Not often a fixed lens camera is as exciting as the new Panasonic FZ-1000. It has a super useful 25-400mm lens range and offers 4K recording for under $,1000!
And here is the full brochure available for download: http://we.tl/4yA2aLy1w1
Well, Fuji really wanted to give all X camera owners a glorious day :)
There is a software update available for everyone:
_ _ _ Some fixes and improvements also for the X-M1, X-A1 and XQ1. And if you own the Instax Share SP-1 printer, you can now send images directly via WiFi to this little printer without having to send it first to your iPhone. If you own the best sellers in the X-lineup, X-T1 and the X-E2, then you still have to continue to upload your images to your smartphone first and from there send it to the printer. X-M1 ver. 1.20 / X-A1 ver. 1.20
The Wall Street Journal wrote a very negative article against Nikon’s strategy:
The market shows growth in just one category: “mirrorless” cameras. Nikon was among the last of major Japanese makers to release a mirrorless camera, and still offers only a handful of models. The company likely fears cannibalization of its high-end DSLRs, but its strategy seems not to be working. Nikon’s camera division, more than two-thirds of the company, posted a 9% revenue decline for the year through March
What do you think about the Nikon’s strategy?
It took almost one year but finally Tamron launched their new 14-150mm MFT lens. The lens will ship from June 26 for 65,000 yen.
The lens has been announced and first preorders are up in USA via Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
A first look can be read at Fujirumors by Rico.
We saw it only as a sketch on Sony patents before. But now we have it in real! This is the new Sony curved sensor and it comes in two variations: Full Frame (43mm) and for Mobile Phones and Tablets (11mm).
The Full Frame sensor is likely to find his way in the new RX2 because this is also what Sony patent were showing us: a FF curved sensor used along a 35mm f/1.8 lens.
As far as we know Sony is the only company offering such a sensor and Sony also said at the 2014 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits event that they developed a special production technique to produce it in mass.
At the end what matters is that: With such sensors corners become 2x more sensitive and have a lot less of issues. And lenses can be designed in a more compact way.
Sigma US finally announced the Sigma Dp2 Quattro pricing and you can already preorder it at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
The DP2 Quattro camera will differ from earlier generations of the DP cameras as it will feature:
The new Foveon X3 Quattro Direct Image Sensor that delivers images equivalent to 39MP output from a conventional sensor
1) Increased resolution from the DP Merrill cameras A Fixed 30mm 2.8 Lens specifically designed for the new sensor
2) The TRUE III Image processor, providing ultrafast processing of an immense volume of image data without any deterioration of the final image
3) Better high ISO performance with one to two stops of improvement
4) Improved 3A performance: Auto Exposure, Auto Focus and Auto White Balance
5) Enhanced Standard, Vivid, Neutral, Portrait, Landscape, FOV Classic Blue, and Monochrome color modes, and new Cinema, Sunset Red, Forest Green, and FOV Classic Yellow color modes