Upcoming Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Canon and Olympus announcement info.

After Photokina we had a long quite time with no major mirrorless camera release. This is about to change and at least five companies (but I think there will be more) have scheduled some sort of product announcements within the next 6 weeks:

Sony: Sony will launch the new NEX-7n in early April. it will have a High Resolution 3.8 million dot EVF and new 24 Megapixel sensor. There will be new E-mount lenses too.
Panasonic: Two new MFT cameras could be announced, likely the GF7 and G7.
Olympus: Still not sure yet but latest rumors say that the new E-P5 may be announced in April with availability in June-July
Samsung: NX-R could be announced in March. It still has to be seen if that High End mirrorless will feature a FF sensor or not
Canon: New EOS-M camera with integrated viewfinder and 24MP sensor.

But according to veyr latest info also Zeiss, Fuji and Pentax-Ricoh will announce some new stuff in April!

Hot time coming! Be prepared!

Is that the first image of the new Samsung NX1100?

Samsung NX1100
One of our sources (Thanks) just sent us that image that could be the new Samsung NX1100. Samsung is also rumored to have a big announcement soon with a new NX-R and NX30 coming too. It could be a very big time for Samsung and maybe also the right time for a Full Frame mirrorless?

 

One more news for German readers: the NX300 will be delivered – at least in Germany – with Adobe Lightroom (Source: Colorfoto).

A good day for Fuji: Adobe RAW now supports the X-trans pattern.

Bildschirmfoto 2013-02-26 um 12.05.06-The official Adobe Fuji X sensor support message-

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And now it’s here! Adobe supports the complex Fuji X sensor design and gives you 100% support on their RAW files. Download LR 4.4 here. or Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw RC 7.4 here. And to see what changed for Fuji watch out the nice article by Rico Pfirstinger on Fujirumors. There is also the first dpreview test: “In the ACR 7.3 rendering, the foliage takes on a distinct ‘watercolor’ appearance, and the white text of the sign is ‘filled-in’ green. As you can see, the new processing approach in ACR 7.4 RC offers substantial improvements in both areas.” (thx MJr)

New Canon EOS-M with integrated viewfinder and 24 MP?

The first rumor of the new week is about Canon. Those may be the specs of an upcoming new EOS-M model:

  • 24mp APS-C Sensor

  • New generation AF system

  • DIGIC V

  • Removable Electronic Viewfinder (Very high resolution)

  • Optional grip attachment

  • 5fps

  • Slightly larger than the current EOS M

  • Introduced with 3 more lenses

  • $999 USD

I think it’s more a wishlist than a real camera :) But if true than Canon really aims to play in the same league of the Sony NEX-6 and NEX-7 and the Fuji X-E1.

Source: CR (found via CW).

Mirrorless news roundup (with Affordable Hi-res Thermal Camera)

Mu Optics – Thermal Imager from John McGrath on Vimeo.

It’s not a mirrorless related news but a cool project about making the cheapest Thermal Camera ever made. Check at Muoptics (found via Personal View).

Mirrorless news:
Adapting Third-Party Lenses on X camera (Fujirumors).
EOS-M review at Gizmodo.
Sony RX1 review at Cnet Asia.
Pentax MX-1 Review at Photographyblog.
Olympus Tech Outfits E-P3 With X-Ray Filter (ThePhoBlographer).
Sony NEX-3n image gallery at Whatdigitalcamera.
Sony’s moment of truth (The New Yorker).
sony 500mm f8+sigma tc 1.4x ex DG+vivitar tc 2x mc4 DGII on the sony nex 5n. A 2100mm test(!) on Flickr.
Replacing the NEX-6 LCD at Hellyeahpictures.
Mirrorless Battle: OM-D vs GH3 vs X-E1 by Admiringlight.
E-PL5 review at TechHive.
Olympus 15mm f/8 Body Cap Lens review at Admiringlight.