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Tim Barribeau over at Imaging Resource added some commentary to an article from the fine folks at Nikon Rumors regarding an exciting patent from Nikon. In "þe olde days" of last century, cameras did not come with low-pass filters, an innovation that was added to reduce moire effects caused by the …

Leica may have designed a normal prime for micro four thirds, but the highest quality lenses currently available for the system are the ultra-fast 0.95 primes by Cosina Voigtländer. The 17.5mm (35mm equivalent) and 25mm (50mm equivalent) lenses are exceptionally bright manual-focus walk around lenses, while the new 42.5mm (85mm equivalent) lens makes an excellent fast portrait lens. Voigtländer lenses are built unlike any other modern Japanese lenses (except maybe Fujinons); they're heavy, dense, manual-only affairs with a fluid aperture ring and traditional zone-focus marks.

The Sony Alpha A3000 is not the first non single-lens-reflex camera Sony has made to look like a DSLR; in fact its SLT-A99 and mid-market A77 are both very good cameras. The A3000 is, however, the first to eschew the Minolta-descended Alpha mount in favour of Sony's E-mount, previously only used by…

Camera bags used to be very obvious, even backpacks. Running around some areas, that might make you feel vulnerable as some unsavory sorts might recognize how much that bag might be worth. Both Lowepro and ThinkThank have new lines that are designed to be understated and blend-in while hopping on the metro. Lowepro's is the Transit AW line (which has an in-built all-weather cover when stuck outside the urban jungle, or camping in Central Park); ThinkTank's is the TurnStyle sling.

Beautiful, high-resolution panoramas of major cities.

Panasonic released the GX1 two years ago as a line for enthusiast users who were not satisfied with how the GF line had moved towards entry-level users. Its successor, the GX7, is a stylish retro-look with an in-built electronic viewfinder that flips-up 90° (Olympus PEN cameras can do this with the optional electronic viewfinder, but those add bulk and $200). The GX7 is also the first Panasonic camera to support in-body sensor shift stabilization—standard on Olympus cameras—as opposed to relying on stabilized lenses. The GX7 uses Panasonic's now familiar WiFi/NFC pairing, and also has an option for a silent/fast electronic shutter and reduced resolution bursts (allowing for up to 40fps).