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Swag Bag Giveaway 2 Ending Soon – Don’t Miss Out

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Photography Bay Swag Bag

We’re closing in on the end of the Swag Bag Giveaway 2.  Someone is going to win some awesome stuff.

Make sure you don’t miss out on a chance to win it.  Entering is easy.  Do it by August 31.  Details are here.

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Panasonic LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 45-175mm Lens

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Lumix G X 45-175mm Lens

Along with the new LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm lens, Panasonic has also introduced a new LUMIX G “X” telephoto zoom lens, the LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 45-175mm/F4.0-5.6 ASPH./POWER O.I.S. lens.

The 45-175mm lens offers a electric-powered zoom operation, a first of its kind.  On the Micro Four Thirds cameras, the new lens offers an equivalent field of view of 90-350mm on a full frame camera. [Read more…]

Panasonic LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm Lens

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Panasonic Lumix G X 14-42mm Lens

Panasonic Lumix G X 14-42mm Lens

The Panasonic LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm lens is a new retractable design aimed at reducing the overall size of Micro Four Thirds cameras like the Panasonic GF3.

The new Lumix G “X” lens will be available as a kit option for the GF3 in a configuration dubbed the Panasonic GF3X.  The compact 14-42mm lens will also be available separately.  [Read more…]

Nikon 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 VR Lens Patent Could Be For New Nikon Mirrorless System

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Nikon 10-100mm VR Lens Patent

Nikon 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 VR Lens Patent Diagram

A recently published patent application reveals a Nikon lens with a focal length of 10-100mm, which works out to a perfect 27-270mm equivalent focal range for Nikon’s rumored 2.7x-crop mirrorless camera.

Technically, the application calls for a 10.3-97mm focal range at f/4.7-6.1, which should round out to a lens marketed at 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 range when/if it comes out.

Nikon Mirrorless Japanese Patent

For what seems like a consumer-minded camera system with its smaller-than-APS-C format sensor, a 10x superzoom is almost a requirement.  It should be much smaller than what we typically see on DSLRs, particularly since Nikon has done such a good job at putting a big zoom range in its recent Coolpix cameras.

For those of you who want some light weekend reading, you can check out the lens patent application here.