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Considering that the Sony NEX-7 was launched back in 2011, safe to say that it is about time that Sony come forward with a new camera that would be the successor of the NEX-7. Now we have heard the rumors that a successor could be in the works which might actually be shipped later this year in April, and now according to a new rumor from Sony Alpha Rumors, perhaps the April shipping date might not be too far-fetched after all. According to their “multiple trusted sources”, they claim that Sony will be holding a press event next week on the 12th of February, Wednesday.

It is unclear as to what the event will entail, but Sony Alpha Rumors believes that the event will be focused on the launch of new mirrorless products, and presumably the NEX-7’s successor will be one of them. For those looking forward to A-mount related cameras, such as the A77, apparently that event will take place in Spring in a separate announcement. In any case do take it with a grain of salt for now as Sony has yet to send out the invites to such an event, but either way for those interested in devices like the NEX-7, be sure to check back with us next Wednesday to see if the rumors pan out!

New Sony E-mount Cameras Rumored For Announcement Next Week original content from Ubergizmo.

If there’s one thing about Nokia’s smartphones that we do enjoy, it would be its camera features. A good camera is a combination of both good hardware and good software, something Nokia has done really well, and while software can be easily copied, hardware might prove to be a different story, but now according to reports, the technology behind Nokia’s smartphone cameras has become available on the open market. The secret to Nokia’s smartphone camera is apparently due to gyroscopic stabilization, at least in part. Basically what this does is that it allows the camera’s shutter to stay open for longer without blurring the final image (the longer the shutter stays open, the more light gets let in).

In fact that is one of the features that allows Nokia to create devices like the Lumia 929 whose specs weren’t exactly outstanding compared to iOS and Android handsets, but had a camera whose low-light photography managed to beat out the competition. Now this kind of technology has been around for a while and can be found in regular digital cameras, but its application to smartphones is rather unique and Nokia is one of the few companies around who managed to incorporate the technology in its phones. With ST Microelectronics announcing the tech’s availability, we expect that smartphone OEMs will be interested in checking it out. Whether or not they incorporate it into their products remains to be seen, but it looks like Nokia might have just lost themselves one advantage.

Nokia’s Gyroscopic Stabilization Technology Made Available In The Open Market original content from Ubergizmo.

If you’re a fan of diving or going to the pool or the beach, chances are you might need a waterproof camera to snap photos. While our phones are more than capable of snapping great photos, dropping it into the pool is not the best idea. Well the good news is that Olympus has announced a new underwater camera in the form of the Stylus Tough TG-850 iHS. The camera has been designed for taking photos underwater (up to 10m) and will feature a 21-105mm 5x optical zoom lens, which Olympus calls the widest lens of any rugged camera available in the market today.

Other rugged features of the camera include shockproof (from a drop of 2.1m), dustproof, crushproof (able to withstand up to 100kg), and freezeproof (down to -10C), all of which are to a certain extent, naturally. Apart from the rugged features, the Olympus TG-850 will also come with a 16MP BSI-CMOS sensor and will be feature Olympus’ TruePic VII processor. It will also come with a 3” 180-degree flip LCD monitor, fast AF, 7.1fps shooting, and will be able to record videos in Full HD at 60fps. Priced at $249.99 and available in black, silver, and white, the Olympus TG-850 will be up for purchase come March 2014.

Olympus Stylus Tough TG-850 Camera Announced original content from Ubergizmo.

Back in 2013, Sony announced the QX10 and the QX100 which were essentially camera lenses that you could attach to your smartphone. The great thing about the lenses was that it did not favor any particular device or platform, meaning that it worked on iPhones as well as non-Sony Android devices as well. Perhaps looking to further put an end to device discrimination, it seems that Sony could be considering releasing a mount for the QX10/QX100 that would make it compatible with tablets as well! Thanks to an image snagged by the folks at Xperia Blog, it shows how the QX10/QX100 could be strapped to the back of a tablet.

Sony has yet to make an official announcement but apparently this new mount is expected to arrive only in April and will be available in Japan first before making its way to the rest of the world. While our tablets are starting to come with better cameras these days, it has become something of a tech faux pas to use your tablet to snap photos or record videos, so we’re not sure if strapping a camera to the back of a 10-inch tablet will help make it better. Then again the larger display of a tablet makes it easy to perform edits so it is understandable why some people choose to use their tablets for such purposes. In any case what do you guys think? Would you be caught strapping the QX10/QX100 to the back of your tablet?

Sony’s QX10/QX100 Could Be Making Its Way Onto Tablets original content from Ubergizmo.

Fujifilm has been teasing their upcoming camera, the Fujifilm X-T1 for a while now and sure enough today, on the 28th of January, the camera manufacturer has officially taken the wraps off their latest product offering. Based on the official press release by Fujifilm, the X-T1 appears to be more or less the same as what the rumors have suggested, and the official photos also corroborate earlier leaks as well, a design which Fujifilm likes to call “traditional” with dials and buttons placed where professional photographers might have come to expect, versus more modern cameras where the dials and buttons could be laid out differently. (more…)

Fujifilm X-T1 Is Official original content from Ubergizmo.