First image and full specs of the new Leica Q fixed lens Full Frame camera!

On June 10 Leica will announce the new Leica Q camera and this is the first image leaked by Digicameinfo.

– Summilux 1: 1.7 / 28mm ASPH
– 24MP CMOS full-size sensor
– Made in Germany
– Video Full HD
– Wi-Fi built-in
– Remote control possible from smartphones and tablet
– The top of the cover is machined aluminum
– The body is magnesium
– Touch panel
– Focus peaking
– Live View zoom
– EVF is 3.68 million dot
– Image processing engine new Maestro II
– Continuous shooting up to 10 frames / sec.
– Highest sensitivity ISO50000

Announcement on June 10 afternoon (European time).

Official Leica invitiation for the Fixed Lens Camera announcement.

Meister-camera.com posted that Leica teaser showing the new Leica camera sketch. The Leica will be shown in Germany on June 11 (and not June 10 as previously stated). Reminder, those are the camera specs we know so far:

1) It looks like a Leica monochrome but is smaller.
2) has a  28mm summilux 1.7  fixed lens.
3) full frame sensor (no info on Megapixel number yet)
4) has image stabilization.
5) Evf

 

This is the initiation text in German:

Liebe Leica-Fans,
Tradition immer wieder neu zu definieren, treibt LEICA seit über 100 Jahren an. Ohne Kompromisse an Präzision und Qualität werden seit jeher innovative, zeitlose und langlebige Kameras gefertigt, die höchsten Ansprüchen genügen. Kameras, die sich stets auf das Wesentliche konzentrieren: das beste Bild!
Ich lade Sie herzlich ein, Ihnen ein neues Mitglied der Leica Familie vorstellen zu dürfen:

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I got this form my own sources but also Lavidaleica posted the teaser image.

Leica to announce a new Full Frame fixed lens camera on June 10!

We got info from a highly reliable source about a new Leica camera which is going to be announced on June 10:

1) It looks like a Leica monochrome but is smaller.
2) has a  28mm summilux 1.7  fixed lens.
3) full frame sensor (no info on Megapixel number yet)
4) has image stabilization.
5) Evf

Sounds a lot like a high end version of the current Sony RX1. As usual don’t expect this to be a low priced cam!

Mirrorless news roundup…

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Sony RX100 III review at Adorama Blog.
Sony Action Cam used in The Samurai World (Actioncamerarumors).
Samsung NX1 test (Graverholtphoto).
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India Digital Camera market registered an annual shipments of 1.62 million units in CY 2014. Advanced Digital Camera recorded a substantial triple digit growth (6Wresearch).
Samsung NX500 Image Quality Comparison (Imaging Resource).
Nikon makes a selfie camera for dogs (no joke) Read at TheNakedCamera.

Toshiba presents new sensor with built-in Olympus alike High res mode.

Toshiba officially presented a new sensor that has a sort of built-in Olympus alike High Resolution mode. Here is the full press text:

Overview
Toshiba has developed a super high quality image processing technology that achieves image quality comparable to that of larger image sensors. This new technology is able to apply a compact image sensor like the ones in smartphones and in-vehicle cameras. Our technology sequentially processes a continuous series of captured images to realize a high image quality previously attainable with only larger image sensors.

Development History
With the miniaturization of semiconductors, the number of pixels in image sensors has been increasing year by year. It is now possible to take an image with higher resolution than ever before. However, the size of image sensors has not changed and this leads to increase of noise in the image because the amount of light received per pixel decreases as the pixel count increases. The long time exposure reduces image noise, but the image quality suffers due to camera shake. Conventionally, electronic image stabilization technology has been used to prevent image quality deterioration. In electronic image stabilization, several copies of the image are overlaid to compensate for the noise and a large amount of parallel memory is required to hold the multiple image copies. As a consequence, the noise reduction effect is limited by the number of image copies that can be kept in memory.

Features and Benefits of Our Technology
Toshiba has developed the super high quality image processing technology, allowing the user to acquire a much higher quality image by significantly reducing noise and preventing camera shake without requiring a large amount of memory. This technology generates a very sharp image with less noise by overlaying many continuously recorded images. By correcting camera shake with our proprietary high-precision motion detection technology, the image is sequentially generated using the memory capacity required for just a single image. This new technology effectively and precisely detects everything from tiny vibrations to large camera shake. Random noise is canceled out by overlaying multiple images, and object edges are kept clear and crisp through the same process. The increase in the number of captured images makes it possible to obtain very high image quality using very little memory for storage, which to date has required a highly sensitive large image sensor. In particular, night scenes suffered from increased image noise. Our technology will enable users to produce extremely clear images at low light conditions.