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Olympus Announces Three New Zuiko Digital Lenses For Quiet, Ultra-Fast Autofocus

October 16, 2007

Olympus Announces Three New Zuiko Digital Lenses For Quiet, Ultra-Fast Autofocus

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., October 16, 2007 - Launching together with the new Olympus E-3 Digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera, Olympus proudly adds three new ZUIKO DIGITAL? lenses to its line of 100 percent digital-specific optics. These innovative lenses employ Olympus' newly-developed Supersonic Wave Drive? (SWD) technology inside to provide quiet, ultra-fast autofocus (AF) speed, and offer several impressive distinctions, including:

Olympus 3 new Zuiko lens and 2x teleconvertor

New ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-60mm f2.8-4.0 SWD, in combination with the E-3, delivers the fastest autofocus speed in the world;¹

The ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD focuses twice as fast as the previous ZUIKO DIGITAL lens with that focal length; and

The ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-35mm f2.0 SWD joins the existing ZUIKO DIGITAL 35-100mm f2.0 as the brightest fixed aperture lenses in their class.

Canon

Press Release: New Canon EF200mm f/2L IS USM and EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., October 15, 2007 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the development of two all-new telephoto lenses for use with its EOS SLR cameras: the EF200mm f/2L IS USM*/** and the EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM*/**. The Company will exhibit prototypes of the new lenses at PhotoPlus Expo (booth #318), taking place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, October 18 to 20.

The new Canon EF200mm f/2L IS USM and EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM, both of which are L (luxury)-series lenses incorporating a high-performance Image Stabilizer, feature optical systems utilizing special optical materials such as fluorite to correct chromatic aberrations, making possible high-resolution, high-contrast shooting performance.

Canon 2008 Super Telephotos

Canon

Canon EF L Series

Canon Imaging showcases a very interesting flash on their Japanese site. The interactive flash site explains the Technology of L, Canon’s EF Lens L-series line up and also provides downloads for some high resolution wallpapers.

Canon EF L Series Main Page

Updates

Canon Expo 2007 Malaysia 23-25 October 2007

Canon Expo 2007 is happening at on the 23 October to 25 October at KL Convention Centre (Hall 2). Various Canon prototypes from the 30s to the 70s will be displayed. There will be talks and demo sessions of Canon products. See you there. Below is the schedule of Canon Expo 2007.

Canon Expo 2007 23-25 October

Media-Storage

Nikon D3 Compact Flash Speed Test

The Japanese camera magazine CAPA tested their pre-production D3's writing speed with various CF cards.

They put one card in a slot, set it to FINE JPG, put it on rapid fire and counted how many photos it took before the camera gagged.

Olympus Announces Three New Zuiko Digital Lenses For Quiet, Ultra-Fast Autofocus

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