Will Samsung launch a NX300 monochrome sensor camera at CP+ in February?

Almost a year ago the first rumor about a Samsung Black and White sensor camera surfaced. And it seems like the chance is getting higher and higher to see that for real! Photorumors reports a 20 megapixel NX300 monochrome camera could be announced soon. The camera basically uses the same 20 Megapixel sensor of the current NX300 but gets rid of the color array and AA filter.

That camera would be the first monochrome (non-Leica) mirrorless camera on market. And I certainly like the idea to have such a camera in my bag!

This is how the Samsung NX1 takes the perfect Baseball shot :)

Unlike so many other companies Samsung is very openly disclosing the details of their new NX1 camera tech. In an interview at Imaging Resource Samsung manager Jay Kelbley shared many small details about the new sensor and other camera tech innovations. The video on top shows one of the new curious features of the NX1 which can detect a moving object and take a picture when this happens! Perfect for taking pictures of your kids playing baseball :)

Jay explains how this works:

Yeah, every four milliseconds, the DRIMe V hardware clocks in the image, searches for the ball, and calculates the ball’s position change and rate of change of position, and predicts the moment that the ball will pass the reference. The speed can vary over quite a range, but the hardware rejects objects moving too fast or too slow.

And all goes merit to the new DrimeV engine that can read all(!) 28 megapixels, at 240 times a second!

This is probably one of the most innovative products we had this year at Photokina. This could finally become Samsung first camera to actually generate significant sales after so many unsuccessful years!

Preorders:
NX1 body only at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here),
NX1 with kit lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here),
50-150mm lens at BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here),
ED-BC4NX03 Charger at Adorama (Click here),
NX1 battery at Adorama (Click here),
NX1 vertical grip at Adorama (Click here),

 

New digital Bolex lenses now ready to ship after two years of development.

After 2 years in development, the Digital Bolex/Kish Optics Series 1 Primes are now available to order through DigitalBolex.com.

Theese are all C-mount lenses and those are the specs:

– Kish/Bolex Series 1: 10mm F4 Prime Lens for $395.00
– Kish/Bolex Series 1: 18mm F4 Prime Lens for $375.00
– Kish/Bolex Series 1: 38mm F4 Prime Lens for $350.00

Image samples can be seen on their site!

Fuji says again “No” to Full Frame. Confirms Higher Resolution APS-C sensors are likely to come.

Once again Fuji confirmed they have no intentions to challenge Sony on the Full Frame front yet. Mr Iida (picture on top) from Fuji releases some info about the future strategy in an interview at Dpreview.

The focus from now on will be on offering higher resolution APS-C sensors with increased High-ISO performance and speed. And while Fuji will always focus on the still aspects of the camera they recognize they will have to offer a better video quality too.
 

The next Fuji X camera to be released should be the X-PRO 2. But there is still no word about when this is going to ahppen in 2015.

Canons ays they will become serious with mirrorless!

Finally the giant is waking up form the long sleep and promises to get serious on the mirrorless front. In an interview at Dpreview Canon stated:

In the very near future you can expect us to show something in terms of mirrorless and also a higher resolution sensor.

Sounds like they are going after the Sony A7r!!!

At last some hint from Nikon: “large-sensor mirrorless” could come in future.

Toshiaki Akagi from Nikon finally gave us hope to see a “serious” Nikon mirrorless camera any time soon. He said:

We don’t want to deny the possibility of future large-sensor mirrorless cameras. So maybe if there is enough demand we may be able to provide another type of mirrorless camera with larger sensors. This is one of the solutions.

Would be good to have a mirrorless FM styled camera or not?

Source: Dpreview.