Finally we have a precise announcement hour of the new Fuji X stuff. The news will be official at 02:00 (2am) London time. The body will be priced at $699 which is just $100 below the current (discounted) X-E1 price.
Price for the body with 16-50mm kit lens will be $799.
UPDATE: There was an error submission by the source. He first wrote 2pm, but it was 2am :)
Our Japanese friend and source from Digicaminfo got the full specs of the X-M1:
– 16.3 million pixels X-Trans APS-C CMOS
– ISO200-6400 (100,12800,25600 as extension)
– -1/4000 Seconds 30 seconds, shutter speed (160 seconds in the S / M mode) sync 1/180 sec
– 920,000 dot 3.0-inch, 3:2 aspect ratio can tilt up and down.
– The shooting speed (for 10 consecutive frame 50 continuous frames, in RAW with JPEG) 5.6 frames / second
– Video 1920×1080 30p, 1280×720 30p
– Sound Linear PCM Stereo
– Mode dial
– Advanced Auto function
– Can be operated with one hand
– Wi-Fi, smart phone transmission function
– Built-in flash, super i flash function
– Media SD / SDHC / SDXC
– The size is 116.9 x 66.5 x 39.0mm
– 330g (including battery, media), 280g weight (only body)
– Expected Release Date (body color of some September) July 27
– Estimated retail price of ¥ 75,000 before and after body
Short break from all these Fuji rumors to report some Ricoh news! Dpreview (Click here) posted the full camera test and writes:
“the GR series had long ago overcome most operational quirks – resulting in an enjoyable, engaging camera with excellent image quality. So, with Raw performance that’s essentially indistinguishable from the Nikon’s, the Ricoh’s ND filter, longer battery life, faster focusing, lens quality and better rear screen give it the edge. The lower price seals the deal – earning the Ricoh our highest rating.”
The camera therefore earned a “Gold Award”. Well done Ricoh!
P.S.: What is nto so well done is the delivery delay in USA. Still 2-4 weeks to go until the camera will be in Stock at Amazon US.
Unlike the other X interchangeable cameras the soon to be announced X-M1 will also come in a third color version…Brown! And according to Digicaminfo the camera will ship in Japanese stores in late July only. It means you likely can’t get it in time for your summer vacation :(
There is also some new info about the two new lens designs: The 16-50mm zoom has a 12 lens in 10 groups design, 3 of them are aspherical lenses. The new 27mm pancake length is 23mm and weights 78g.
Reminder: Official announcement on June 25!
You wanna see how small the new X-M1 is? Just watch this image comparisons! The X-M1 is even smaller than the X20!
Click on that on to see the large size version:
You like it? You almost can’t go smaller than that!
And here it is the new entry level Fuji X-M1 (images via Digicaminfo). As we “rumored” before the camera has no viewfinder, a titling screen and there is the new 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 and 27mm f/2.8 lens. The camera, lens, the 27mm pancake and the new X PRO 1 and X-E1 firmware update will be announced on June 25.
That is the long expected Fuji for poor people :)
The new Samsung Galaxy NX has been announced in an event in London. Official press release text can be found at Petapixel, Samsungcamera, A first hands-on report at Photocomment, Digitalcamerainfo, dpreview, engadget, digitalcamerareview and at Imaging Resource.
The new NX in short:
The camera has a 20.3-megapixel APS-C sensor with focus phase detection pixels. This means it has a hybrid contrast and phase detection autofocus system. It has a 1/6000s maximum shutter speed and shots 8.6 fps (Frames per second). It has a powerful 1.6GHz quad-core processor with 2GB or RAM, and runs Android Jelly Bean (4.2.2) operating system. What’s huge is the 4.8-inch touch panel, and the same NX20 viewfinder. But the important part is that this camera has everything what a Samsung smartphone has. Full connectivity (even LTE) and APP support and so on. Price is yet unknown while release is sometimes in summer.
Some said this is a smartphone with a huge camera on it :)
Here is a hands-on vide made by Imaging Resource:
You like the cam?
