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The Olympus Body Cap Lens 15mm F8 was announced at Photokina 2012, alongside the PEN E-PL5 and E-PM2 mirrorless models. It is, in essence, exactly what it says on the tin - a lens in a body cap - but with something of a twist. Because despite its tiny size and low price, Olympus has ended up making something rather more ambitious than you might think. Within its 9mm-thick housing, Olympus has managed to fit a three element lens, complete with a simple manual focusing mechanism that lets you get within a foot of your subject. Compare this to Pentax's recently-announced '07 Mount Shield Lens' for its Q-series mirrorless cameras, which is a fixed-focus single element design that's more in keeping with the fun, 'Toy Camera' side to the Q's personality.

The 15mm F8 offers a moderately-wide angle of view that's equivalent to 30mm in full frame, which means that it's just slightly narrower than the 14-42mm kit zooms that come with most Micro Four Thirds cameras. It has a fixed aperture of F8[...]

This is Canon's first lens as this focal range to offer image stabilization

The full-frame EF 24–70mm f/4L IS USM ($1,399, street) is Canon’s first in this popular focal-length range to have an image stabilizer. Unveiled in late 2012, it boasts two expensive UD glass elements, an internal focusing design, a nonrotating barrel, and a reversible hood with a push-button locking mechanism. Like most Canon L-series glass, it offers desirable features such as a constant aperture (f/4), a fluorine coating for easy cleaning, rugged construction, and extra moisture and dust protection.

This new f/4 is more than 3/4 of an inch shorter and 12 ounces lighter than Canon’s classic nonstabilized EF 24–70mm f/2.8 II ($2,299, street). In the field, it handled with all the aplomb we’ve come to expect from an L-series zoom.

It deals with close-up shooting in an odd way, entering a special macro range via the zoom ring and a three-way barrel switch. One setting locks the lens to 24mm; another gives access[...]

I was first introduced to the company by David Hobby's posts about the LP160 unit. I still own two of them and keep them as part of my regular go-kit for skateboarding and portraits. Now, the company has announced their new LP180 upgrade, and it has a lot of advantages, even over its predecessor.

For starters, power adjustments can now be made in 1/3 stop increments. The LP-180 also features a completely redesigned outer housing that's much more rugged than the LP160. To be fair, I've dropped one of the LP-160's on two different occasions and it still fires like new, but the added security is welcome.

Like its predecessor, the LP-180's hallmark is connectivity. Options include a 1/8" microphone port, PC port, hot shoe or optical slave. The LP-180 also offers a high voltage battery port for increased recycle times. With ordinary AA batteries your looking at 4 seconds of recycle time at full power versus about 1 second at full power when using a high voltage power pack.

Other major improvements[...]

The Samsung WB110 is a new superzoom camera with an optically stabilised 22.3-580mm (eq.) f/3.1-5.9 lens and a 20.2-megapixel CCD imager. The WB110’s 3.0”hVGA LCD display automatically selects the optimal light level for whatever situation you find yourself in, so that images and video can be replayed easily and clearly. Powered by four AA type batteries, the Samsung WB110 records images on SDXC cards. Because of the limitations of CCD technology, the camera is limited to 720p video, captured at 30 frames per second, compressed with the AVC/H.264 codec and stored in MPEG4 format. Pricing and availability have yet to be communicated. Update: Samsung UK currently has no plans to market the camera in the United Kingdom.

Samsung Press Release

Introducing the Samsung WB110 with 26x Optical Zoom, and Ultra Wide Angle for Capturing High Quality Images

The Samsung WB110 is the most recent addition to the Samsung’s WB series of long-zoom cameras, taking you closer to the action and delivering[...]

Canon 70D vs Canon 60D, take a quick look at what canon done with new 70D, does it contain enough difference to make you upgrade you current 60D DSLR.

Sensor, Image Processor and AF system
Canon 70D features newly developed 20.2 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, combined with DIGIC 5+ Image Processor and 19 point AF system of canon 7D.

The New Canon 70D comes with Fast AF during live view + video recording, 70D newly developed sensor features Dual Pixel CMOS AF -  Two photodiodes within each pixel to provide an expansive phase-detection focusing system.

ISO: Canon gave the 60D ISO settings from 100-6400 , expandable upto 12800. With Canon 70D you get native ISO sensitivity of 100-12800, expandable upto 25600.

Built-In Wireless Connectivity: Canon 70D Wi-Fi provides remote control over the camera’s exposure settings (aperture, shutter speed, and ISO) as well as focus and the shutter release from an iOS or Android mobile device when using the Canon EOS Remote app.

More AF points: Canon 70D[...]

According to latest rumors Olympus may announce its Olympus E-M1 camera on Aug or Sep, the camera will have enhanced design and core specification take a look at the major specification below…

Olympus E-M1 Specifications

• 16MP sensor
• 81 AF point
• DSLR-like design,
• More control dial on top
• Micro Four Thirds mount
• 3″ tiltable LCD screen
• Electronic viewfinder with 2,300,000 pixels
• Max shutter: 1/8000
• 10 fps
• Built-in Wi-Fi

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