Leica Q announcement within hours…
Stay tuned. As soon as the info gets official I will liveblog all first tests, image samples and more…
UPDATE: Announcement is scheduled for 14:00 London time
Stay tuned. As soon as the info gets official I will liveblog all first tests, image samples and more…
UPDATE: Announcement is scheduled for 14:00 London time
Until now there was no “standard” to define mirrorless system cameras. We had plenty of different definitions like:
– Digital Interchangeable Lens System Cameras (DILSC),
– Electronic Viewfinder with Interchangeable Lens (EVIL).
– Mirrorless System Cameras (MSC),
– Compact System Cameras (CSC),
– Digital Single Lens Mirrorless (DSLM).
But at last the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) decision recognized “Mirrorless” as the official term for interchangeable lens cameras that do not include a mirror mechanism!
Amazing it took seven years to sort this out :)
Source: http://www.ce.org/Consumer-Info/TechnologyGlossary.aspx
A very small update. The new fixed lens Leica camera that will be presented on June 11 has a 24 Megapixel Full Frame sensor.
NX1 Overview Training Tutorial
Zeiss Batis image samples at Zeiss FB page.
Letters from a Dream – Anamorphic 4K film by Eduardo Angel (Panasonic US).
Interview with the NX1’s Senior Designers (Samsungcamera)
This is one of the first selfies ever from George Harrison (TheNakedCamera).
Sony RX100 III review at Adorama Blog.
Sony Action Cam used in The Samurai World (Actioncamerarumors).
Samsung NX1 test (Graverholtphoto).
Vintage Lenses for NX Cameras: a real Must-See (SamsungCameraRumors).
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 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.
We finally have a shipping date and price info of the new Sigma DP0. It costs £899.99 in UK and will ship end of June.
Source: Sigma.
Meyer-Optik-Görlitz Trioplan announced that it will ship the new F2,8/100 mm in December for 1.400 Euro. There will be differen mount versions: M42, Canon EF, Nikon F, Fujifilm XF, Sony E-Mount and Micro Four Thirds.
The lens is said to have a very smooth “soap bubble” bokeh:
Here is the full press text: