UPDATE: The Sony Livestream on Amazon US (Click here) is now over. There was a very interesting hint for us….when the Sony manger said that “rumors” say a Full Frame NEX is coming this year :)

That funny video has been made by Samsung. Yes, it’s still amazing to see how people thinks in term of “bigger is better”.

Thanks Dummy for sending me the video link!

Sony and Panasonic finally announced their new stuff. I will sum up in short what’s the news here:

Sony RX1:
According to Dpreview (Click here) testing the RX1R without AA filter gains little sharpness and lot of moiré :) So no big deal here!

Sony RX100MII:
Lot’s of new features like Tilting screen, hot shoe and a 40% less noisier new 20MP Exmor R sensor. But this comes at a ($100 extra) cost over the classic RX100

Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 II:
Same optical performance and same autofocus speed as the predecessors in a slightly more high grade body construction. No big deal here too!

I know, wans’t really a spectacular day today :)

Here are the preorder links:
RX1 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, Sonystore US, Sony Canada, Sony Deutschland, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Spain.
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RX100MII at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, Sonystore US, Sony Canada, Sony Deutschland, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony Italy, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Spain.
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Panasonic Black lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).
Panasonic Silver lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here).

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?

Sigma (Click here) just issued new firmware updated for the the DP1/2/3 cameras. Benefits of the firmware update:

SIGMA DP1 Merrill firmware [Ver.1.04]
?Improves the stability of operation.
?Improves the precision of bounce flash shooting when ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG SUPER SA-STTL and ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG ST SA-STTL are used.
?When you enlarge an image, it used to enlarge the center of the image. However, the new firmware magnifies the image depending on the focusing position.
?It is possible to select the file name of the image either from “SDIM” or “DP1M”.
?It has integrated the color tones of Custom White Balance (Sunlight, Shade, Overcast, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash) among the DP Merrill series.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the AEL setting goes back to default if the AEL button is set for “Central AEL + AEL”, and alternate MF to AF or vice versa, while it is still displaying the operation icon.
?Corrects the phenomenon that self-timer shooting whilst using P Mode would cancel the program shift for the customized shutter speed and aperture settings if you press the release button.
?Properly displays the image according to the selected magnification percentage.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the selected exposure is not appropriately applied when an external flashgun is used with Custom Mode.
?Corrects the phenomenon that, in rare cases, images are not recorded properly when the battery level is low.
?Corrects the rare phenomenon that the recording process does not go perfectly when the camera is turned off right after taking the image.
?It displays the size of the file when you select an image and open the Image Info Screen.

SIGMA DP2 Merrill firmware [Ver.1.05]
?Improves the stability of operation.
?Improves the precision of bounce flash shooting when ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG SUPER SA-STTL and ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG ST SA-STTL are used.
?When you enlarge an image, it used to enlarge the center of the image. However, the new firmware magnifies the image depending on the focusing position.
?It is possible to select the file name of the image either from “SDIM” or “DP2M”.
?It has integrated the color tones of Custom White Balance (Sunlight, Shade, Overcast, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash) among the DP Merrill series.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the AEL setting goes back to default if the AEL button is set for “Central AEL + AEL”, and alternate MF to AF or vice versa, while it is still displaying the operation icon.
?Corrects the phenomenon that self-timer shooting whilst using P Mode would cancel the program shift for the customized shutter speed and aperture settings if you press the release button.
?Properly displays the image according to the selected magnification percentage.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the selected exposure is not appropriately applied when an external flashgun is used with Custom Mode.
?Corrects the phenomenon that, in rare cases, images are not recorded properly when the battery level is low.
?Corrects the rare phenomenon that the recording process does not go perfectly when the camera is turned off right after taking the image.
?It displays the size of the file when you select an image and open the Image Info Screen.

SIGMA DP3 Merrill firmware [Ver.1.02]
?Improves the stability of operation.
?Improves the precision of bounce flash shooting when ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG SUPER SA-STTL and ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG ST SA-STTL are used.
?When you enlarge an image, it used to enlarge the center of the image. However, the new firmware magnifies the image depending on the focusing position.
?It is possible to select the file name of the image either from “SDIM” or “DP3M”.
?It has integrated the color tones of Custom White Balance (Sunlight, Shade, Overcast, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash) among the DP Merrill series.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the AEL setting goes back to default if the AEL button is set for “Central AEL + AEL”, and alternate MF to AF or vice versa, while it is still displaying the operation icon.
?Corrects the phenomenon that self-timer shooting whilst using P Mode would cancel the program shift for the customized shutter speed and aperture settings if you press the release button.
?Properly displays the image according to the selected magnification percentage.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the selected exposure is not appropriately applied when an external flashgun is used with Custom Mode.
?Corrects the phenomenon that, in rare cases, images are not recorded properly when the battery level is low.
?Corrects the rare phenomenon that the recording process does not go perfectly when the camera is turned off right after taking the image.
?It displays the size of the file when you select an image and open the Image Info Screen.