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Pentax could join Canon and Leica in skipping the PMA show

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

According to an unofficial report, with no explanation given, Pentax has announced that it won’t take part anymore at the PMA show, joining Canon and Leica (the two companies have also abandoned the show). Even if the reason is unknown, the decision may be based on the venues change from Las Vegas in 2009 to [...]

Nikon will launch backlit sensor camera, new lenses for PMA

Published on: 31st January, 2010

Nikon has scheduled to launch at least four new cameras next week, some sources indicate. The P100 would be the first Nikon camera sporting a back-illuminated sensor which gives much improved performance when working in low light. It is meant to replace the P90 ultrazoom and have a long-ranged 26× lens. The S3000 and S8000, [...]

Panasonic compact cameras to sport 12× zoom, GPS or rugged shells

Published on: 31st January, 2010

Panasonic presented its PMA line-up showing three Lumix compact cameras each one with its own advantage. The 12-megapixel ZS7 has a “superzoom” shooting with a 12×, 25-300mm equivalent lens and is most of all noticed as Panasonic’s first GPS-capable camera. Shots taken with the camera can optionally be geotagged in order to allow iPhoto ’09 [...]