Press Releases

Fujifilm Announces X-S1 Long Zoom Bridge Camera

Fujifilm FinePix X-S1

Fujifilm FinePix X-S1

FUJIFILM CANADA INTRODUCES THEIR NEW PREMIUM X-SERIES CAMERA, THE X-S1: THE NEW STANDARD IN LONG ZOOM BRIDGE CAMERAS

Introducing the third model in the X-Series of premium cameras, the X-S1, that continues the X-Series tradition of setting new standards in quality and performance.

Mississauga, ON, November 24, 2011 – Fujifilm Canada is proud to announce a new addition to its X-Series digital camera lineup, the Fujifilm X-S1 premium long zoom camera, combining the large 12MP 2/3-inch EXR-CMOS sensor of the Fujifilm X10 with a newly developed FUJINON 26x optical precision zoom lens to produce sharp, high-quality images. Built in Japan to exact standards, the Fujifilm X-S1 represents a new breed of bridge cameras, with a high quality look and feel with metal dials, a rubberized coating and superior handling characteristics that will appeal to the discerning photo enthusiast.

“The X Series is a prime focus for Fujifilm and the X-S1 is a perfect example of our visionary direction. With its amazing zoom capabilities, incomparable image quality and DSLR looks, the X-S1 expands our X Series innovation into the bridge camera arena,” says Greg Poole, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Imaging Products at Fujifilm Canada. “Eliminating the need for multiple lenses, combined with a large 2/3-inch EXR-CMOS sensor, the X-S1 makes the perfect choice for photographers who want equipment that travels with no boundaries and limitless potential.”
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Reviews on the Web

Canon S100 Review @ PhotographyBLOG

Canon PowerShot S100

Canon PowerShot S100

Image quality is excellent, with a perfectly usable ISO range of 80-1600 and fast f/2.0 maximum aperture, albeit only at the wide-angle lens setting, making the S100 very well-suited to low-light, hand-held photography.

We’ve added another Canon PowerShot S100 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

PhotographyBLOG has published his review of the Canon S100, with 12.1MP resolution (1/1.7-in CMOS), 5x ultra wide-angle optical zoom (24-120mm equiv.), optical Image Stabilization, bright f/2.0 maximum aperture, customizable Control Ring (around lens), large 3.0-in. LCD (461K-dot), PASM modes, Scene Modes, RAW, High Sensitivity System (ISO 6400), ND Filter, GPS, and Full HD 1080p Movie 1920 x 1080 @ 24fps with stereo sound, optical zooming during recording and high speed capture at 240fps (super slow motion playback).

Read the Canon S100 Review @ PhotographyBLOG.
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Press Releases

World Photo, London 2012 and Sony World Photography Awards in London April 27 – May 20, 2012

World Photo, London 2012 and Sony World Photography Awards

return to London, April 2012

For immediate release, 24 November 2011

For a second year running the hugely successful  World Photo, London and Sony World Photography Awards exhibitions will be held at Somerset House in London in April – May 2012.  Produced by the World Photography Organisation, these events were previously held in Cannes from 2007-2010 and in 2011 the festival and its awards programme moved to London.  Billed as the global photographic event of the year, World Photo, London, and the Sony World Photography Awards, celebrates the very best in photography from around the world, from the next generation of emerging photographers through to the established masters of the art.

The opening weekend of World Photo, London will be held at Somerset House from 27 – 30 April with selected festival events and the Sony World Photography Awards winners exhibitions, continuing through to 20 May 2012.  The annual Sony World Photography Awards ceremony and gala dinner will take place on 26 April at the Hilton Hotel in London’s Park Lane.  The Festival will include a wide-ranging programme of events, talks, seminars, workshops and exhibitions; honorary Judges for the 2012 Awards and other international industry experts will also be participating in the Festival events. These include esteemed writer and photo critic Susan Bright, chair of the Awards; James Reid, Photography Director of Wallpaper*; Michael Benson, Director, Prix Pictet and Claudia Hinterseer, MD and co-owner of NOOR, an international photo agency and foundation.

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Articles

Photonic Chips Promise Light Speed Processing

Imagine if the computations in chips (or CPUs, Computer Processing Units) could be performed at the speed of light instead of electrons. Photonic chips are such devices that use light beams instead of electrons to carry out their computational tasks. Researchers at MIT have made a breakthrough that allows them to make those optical chips using standard microchip manufacturing machinery, with the design of the circuit produced “just like an integrated-circuit person can design a whole microprocessor. Now, you can do an integrated optical circuit.”

Photonic chips “may be the next generation in terms of speed” for communications systems, says Caroline Ross, the Toyota Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT who lead the development.

Read the paper at: nature photonics.

Read the article at: Physorg.

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Sony SLT-A65 Review @ ePHOTOzine

Sony SLT-A65

Sony SLT-A65

The bargain Digital SLR of the year […] in many ways the camera out performs every other SLR available at this price.

We’ve added a new Sony SLT-A65 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

ePHOTOzine has just published their review of the Sony SLT-A65, a Digital Interchangeable Lens (DIL) camera with a 24.3MP APS HD CMOS sensor (23.5 x 15.6mm), 0.50-in XGA OLED EVF (Electronic viewfinder) (2,359k dots), articulated 3.0-in. tiltable LCD (921k-dot), 15 points Phase-detection AF (3 points cross type), Continuous Shooting at 10fps, built-in GPS, and 1920 x 1080/60p AVCHD movie with stereo sound. The fixed translucent (semi-transparent) mirror allows full-time Live View and full-time Phase-detection AF even when recording HD movies.

Read the Sony SLT-A65 Review @ ePHOTOzine.
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