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Sinar releases new 48.8-megapixel digital back

Sinar has introduced the eVolution86 H digital back, which offers a maximum resolution of 48.8 megapixels

Medium Format Cameras 08 Sep 2010

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Sinar opens up to competitors

Large and medium format camera maker Sinar, whose fate was uncertain after the collapse of Franke & Heidecke, is opening up its camera systems to competitors' camera backs

Medium Format Cameras 11 Jun 2010

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Sinar cameras thrown a financial lifeline by Swiss distributor

Sinar has been offered respite after it signed a deal with its Swiss distributor to form a new company that will handle the development and service of current and future Sinar products

Medium Format Cameras 23 Sep 2009

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Gloomy Sinar the times for Hy6

Jenoptik has dropped Sinar, the Swiss-based camera business it acquired just two years ago

Medium Format Cameras 26 Aug 2009

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After Franke & Heidecke's closure, the open system is a thing of the past, says Hasselblad's CEO

Franke & Heidecke's closure and the recent consolidation in the medium format camera market could spell the end of open systems, Hasselblad's CEO Christian Poulsen tells BJP

Medium Format Cameras 13 Jul 2009

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Franke & Heidecke facing the end

The German company behind the Rolleiflex twin-lens camera system and the 6x6 format camera body for both Leaf and Sinar has closed, BJP can reveal. Its closure also deals a heavy blow to the Leaf AFi system...

Medium Format Cameras 08 Jul 2009

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Franke & Heidecke: Sinar reacts to news of closure

Sinar, one of the medium format camera makers directly affected by the closure of Franke & Heidecke, is still studying plans regarding its Hy6 camera, BJP has learnt

Medium Format Cameras 06 Jul 2009

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Leaf and Sinar: business as usual

News that one of the leading makers of medium format cameras had gone into insolvency threw the market into a brief panic last week, with dealers and their customers left speculating on the future of an...

Medium Format Cameras 18 Mar 2009

Sinar issues statement on medium format maker's troubles

Sinar, which uses medium format camera system from Franke & Heidecke to produce its Hy6 model, has reassured its customer that it is currently not affected by the news that Franke & Heidecke filed for...

Medium Format Cameras 16 Mar 2009

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Franke & Heidecke forced into administration

Franke & Heidecke, the German-based company that owns the Rolleiflex brand and makes medium format cameras for Leaf and Sinar, has gone into insolvency

Medium Format Cameras 11 Mar 2009

Sinar unveils new Hy6 version

The new medium format camera features a 31 million pixel resolution sensor

Medium Format Cameras 29 Aug 2008

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