Pentax has admitted that its first compact system camera, the Pentax Q, is not selling as well as the company had hoped.
Speaking at the launch of the Pentax K-01, the company’s newest compact system camera the General Manager for Pentax UK, Jonathan Martin, told our sister website TechRadar, “Though it [the Q] has been well received, we haven’t seen the numbers that we would have liked to.”
Pentax has unveiled its latest mirrorless camera, the Pentax K-01, which boasts what the company claims is the world’s thinnest interchangeable lens – the smc Pentax-DA 40mm F2.8 XS unifocal.
This latest addition to the popular Pentax K series features 16.28-megapixel resolution with a newly developed CMOS image sensor measuring 23.7mm by 15.7mm, as well as high-speed burst shooting, an extra-wide sensitivity range with a top sensitivity of ISO 25600 and Full HD video recording.
The World Photography Organisation has revealed its shortlist for the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards.
Billed by organisers as the “global photographic event of the year,” the Sony World Photography Awards 2012 competition has recorded more than 112,000 entries from 171 countries, with the shortlisted images depicting a range of stories of extraordinary lives from around the world.
Tokina has announced a new ultra-wideangle zoom lens for Canon and Nikon photographers.
The new AT-X 17-35mm f/4 Tokina lens is designed for full-frame Canon EOS and Nikon cameras and opens up a 103.9 degree field of view from its widest end when used at 35mm.
The RICOH LENS A16 is the fifth unit in the Ricoh GXR system and features a 24-85mm f/3.5-5.5, 3.5x optical zoom lens and an APS-C size CMOS sensor.
The Camera MX free Android camera app from MAGIX MX offers creative filters such as sepia, negative or Lomo effects.
The latest Nikon Coolpix camera, the Coolpix P510, features a 42x optical NIKKOR zoom lens that extends from 24mm wideangle to 1000mm.
Photographers can claim up to £50 on Nikon 1 V1 or J1 kits through April with the new Nikon cashback offer, which runs from 2 February through 2 April 2012.
The Photographers’ Gallery will unveil its new London Soho home on 19 May with an exhibition of Edward Burtynsky photos.
Lee Jeffries, Digital Camera’s Photographer of the Year winner in 2011 has been interviewed by Time magazine about his work photographing the world’s homeless
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