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Roberts’ New North Store Grand Opening

You still got your calendars marked for August 6th and 7th to come see us in Carmel, Indiana for the grand opening of our new north store? Good! Great, even! Perhaps, dare we say (dare! dare!)… fabulous?

Wait, you didn’t mark your calendar? Tch. That’ll never do. Let’s see if we can motivate you to do so. Did we mention there’ll be prizes? You know, nifty things for free?

Ah, I see you perking up now. So, let’s see what’s in the bag, yes?

Nikon D3000 with 18-55mm VR

GRAND PRIZES:

Nikon D3000 with 18-55mm VR
Canon SX120 IS

DOOR PRIZES:

AUGUST 6
  • 12pm • TAMRAC Zip Shot Tripod
  • 2pm • KODAK Zi8 Video Camera
  • 4pm • WESTCOTT 417 Green Screen Kit
  • 6pm • SLIK 700DX Tripod
  • 7pm •  TOKINA 35mm Macro Lens

Kodak Zi8 Pocket Camcorder

AUGUST 7

  • 12pm • TAMRON 70-300mm Zoom Lens
  • 2pm • CANON PowerShot SD1300 IS Digital Camera
  • 4pm • LOWEPRO Pro Runner 400AW Back Pack
  • 6pm • TAMRAC Evolution 6 Back Pack
  • 7pm •  CANON PowerShot SX210 IS

Now are you marking your calendar? We bet you are, and we look forward to celebrating this momentous occasion in our company’s history with the people who matter most: you all.



Panasonic to Debut 3D Conversion Lens for G-Series Shooters

Not got quite enough scratch shoved under the mattress to buy one of those 3D-ready camcorders Panasonic’s talking up? We feel you. Did you purchase one of Panasonic’s very nifty Micro-Four Thirds G-series cameras with a good video mode, like the GH1 or G2? Yeah? Well, boy-howdy, you’re in luck! In addition to the camcorder, Panasonic is promising a 3D lens converter for its G-series mounts by the end of this year.

For those scratching their heads and looking blankly at their screen, the idea is the lens splits one image into two, the same way we’d see it with two eyes. So, the left- and right-halves of your sensor are recording slightly different versions of the same scene. You lose half your horizontal pixels, but you gain 3D. Ta-da!

Now, while any Micro Four Thirds shooter could mount this (Olympus’ Pen series uses the same mount), at this point a lot of the functionality will be in the firmware, so until we hear anything otherwise, we’ll assume this a Panasonic-only thing, k?



Panasonic’s New HDC-SDT750 Will Let You Record 3D Home Videos

Need a 3MOS HD cacorder with 5.1 channel audio recording? Did you just yawn? Fine! How about a 3MOS 1080p camcorder with 5.1 channel audio, 12x optical Leica zoom, and an included 3D conversion lens so you can record all your memories in 3D and play them back on your new-fangled 3D television? Happy now?

Good, because that’s exactly what Panasonic is announcing with the rolls-off-the-tongue HDC-SDT750. It’ll shoot split HD video (so, the final HD videos are 960×1080 pixels). Or take the conversion lens off and shoot boring old 1080p, see if we care.

The other features that make this a product and not just a gimmicky press release mention things like a 3 touchscreen, a manual control ring providing quick access to focus, zoo, iris, exposure, what-have-you, time lapse intervals of 1 second, 10 seconds, 30 seconds, a minute, or two minutes, a Focus Microphone made from five ‘highly directional microphones’ to capture dare-we-say panoramic surround sound,and of course 3MOS recording with a total of over 7 million pixels recording your red, blue, and green channels independently.

Word is suggesting an October release date, and a street tag of about $1,400. Whether that’s stiff or a steal probably depends on how excited you got when I said “3D conversion lens included.”

And look, a press release after the jump, for those who thirst and yearn for the very details of the cosmos:

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