End of production for the first digital rangefinder camera: The Epson RD-1!

Epson Japan officially released a note which marks the death for a historical camera: The Epson RD-1! The camera will no longer be produced.

As you know this was the first digital rangefinder camera ever released and had an APS-C sensor. It won the Camera Grand Prix award in 2005.

By bye dear Epson! Too bad you didn’t release a successor with real FF sensor just like Sony did recently with the A7-A7r!

Nikon 1 V3 and new lenses announced!

Preorders:

Nikon 1 V3 with 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here),

1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 PD-ZOOM lens at BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here),

1 NIKKOR VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 at BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here),

 

Nikon 1 V3 press: Dpreview, Imaging Resource, DSLRmagazine,

Nikon lens press: DPreview, Imaging Resource, DSLRmagaizne,

Videos: Youtube (Nikon Asia),

Sony A7-A7r and Fuji X-T1 have a light leak issue (Both can be solved).

Sony A7r Light Leak video by Ferrell McCollough

The probably most popular mirrorless camera curiously share the same issue: A light leak on the mount!

As SonyAlphaRumors reports the issue is minor but visible. Sony is working on a fix for those that want to get rid of the problem. A cheap and temporary solution has been explained by Ferrel McCollough.

And also Camera.Reviewed reports about the Fuji X-T1 having the same issue. But Fuji already offers a service where you can send in the camera and they will repair it within 10 days!

Sigma Interview about the DP Quattro. New fw update for the Samsung NX300.

Let me catch up with some mirrorless related news:

1) The team from Akihabaranews interviewed Sigma manager about the DP Quattro (video on top)

2) Samsung issued a new fw update for the NX300 (download here).

3) Short Sony 24-70mm test at Leica Boss.

4) Zeiss Touit hands-on by ePhotozine.

5) Leica X Silver eidtion launched (Photographyblog).

 

 

– NEX-6 sells for 818 Euro in Europe (via Dealsrunner).

T&T Camera Wrist Straps

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Hello All!  As a fan and reader of Mirrorless rumors since its inception, I’m excited to be writing my first guest post here.  Some of you may be familiar with me, having done some reviews and tutorials over on my blog, but for those I’ve yet to connect with, my name is Tyson and I love photography.  This love of photography and photographic gear has seen my day job merge with my moonlighting job as a photographer and blogger with the building of my new wrist straps.  

 

I’ve been building, and shooting with my own wrist straps for about a year now and have fine tuned the process.  I use high performance, yachting rope and nautical rope splicing techniques to build what I think might be the strongest wrist straps out there.  While I’m going to stop short of saying they’re indestructible (they’re not) I can say that they are capable of supporting well over 200 lbs, and if you venture over to my blog you can see self depricating and hopefully entertainingly comical video proof.

 

I’ve got these priced at $30usd delivered within the US, $36 to Canada and Mexico.  They’re also available for £25 in the UK or €30 in the EU through my friend Tommaso in Italy.  

For more info and ordering, you can visit my T&T Wrist Strap page HERE over on the blog.

 

Thanks for reading and happy shooting!

Cheers,

Tyson

Canon says DSLR are still superior to Mirrorless cameras.

In an interview with the Dpreview team Canon explained why they don’t bet high on mirrorless:

DSLRs can capture the moment better than mirrorless, because you’re viewing directly, not through an LCD.

Another reason is:

In the US, in terms of total number of cameras sold, mirrorless cameras account for less than 20%.

But Canon “will continue to produce new mirrorless cameras and although our competitors in this field are very strong, we hope we won’t be beaten by them.“

Well these are the official answers from Canon. But I do believe they know that if they would go serious with Mirrorless they would have two negative side-effect:

1) They would compete against their own DSLR cameras. Not a smart move seen that they are the king of the market.

2) They would have to publicly the Mirrorless cameras and this would bring attention to a market segment where the competition is very strong.

My two cent: Canon (and Nikon) will only make a serious mirrorless system camera if Sony-Fuji-MFT will start to erode their DSLR market. That’s it.