Smartphones are eating up the low end compact camera market and the only profitable segment is now the premium compact camera market. And today Nikon launched the new “Nikon Coolpix A” featuring a 16 megapixel APS-C sensor.

Full specs, price and preorders at:
Black -> Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Silver -> Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Soon also Olympus will release a camera with a larger sensor. So you will have plenty of options :)

-The official Adobe Fuji X sensor support message-

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And now it’s here! Adobe supports the complex Fuji X sensor design and gives you 100% support on their RAW files. Download LR 4.4 here. or Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw RC 7.4 here. And to see what changed for Fuji watch out the nice article by Rico Pfirstinger on Fujirumors. There is also the first dpreview test: “In the ACR 7.3 rendering, the foliage takes on a distinct ‘watercolor’ appearance, and the white text of the sign is ‘filled-in’ green. As you can see, the new processing approach in ACR 7.4 RC offers substantial improvements in both areas.” (thx MJr)

There is one camera that comes and one that goes :)

IN: The Sony NEX-3n has been announced in Asia and North America and preorders are up at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and SonyStore USA (via ACDeals).

Out: The Pentax K-01 has been officially discontinued (found via RiceHIgh).

And a hot deal: Save Up to $525 on Fuji X cameras and kits at Amazon.

Mu Optics – Thermal Imager from John McGrath on Vimeo.

It’s not a mirrorless related news but a cool project about making the cheapest Thermal Camera ever made. Check at Muoptics (found via Personal View).

Mirrorless news:
Adapting Third-Party Lenses on X camera (Fujirumors).
EOS-M review at Gizmodo.
Sony RX1 review at Cnet Asia.
Pentax MX-1 Review at Photographyblog.
Olympus Tech Outfits E-P3 With X-Ray Filter (ThePhoBlographer).
Sony NEX-3n image gallery at Whatdigitalcamera.
Sony’s moment of truth (The New Yorker).
sony 500mm f8+sigma tc 1.4x ex DG+vivitar tc 2x mc4 DGII on the sony nex 5n. A 2100mm test(!) on Flickr.
Replacing the NEX-6 LCD at Hellyeahpictures.
Mirrorless Battle: OM-D vs GH3 vs X-E1 by Admiringlight.
E-PL5 review at TechHive.
Olympus 15mm f/8 Body Cap Lens review at Admiringlight.

Tonight Sony announced the new Sony NEX-3n camera. You can read the press release at: Sony, ePhotozine, Dpreview, Whatdigitalcamera, Techradar, Lemondedelaphoto (french), Photographyblog, Photoscala. Some hands-on pics and previews are also available at: ePhotozine, Techradar, Photographyblog, Pocket-Lint.

While the specs aren’t impressive the size reduction is noticeable! It’s the smallest APS-C mirrorless camera on market and the build quality is on a good level with metal body and no use of cheap plastic only. Price is very low with $499 with the 16-50mm kit lens. Could be a nice camera to buy!

Here is the introduction video from Sony:

The shipment of the new Fuji X100s started today in Japan (see Amazon). And some Japanese resellers already ship them worldwide via eBay. The first European and American stocks of cameras are expected to ship in mid March.

And those of you interested in getting an X interchangeable camera know that CameraLand sells the kit for $200 less in and .

A collector from Alameda (California) just decided to sell his huge collection of film cameras that includes over 1,000 pieces! The full acution details can be seen on . And those are almost all fully working cameras from Canon, Nikon, Rollei, Yashica, Ricoh, Polaroids, Kodak, Fuji, Pentax, Petri, Pax, Mamiya, etc. Damn what a collection!

via PetaPixel.