I am sure you didn’t miss any rumors and news I posted on 43rumors. You can read a list of all news and reviews go here: http://www.43rumors.com/continually-updated-olympus-new-pen-and-lenses-announced/.
So can we finally enjoy a free time without rumors and announcements? No! Samsung will announce the new NX20 and NX200 cameras in July. I still don’t knwo when but I will knwo it soon for sure! Stay tuned!
The video I posted on top is made by The Fuji company. They do explain the days after the earthquake and how they went back to full X100 produtcion.
P.S.: Click those links to visit the Fuji X100 product pages: [shopcountry 100018].
The Japanese website BCNranking displayed the latest data about the Japanese camera market. 31% of all sold interchangeable cameras in May were Mirrorless! And those are the detailed results
Most sold cameras with interchangeable lenses:
The first two position are held by the two entry level cameras from Nikon and Canon. But on position three you can already find the first mirrorless camera the E-PL2 with 6.4% of the whole volume share. The Panasonic GF2 is on Position 5 with 6.2%. The is on Pos. 7 with 5.3%. And on position 9 you can find the in Japan only available E-PL1s.
Mirrorless Market Share (January to May 2011):
Olympus volume share is 37.95% of the whole mirrorless camera. Right behind you find Sony (32.02%) and than Panasonic (30.03%). The year 2010 ended with following shares Panasonic (38.7%), Sony (32.2%), Olympus (29.1%). As you see Olympus made a huge step forward.
Market share for all interchangeable cameras:
If you count the all interchangeable cameras (Mirrorless and DSLR) than Canon leads with 29.3%, followed by Nikon (27.4%), Sony (15.0%), Olympus (12.7%) and Panasonic (9.7%). Canon and Nikon both loosed market share during the last months.
P.S.: Those are the links to the Amazon TOP 20 cameras:
Amazon US rankings (Click here)
Amazon DE rankings (Click here)
Amazon UK rankings (Click here)
Amazon FR rankings (Click here)
Amazon IT rankings (Click here)
So here is the new Olympus E-P3! That camera along the new E-PM1 and E-PL3 + the new 12mm and 45mm pancake will be announced on Thursday 6GMT time. Below you can see more (blurred) pictures from the E-P3 (via Photorumors). You can follow the announcement live on 43rumors.
Quick video test made with the new Leica 25mm f/1.4 lens.
Ricoh GXR System Camera test at Outbackphoto.
Fujifilm FinePix X100 First Look (Digitalcamerareview).
Fuji FinePix X100, una pequeña joya en un envoltorio irresistible (Microsiervos).
Leica X1 vs Fuji X100 by Alex Koloskov (Link1 and Link2 via Noisycamera)
Test terrain du Fujifilm X100 (Photopassion.fr)
Cámaras sin espejo y objetivos antiguos: una combinación con muchas posibilidades (Quesabesde).
Ricoh GXR+A12 verus GF2+14mm F2.5 versus Leica X1 versus Fuji X100 at Zol (Chinese).
Fuji is enjoying a huge momentum thanks to the Fuji X100. And the Fujiguys (Twitter) already promised that there will be new exciting Fuji stuff coming in September. They didn’t unveil what we should expect but one thing is sure, Fuji officially said that they are working on a mirrorless system with interchangeable lenses. The question is, when is it coming? An unknown source told Photorumors that Fuji will announce three new cameras in September:
1) another fixed lens large sensor camera
2) a new advanced compact camera like the Panasonic LX5 ().
3) and here is the surprise……there will be probably “some kind of a mirrorless solution with a sensor probably smaller than APS-C, something in the m4/3 range.“
Just wishful thinking? I hope to get some reliable info from my sources as soon as possible!
Meanwhile Fuji released the new firmware for the X100 you can download here: http://www.fujifilm.com/support. Check Fuji X100 price and availability at [shopcountry 100018].
The latest “leaked” Sony NEX lens roadmap does display some changes we didn’t expect. First the Zeiss 24mm gets smaller and is half stop slower than expected (2.0 instead of 1.7). This might be a response to the lack of panacake lens expressed by many NEX users. Than the 50mm f/1.8 disappeared and made room for the 40mm f/2.0 lens with OSS (In lens stabilization). And than we have the long expected 55-210mm OSS zoom. There is no word about the availability yet. What looks a bit strange is that the 30mm macro looks also like a pancake!!! What a mess is that?
