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News & Articles | August 5th, 2011

efix — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:56:43 +0000

It seems it’s time for another round of news and articles! Over the past weeks, I’ve been collecting interesting links again, which I’d now like to share with you.

Section 1: Micro Four Thirds

The Photography Of Amos Chapple This really doesn’t need many words. Amos Chapple is an avid traveller and records his adventures using Micro Four Thirds cameras by choice. Look at his pictures and you’ll know why they say it’s the photographer that takes the shot, not the camera. Amazing stuff!

DSLR Magazine: Olympus PEN Lite (E-PL3) test The Spanish DSLR Magazine [...]

Article recap: April 25th, 2011

efix — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:00:49 +0000

It’s Easter Monday and there’s not much going on — the kid is playing in the garden, the wife is enjoying the sun, and the in-laws are preparing lunch. So I thought I’d take the opportunity and give you a short update on some interesting articles I found around the interwebs recently.

The New Yorker — “Candid Camera” — by Anthony Lane An older, seven-page article from 2007, focusing on the history and mystery of the Leica brand and their famous cameras. Very interesting, and a must-read for any Leiac fan.

DC Watch — Fixed-lens compact camera [...]

Ricoh doing it right, again

efix — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:10:02 +0000

Once again, news have reached us that once again Ricoh have been doing it right, once again providing a firmware update for their GXR camera that once again includes a bunch of new functions users were asking for.

The new firmware for the Ricoh GXR adds, among other things

Spot AF area selection Macro AF area selection Faster AF speed EXIF 2.3 support etc.

According to dpreview, the firmware will be available for download from tomorrow on.

Seriously, why can’t other brands provide a service like that as well?

Micro Four Thirds module for Ricoh GXR coming?

efix — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:02:23 +0000

It’s been in the ether since the GXR was first presented — why not make a module with Micro Four Thirds mount? Wouldn’t that be one great addition not only to Micro Four Thirds, but also to the GXR system? Imagine the possibilities!

According to this Chinese website, official Ricoh representatives have now confirmed that such a module will be coming during 2011. Exact specs and arrival date as of yet unknown, but isn’t that exciting?

Via Mirrorless Rumors.

Photokina day 1: The highlights

efix — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:39:41 +0000

Okay, so today was the first day of photokina, so let’s see what there is to report on. Some exciting stuff from Leica, Fujifilm and Olympus was already announced yesterday, see my previous post.

Leica X1 in black

Today, another Leica goodie was presented: the long-rumored, all-black Leica X1! It’s got the same features as the standard model, the only differences being the all black body and a slightly more textured “vulcanite” leatherette covering. In this way, the X1 fits perfectly into Leica’s tradition of offering a silver-and-black next to an [...]

Yes, Ricoh are doing it right!

efix — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:07:14 +0000

Via heise Foto. Now this is good news, at least for (potential) users of Ricoh cameras. The company has just announced firmware updates comprising many improvements that were asked for by their customers. Among the new functions implemented are the following:

A new noise reduction algorithm that analyses multiple areas in the picture and applies individual amounts of noise reduction for optimal performance. A shutter speed compensation function in shutter-priority mode that automatically raises or lowers the shutter speed in order to prevent over- or underexposed pictures.

Now these are pretty useful upgrades, I’d say. Hey, Canikopanalympus [...]

Ricoh GXR A12 review by dpreview

efix — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:48:15 +0000

dpreview have just posted their in-depth review of the new Ricoh GXR “interchangeable lens unit” camera, fitted with the A12 lens unit. The A12 lens unit features a 33mm f/2.5 macro capable lens and a large APS-C-sized CMOS sensor, whose crop-factor of ~ 1.5 makes the lens a 50mm equivalent normal focal length.

Read the full review here.