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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Cameras

Hands On With Leica’s M9 And X1: So Solid, So Expensive

12:59AM John Herrman | Say what you will about Leica’s ultra-niche marketing, stratospheric prices and romantic insistence on keeping 50-year-old product designs—their cameras have always been beautiful, and felt like tanks. In this respect, the M9 and X1 don’t disappoint. More »
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Cameras

Olympus E-P1 HD Video Samples Look Almost As Good As The Camera

9:12PM Simon Crisp | The first samples of HD video shot with the Olympus E-P1 have made it online, and it certainly looks like this camera has some skills. More »
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Cameras

Olympus E-P1 Micro Four Thirds Goes Legit With 12.3MP, 720p Video

6:24PM Simon Crisp | After getting us all hot-and-bothered pre-release the Olympus E-P1 Micro Four Thirds rangefinder-esque camera has now been official revealed. More »
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Cameras

Olympus E-P1 Gets A Face-Forward Reveal; Announcement Tomorrow

8:48PM John Herrman | The Olympus E-P1 Micro Four Thirds rangefinder-style camera (and Gizmodo lust object) has revealed itself in an official, full-frontal shot. The styling is a bit more retro-sexy than expected, thankfully, and an official (Japanese) announcement is due tomorrow. [43Rumors, Akihabara] More »
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
GPS

OnPar: GPS Rangefinder with iPhone Aesthetics

1:00AM Mark Wilson | There are a slew of GPS rangefinders out there for golfers, but not many are built with all the style, portability and one-touch interface of a premium touchscreen smartphone. More »
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Cameras

Leica M8.2 Digital Rangefinder Camera Now Official

10:25PM Kit Eaton | Leica have stumped up with a new digital version of the classic M8 rangefinder, after their original M8 upgrade program, and dubbed it the M8.2. The company obviously subscribes to the “don’t mess with a classic” design philosophy, so there’s not much to see in the way of changes here but they are there. galleryPost('leicam82', 3, ''); More »
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
Cameras

Nikon 41-Megapixel MX Format Sensor for Digital Rangefinder?

2:30AM Matt Buchanan | We’ve been following this for a little while to let some meat stick on the skeletal rumours, and it’s finally feeling substantial enough—though definitely still a rumour—to throw your way. It looks like Nikon’s got a 41-megapixel medium format (MX) sensor up its sleeve, which is most likely for a digital rangefinder. Nikon itself teases something BIG for the Wedding & Portrait Photographer International convention in Feb. in the pages of Rangefinder magazine. Finally, Nikon Watch has a tip (albeit unsubstantiated) that the MX format sensor is 48×48mm and in fact 48MP, and will go inside of a digital rangefinder that’s “not to [sic] dissimilar to the older film Mamiya 6 camera philosophy.” There’s more. More »
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