Fuji X100s shipping at Amazon US. And Ricoh GR coming soon to compete against it.

The X100s is “almost” in Stock at Amazon US (Click here to grab one). it will ship on April 19. And there is only one left in Stock at .

But Ricoh fans should resist the Fuji temptation because in a few days there will be a new GR camera. Photo Rumors posted some more specs:

  • The new Ricoh GR will have a new processor called GR Engine 5.

  • Very fast and improved AF and start-up time.

  • No anti-aliasing (AA) filter.

  • High ISO up to 25,600

  • 1080P at 30fps HD video recording capabilities with continuous AF (H.264 format).

  • Built-in stereo mic.

  • The 28mm f/2.8 lens is completely re-designed and will have a 9 blades aperture.

  • Ricoh will also offer a wide angle conversion lens (GW-3) with a 21mm focal length.

  • The new GR will be compatible with Eye-Fi memory cards.

  • The US price will be around $800.

  • Announcement is next week. Shipping should start in May, 2013.

Canon EOS-M goes blue! :)

Canon Japan announced a new “blue” EOS M! Actually the color name is “bayblue” color option. The official launch will be on April 25th comes with a special event, called “EOS M Photographic Journey”, with guest talks, showcases etc.

Found via CanonWatch.

Panasonic GF6 announced!

Panasonic announced the new GF6 and there is really no surprise. All the specs and images already have been leaked days ago :)
There is also a new updated 14-42mm kit lens and a white 14-42mm X zoom. Preorders are now live at Amazon (Click here).

Full coverage about previews and preorders are available at 43rumors.

Keep in mind that a second Panasonic announcement is due in two weeks already! There will be a new G6 and a new High End compact and fixed lens camera.

Official images of the Blackmagic and Panasonic MFT cameras.

We have some official product images of two new MFT cameras. One is the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera that comes with a Super 16 sized HD sensor. That sensor has around 2 Megapixels and a 3x crop factor. The camera has one single cool. Shoot the best video quality (with CinemaDNG RAW) in a pocket size and for a low price ($995). I am sure that camera will beat the video quality og the $1299 Panasonic GH3!

Speaking of Panaosnic. here is the official image of the Panasonic GF6 that is going to be announced very soon at 5am CET time.

Source: Digicam

First surprise of the NABshow. Supercompact MFT camera from Blackmagic.

This really came totally unexpected. Blackmagic announced a pocket sized MFT mount camera with Super 16 sensor. It is a sort of very compact cinema camera with “13 stops dynamic range, Super 16 sized 1080 HD sensor, SD card recorder, high resolution LCD, ProRes and lossless CinemaDNG RAW recording, active Micro Four Thirds Lens compatibility, and micro HDMi monitoring with overlays.”

Now filmmaker can have a super camcorder in their pocket! Amazing work done by Blackmagic!