Big D’oh! for the Engadget team! They erroneously leaked a video showing all the goods of the new Olympus E-M1. The video has now been removed but you can still find it mirrored on many sites. For example here: http://uploaded.net/file/9pf6imwp
Speca are also known. It’s basically an E-P5 with VF-4 viewfinder and has the body of the E-M5 with the E-5 grip. You can’t explain a new camera in a shorter way than that :)
It doesn’t happen very often to see some “real big innovation” in the digital camera business. Lytro certainly is one of the few companies that revolutionized the photo market. But still, their products are not mature enough to compete against the current “normal” Bayer sensor cameras. But this will change in 2014. TheVerge reports that they will launch ‘multiple breakthrough products’ with features that professional photographers are looking for. We don’t know yet if this means that sensor size will be bigger, if there will be an interchangeable mount or whatever. But better they deliver what they promise because for the first time they will face serious competition from Digitaloptics. They will launch their Lytro like camera in 2014 (Source: Engadget).
High Quality Lenses are still rare to find in current mirrorless system. But soon this will change.
Sony:
Sony will launch four new Full Frame and one new APS-C E-mount lenses. Three FF lenses will be from Zeiss and one is a Sony G. The APS-C lens is the 16-70mm f/4.0 Zeiss that will be priced around $1,000. That lens will be announced along the NEX-5T on August 29 while the new Full Frame camera+lenses will be announced in late September (24?).
Olympus:
Olympus will also finally launch their brand new fast f/2.8 zoom. And it may be even a second zoom surprise but that has to be confirmed. The Olympus zoom is said to be of higher quality than the 12-35mm X lens from Panasonic.
Still no news from the Canon and Nikon front :(
The Mirrorless Diet, how to lose weight instantly! Part 1 by Tyson Robichaud.
Nikon 1 system review at Riflessiphotografici.
Ricoh GR test at Worldfotoforum.
New M-Mount Lenses From MS-Optical May be Coming Soon (ThePhoBlographer).
Sensor size is what matters and the trend is for larger, says Aptina (Dpreview).
Olympus Pen E-P5 review at Admiringlight.
Fuji 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 review at Admiringlight.
Samsung NX300 review at Digitalversus.
Ricoh GR Vs Nikon Coolpix A Field Report (ePhotozine).
Fujifilm X-M1 review on Admiring Light.
What you see here are the two Sony DSC-QX10 and DSC-QX100 lenses. But these lenses are unique. They have a built-in sensor (just like the Ricoh GR modules) and stream wirelessly the images on your mobile device. You can use them separately or attached on your smartphone.
Sony will soon launch two “lens-cameras”:
1) One is the “Lens-camera” with RX100MII sensor and Zeiss lens ($600 here on Amazon). On the pictures it is the bigger lens. As you know the RX100 is the most praised high end compact camera and features a large 1 inch sensor which is the same used by the Nikon 1 system. Now you can have that kind of Image Quality on your iPhone or Android Smartphone!
2) The second model will feature a 10xzoom lens with 1/2,3 inch 18 megapixel CMOS sensor (the image with the f/3,3-5.9 lens). It’s basically the same sensor and lens of the Sony WX150 ($400 on Amazon).
Price is yet not known but the devices should be announced on September 4! Is this the real Mirrorless future? One device to rule them (cameras and smartphone) all?
Within this month Sony will announce a new NEX-5T and a new High Quality 16-70mm E-mount zoom lens. The NEX-5t will be only a slightly upgraded NEX-5r (same sensor and same EVF). The High Quality zoom lens will be “expensive”. It will cost a bit more than $1,000.
Regarding the NEX-FF. Rumors pointed out that Sony is preparing a very special event in late September for it. Everything is very secret…but we know it’s coming :)
As usual…take it with fun :)
