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SINAR M

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Sinar m

The fully modular high-end camera Sinar m for the use with Sinaron Digital AF Lenses, medium format lenses, and 35 mm camera lenses. It is also a fully automatic shutter system for the Sinar p3 view camera. The Sinar m is perfectly tailored for use in combination with Sinarback digital backs.

Flexibility – Our Product Philosophy

The world of professional photography has changed dramatically – the demand for exibility has become stronger than ever before. This affects photographers as they work and, of course, the camera systems that they use in practicing their craft. Sinar has made exibility a policy ever since the company was founded and it faithfully continues to observe that policy. And now, with the Sinar m System, the concept of flexibility achieves entirely new dimensions never before known in photography.

An Inspired Step

Our vision was to develop a system that provides the photographer with maximum flexibility. In order to achieve that goal, it should be possible to assemble the most diverse components tailored to their respective applications, thus enabling the photographer to accomplish his tasks easily and quickly, with no sacrifice in quality. With today’s technology, this idea appeared to be current and feasible – and this motivated us to develop the Sinar m System. The Sinar m combines the world of the view camera with components of medium format cameras in a unique manner. In addition to the obvious economic advantages, this option offers fascinating new creative possibilities for image capture and pictorial expression.

Reliability and Value Conservation

The heart of this unique system that so beautifully meets the demands of professional digital high-end photography is the Sinar m. Whether it is used as a view camera or as a compact professional camera, the Sinar m is a modern, fast and fully electronically controlled focal plane shutter that is highly effective in every situation. It takes but a few hand movements to attach the various modules to the Sinar m in order to ready it for a specific task. These modules are optimally tailored to one another mechanically and they are equipped with microprocessors that communicate with one another. The results obtained with the Sinar m System favorably stand any comparison with regards to quality and production efficiency.

Precision is Fundamental

The high performance capability of current and future systems requires an extremely precise camera- and lens technology. Only with that high level of precision can the performance capability of modern sensors with smaller pixel sizes on the same surface area be utilized effectively while still achieving the required data quality. Compromises in precision add up to significant losses in quality, which is why the investment in a high-resolution digital back can only be justified in conjunction with appropriately precise camera systems. Because of the smaller pixels of modern sensors, this fact has to be taken into account increasingly.

Sinar m with Autofocus
In a Class of its Own

Concentrate on your subject and leave everything else to the Sinar m and its Sinaron Digital AF Mirror Module. Its autofocus system works with absolute reliability – with the precision of a Swiss clock. What’s more, its speed should thoroughly impress every professional user, because it is among the very fastest of its class. In cooperation with the rm of Carl Zeiss, the lenses for the autofocus configuration of the Sinar m camera were specially designed to meet the highest demands of digital photography. This means, among other criteria, high resolving power and the very best contrast rendition all the way to the edges of the image circle. It is not only with regard to optical quality that we have charted new paths with Sinaron Digital AF lenses, but also with their operation: The focus can also be adjusted manually at any time by means of a focusing ring on the lens that reacts intelligently. When that ring is turned slowly, it activates the finest focusing steps, when the ring is turned quickly, it produces greater focusing steps. A precise exposure metering system was also developed for this system. It has several metering modes and automatic exposure features, as well as TTL flash control. They make it possible to evaluate light conditions very accurately in any situation, so that a correctly exposed photograph is assured. The Sinar m Medium Format Mirror Module also allows the use of a large variety of Hasselblad V series lenses. In this case, focusing and setting the aperture is performed manually, although the exposure- and focusing systems of the mirror module can also be used in a supporting manner.

Break Loose!

In this configuration, which is also ideally suitable for mobile applications, the optional Sinar m PowerGrip can be attached to the bottom of the Sinar m by means of a rapid fastening screw. The rechargeable batteries housed in this PowerGrip provide ample energy so that longer shooting sessions can be performed comfortably without external power supplies. A built-in additional lockable release button also makes it possible to work ergonomically also in portrait format.

Sinar m in the Sinar System
The Sinar m becomes a View Camera

The Sinar m also provides the photographer with a modern shutter system for the Sinar p3 view camera. The functions of the camera can be controlled from the Sinar m and also via the Sinar CaptureShop™ exposure software. The proven Sinaron Digital Lenses, built into the Sinar Electronic Aperture Control (CAB) mounts, can also be controlled by means of the operating elements of the Sinar m as well as via the exposure software. This represents a significant advantage for the user, especially with an elevated camera position, as in reproduction applications. With shutter speeds up to 1/2000 second, the Sinar m is the fastest view camera shutter altogether. That, combined with the Sinar p3, makes the Sinar m the perfect system for everyday use in the studio and also on location.

Everything Under Your Control

Regardless of whether you happen to be positioned at your computer or at the camera, you always have your system under complete control. Every setting that you can make on the Sinar m can also be made by means of the Sinar CaptureShop™ exposure software (requires version 5.2 or higher). The camera system can thus be controlled entirely from the computer and CaptureShop reacts to virtually every input on the camera. Setting changes are synchronized between the computer and the camera, so that accidental operation is impossible. This logical and highly efficient integration is an incalculable advantage for the user that systems assembled with components from different manufacturers cannot offer at all or at best only incompletely.

Technical Data

Sinar m Shutter

Applications: As a multifunctional shutter and control module on Sinar view cameras, or as a stand-alone camera module with modern lenses with automatic and/or manual focusing.
Shutter Type: Fully electronically controlled, vertically operating focal plane blade shutter
Shutter Speeds: From 1/2000 second to 68 minutes (depending on the configuration)
Flash Sync Speed: 1/100 second
Shutter Delay: Typically 100 milliseconds, in the Ultra-fast Mode 5 msec
Shutter Size: 56 x 42 mm
Shutter Life: At least 50,000 Release Cycles
Display: Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) with blue background illumination
Operation: By means of the LCD with a user-friendly menu structure, dedicated 3-way rocker keys and setting dials
Tripod Socket: 2x 3/8"
Power Supply: 12 Volt DC
Dimensions: 180 x 140 x 67 mm
Weight: 720 g

Applicable Lenses

Sinar m combined with a Sinar p3: Sinaron Digital CAB lenses 28 to 210 mm and Sinaron Digital CMV lenses 28 to 180 mm
Sinar m with Sinaron Digital AF Mirror Module: Sinaron Digital AF lenses 40 to 180 mm and a large variety of lenses from the Hasselblad V System

RICOH CX3

Thursday, June 24, 2010

RICOH CX3-Capture your emotion

Breathtakingly pure beauty with each shot.Breakthrough noise reduction function:

The CX3 uses the noise reduction algorithm introduced on the GR DIGITAL III. Performing noise reduction processing on the signal immediately after it is output by the back-illuminated CMOS sensor makes it possible to effectively reduce the noise that tends to occur in images shot at high-sensitivity settings. Fine details, smooth tonality, and vibrant colors are faithfully reproduced in clear, beautiful pictures. As a result, compared to past models, there has been a remarkable increase in image quality performance when shooting low-light scenes.

A wider range of expression, from dark places to bright ones.
Back-illuminated CMOS sensor + Smooth Imaging Engine IV:

By combining the advanced image processing engine Smooth Imaging Engine IV with a back-illuminated CMOS sensor capable of capturing bright images in low light, the CX3 achieves greater picture quality when shooting dark indoor scenes and night scenes. In addition, on a customized circuit of the image processing engine, there is a pixel output interpolation algorithm which reduces whiteout even in high-contrast scenes, thereby reproducing the beauty actually there. With the CX3's advanced shooting functions, you can capture in the photograph the same excitement seen with your eyes.

No overexposure, no underexposure. Just the beauty as you feel it.
Dynamic range double shot:

Overexposure and underexposure are suppressed by shooting, consecutively at high speed, two still images with different exposures, and then recording an image that combines the properly exposed portions of each. This is very effective in scenes that contain large differences in brightness. You can
easily enjoy up to a maximum equivalent to 12 EV of dynamic range expansion by selecting from among the five settings: AUTO and four levels ranging from "Very Weak" to "Strong." On the CX3 it is also now possible to specify detailed settings for dynamic range expansion effects by choosing the tone range to be given priority using the following options: "Highlights," "Shadows," and "Off" (no priority). This makes it possible to faithfully record the beauty you felt the instant the photo was taken.

Natural colors for both subject and background.
Multi-pattern auto white balance:
It can be difficult to define a white balance for scenes mixing different light sources, such as when shooting indoors with flash or when shooting scenes with both sunlight and shadow. Multi-pattern auto white balance sets the white balance to fit the light source of each segregated area, thereby surpassing
the past method (an average setting for the entire image) to reproduce color tones closer to those seen by the eye.

The excitement of movement captured in beautiful high image quality HD movies. 1280×720 pixel HD movies:
CX3 high image quality extends to movies as well as still photographs. It can shoot 1280 × 720 pixel high-resolution HD movies at 30 frames per second. This brings new possibilities for movie enjoyment, such as viewing your CX3 movies on a large-screen TV.

Clear images shot freely from wide-angle to telephoto.
28-300 mm 10.7x optical zoom:
Ricoh’s original retracting lens system made it possible to fit the high-magnification 10.7x optical wide-angle zoom lens in a thin 29.4 mm body that is both easy to carry and easy to use. This lens can handle a wide range of shooting situations, including powerful telephoto shots as well as wide-angle
shooting of both expansive landscapes and interior scenes with limited distance between camera and subject. In addition, the CX3’s ability to shoot high-quality images at high sensitivity levels enables you to use telephoto photography to faithfully capture the joy, surprise, and excitement of a scene without worrying about blur.

Easily select the desired angle of view.Step zoom and auto resize zoom:

The step zoom function enables you to fix the optical zoom magnification at eight steps (28 mm, 35 mm, 50 mm, 85 mm, 105 mm, 135 mm, 200 mm, and 300 mm equivalent). For a zoom range beyond the 10.7x optical zoom (300 mm), the auto resize zoom takes you to a maximum of 61.0x (1,710 mm equivalent)* in four steps (recorded image resized to 5M, 3M, 1M, VGA). Extracting and recording the desired portion of the image shot, auto resize zoom does not degrade image quality like digital zoom,which records the image after magnifying a portion of it up to a designated size.

Close-ups 1 cm from subject.
Macro shooting functions:

Support for shooting creativity.
AE/AF target shift functions:

Choose the best shot after shooting. Four bracketing functions:

Bracketing functions shoot multiple images while changing the shooting settings. Spared from having to make subtle setting adjustments, from multiple images you just select the one best matching your creative intentions.

Auto bracketing:
Automatically shoots three consecutive shots at three exposure levels (-0.5EV, ±0, +0.5EV) based on the set exposure level.

Color bracketing
Automatically records three images (color, black and white, and sepia) giving very different impressions. In addition to the regular color image, you can enjoy the play of light and shadow in a black and white image and the nostalgic feel of a sepia tone image.

White balance bracketing
Automatically records three images: a reddish image, a bluish image, and an image at the currently set white balance. This is convenient when it is difficult to judge the proper white balance.

Focus bracketing
The automatic continuous shooting of five images while changing the focus position by specified intervals. The focus position intervals can be specified as (Wide) or (Narrow).

Person? Landscape? Close-up? The CX3 will decide.
Scene auto mode (S-AUTO):

Pro techniques for you to use. 13 Scene modes:

Corrects for even slight hand-motion blur.
Image sensor shift image stabilizer:
The image sensor shift image stabilizer function reduces the hand-motion blurring that tends to occur in situations such as telephoto and macro shooting. When blurring is detected, the CMOS sensor automatically compensates by shifting in a direction that eliminates the blur.

Quick and accurate camera leveling.
Electronic level:
Using the level sound and the level indicator shown on the picture display, you can confirm that the image is level. This is convenient when shooting landscapes, buildings, and other subjects where tilting can be a problem.

Sharp focus, whether the subject is still or on the move.
Diverse AF (auto focus) functions:
The new "face priority AF" function has been added. With the CX3's auto focus capabilities for quick, precise focusing geared to the subject and your shooting intentions, you won't miss that fleeting shutter chance.

Don't let that scene get away.high-speed continuous shooting functions:
Many discoveries await in a world unseen by the naked eye. To make those discoveries, the CX3 has even better high-speed continuous shooting functions. With speeds from 5 frames/sec. to ultra-high-speed 120 frames/sec., you will catch the moment.

Control photo "feel" with the aspect ratio.
Diverse aspect ratios:
In addition to an aspect ratio 1:1 mode for square-format images like those of medium format cameras,the CX3 adds a 16:9 mode convenient for photo viewing on a wide-screen television. Enjoy the subtly different expressive feel these dimensions create.

Up to 20 image files can be flagged.Image flag function:
The image flag function enables quick display of up to 20 image files from among those in the camera. Flagged images can be promptly displayed by pressing the Fn (function) button so it is very easy and convenient to flag maps and timetable images for later reference and flag favorite photos for showing other people.

Correct brightness and contrast in the camera.
Level compensation:
The brightness and contrast of still images can be automatically or manually corrected in the camera without using a PC. With manual correction, the histogram can be finely adjusted until the image faithfully reflects the photographer's intentions.

Correct the color tone of still images in the camera.
White balance compensation:
Whether you want to reproduce the subject's color tone or change it, you can adjust green, magenta,blue, and amber color tones to match your intentions and preferences.

Reproduce the fine gradations of light and color.Large 3.0-inch 920,000-dot VGA LCD monitor:
The large, high-resolution LCD monitor has a wide viewing angle and high contrast. With sRGB comparison of 100% for color reproduction range, it vividly reproduces image colors. Providing a comfortable shooting environment, the screen has a fluorine coat to prevent soiling, a hard coat to prevent scratches, and an anti-reflection coat to give excellent visibility even outdoors.

Create your own custom specs.My Settings mode:
If you set your most frequently used functions in My Settings mode, you can immediately call up the "custom spec" settings by just turning the mode dial. Making full use of My Settings mode will insure that you do not miss your own decisive moments.

Available colours:Black,Siver,Light Grey&Pink(Two-tone)

Price:₤299.99