Just when you thought you’ve finally saved up enough to purchase the Leica M9, along comes this fatal blow to your ambitions. We’re looking at the Leica M9 Neiman Marcus Edition that saw its price point shoot up all the way to $17,500 (zomgwtfbbqsauce), making it the only camera that merges the classic Leica M shooting experience in a digital format. This is also touted to be the only digital rangefinder camera with interchangeable lenses and a full-frame 18-megapixel sensor in the world. At least that will help calm down your heart. No wonder it is so expensive, since only 50 of these puppies will be flashing around. Read more…

Do you consider a camera that cost as much as a small hatch to be cheap? I don’t know man, but I’m confused. Though, we’re talking about medium format here, so it does go beyond your personal camwhoring little Sony camera. Hasselblad has brought down their most affordable camera to a level that they consider to be a steal. Their H4D-31 represents the ‘cheapest’ lineup for their famous medium format cameras, promising goodings of the H4D-40 but at a fraction of the price so you still can keep your arms and thighs. Things that you’ll get would be 31-megapixel glory, and a choice of either an 80mm prime lens or a CF-lens adapter to let you fit in all your V-System gears that you already have.

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Hasselblad, the professional camera company, has just teamed up with Ferrari to paint their latest ‘entry level’ camera. When it comes to Hasselblad, entry level means a H4D-31 medium-format camera that is just slightly over €10,000, with the CFV-50 adding yet another option in the higher-than-high-end category. Prices are not confirmed, as Hasselblad says “You’ll have to speak with Ferrari on that”. Only 499 of these beauties will ever be produced, and czars you never knew existed are phoning in their orders from the Seychelles right now to their friends in the Prancing Horse Company. It’s like the Rolls-Royce of camera getting smacked with another Ferrari tag, thus doubling the price. Outrageous!

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Leica has announced their ‘new’ Leica V-Lux 2, which is actually a FZ100 rebadged with a red dot logo and some aroma. What’s under the body is a 14-Megapixel CMOS sensor that can be brought 24 times closer to the real action with the help of the superzoom” lens; along with 11fps burst mode, and 1080i AVCHD Full HD video recording which will make many people jelez. Expect some DSLR-qualities from this baby. The only odd thing about this is the hefty price of £675 ($1,053), which is rather odd. Just because of that red dot, Leica?

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While rebadging is wise to cut development cost, sometimes it’s rather dull to see everything exactly the same, with no improvement. What’s more absurd is to sell it at a very high tad price. Here’s an example. The new Leica D-Lux 5, which is essentially a carbon copy of Panasonic’s LX5, slapped with a red dot. 1/1.63-inch CCD sensor capable of 10.1 megapixel stills, a 3.75 x DC Vario-Summicron lenses, and 720p AVCHD Lite video. Everything in the LX5 is in the D-Lux 5, except the price. £355 ($554) and it’s yours. Or you could buy Panasonic’s version, with less a red dot.

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Panasonic has removed the curtain at Photokina to show to the rest of the world their latest baby, the Lumix GH2. There’s a 16 megapixel Live MOS sensor, SD / SDHC / SDXC memory card slot, Micro Four Thirds mount, 23 points of auto focus tracking, face detection and so on that will make you drool. ISO range from 160 to 12,800, hot shoe accessory mount, 3-inch twistable rear LCD, mini HDMI output, a 2.5mm remote / external microphone input and a 1080/60i movie mode, or record 1080/24p at 24Mbps (the highest in AVCHD format). What’s even special is the ability to take 3D photos with Panasonic’s new interchangeable 3D lens. Read more…

Canon sure has set their standard high in the photography world. Not losing out to other rivals and competitors, the Japanese company has developed a new 120-Megapixel CMOS sensor that is capable of shooting at 9.5fps, besides recording Full HD movies. Read more…

Canon has released firmware 1.2.2 for their EOS 7D D-SLR camera. Two months ago, Canon released firmware updates for their EOS models 5D Mark II, 1D Mark IV, and 550D to fix the same thing, and now it’s the 7D’s turn. Besides the manual exposure movie bug, there are some other minor tweaks that’s tagging along this firmware.

1. Fixes a phenomenon in which the set aperture moves when shooting movies in manual exposure mode using some Canon lenses (such as macro lenses).
2. Fixes the AF point-selection behavior of the C.Fn III-7 (Manual AF pt. selec. pattern) custom function when set to [1].
3. Fixes the AF point display for the viewfinder electronic level when shooting in the vertical position.
4. Corrects misspellings in the Spanish and Thai menus for applicable products.

Head over to the source to get your updates, and its step-by-step instructions.

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Fujifilm is refreshing their FinePix line up, with five new models hitting retail stores in August. Let’s have a look at all five of them.

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From Japan, this Transparent DSLR Camera bag lets you take pictures in rainy day. Or you can have Hydrophobia Flash 70-200. [Product page]. More pictures after the break. Read more…