Leicarumors posted some more buzz about the next Leica May 10 announcement. That’s the stuff you may will see:

• Leica X2 with 18Megapixel sensor.
• 50mm f/2 Summicron-M lens for $3,300.00.
• New M camera with Black and White sensor and LCD screen

I really like the idea of a Black and White M camera but I suspect Leica will (as usual) sell this camera as a sort of special edition charging some $$$ extra

Latest rumors from our friend at Leicarumors are suggesting that on May 10th Leica will announce a sort of Leica M9 special camera with black and white sensor. It will have same M9 design but there are also extreme rumors saying that it will not have an LCD screen at all! Damn, how should we check the pictures we take?

The sensor has a very clean/noise free high-ISO capabilities and wild rumors say that this is actually a Sony made sensor.

Let’s see what’s coming on May 10th!

I admire Pentax for trying to imagine new kind of products like it is with the Pentax Q and K-o1 cameras. But is it really paying off? Digicaminfo (Click here) found an article at Nikkei (you have to pay to read it) where Ricoh confirms that they will release a cheaper than the K-01 mirrorless camera. The K-01 sells (body only) for $700 at Amazon. The new camera will have use “cheaper” material to cut costs. It has to be seen if the design will change or not.

Canon concept mirrorless camera by David Riesenberg (Click here)

In an interview with Amateur Photographer Panasonic UK’s Lumix G product manager Barnaby Sykes said that “Panasonic expects Canon to launch its first CSC in 2012.” There is one more interesting analysis made by Mr. Sykes: “the continued loyalty of many photographers to major camera brands such as Canon, owing to their long photographic heritage, continues to pose a ‘massive challenge’ to Panasonic, despite the firm’s success in the CSC arena.“. In simple words, the Canon user prefers to wait for Canon to launch their own mirrorless system instead of jumping the ship by using one of the current mirrorless systems.

I think that could be one of the main reasons why the mirrorless market still didn’t boom in some regions like USA and Europe.

The well informed Korean iNews24 (Click here) revealed that Samsung will announce all three new NX cameras next week. After months of leakages we can finally see what the cameras can do for real! Samsung worked hard to match the sensor and electronic viewfinder performance with the best Sony mirrorless cameras. Will that be enough to convince customers to buy into the NX system? Don’t think so. Something more revolutionary is necessary to create a buzz around Samsung. Why not introduce some of the nice concepts leaked last year? Here is the pic:

Now that is something that is catching my attention! Don’t you think so?