. Based on the Pentax K-7 DSLR design and layout, the K-5 comes with some new and improved features taken from Pentaxian shooters customer feedback. The K-5 features a 16.3 megapixel CMOS sensor, widescreen 1080p HD video recording, a 3-inch LCD, 80-12800 ISO range, expandable to 51200, and […]

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