Review of the one good camera Canon doesn’t really push…. :)

The Canon EOS-M3 mirrorless is such a nice camera it is pity Canon doesn’t push it on a marketing level as other companies with their own mirrorless cameras. CanonWatch just reviewed the camera and writes:

The EOS M3 is powerful and well-made mirrorless camera. Everything works as advised, and it works really well. Image quality is excellent, build quality too, the AF is on pair with most competitors, it’s an EOS so it shares all the powerful possibilities of the system, and it is small and compact.
It’s a well made and powerful mirrorless camera. Nevertheless, you can’t avoid the feeling that Canon is not yet fully committed to the EOS M system. The most visible sign of this lack of commitment is likely the fact that the EOS M system has only four native lenses.

Come on Canon, just give us a strong sign and release a proper EOS-M lens roadmap! That would be something or not?

Samsung NX1 Readers’ Test

A few weeks ago the German Systemkamera Forum has conducted a readers’ review of the Samsung NX1: Nine forum members tested the Samsung top camera in all photographic fields. The result is a lot of praise and excitement, especially regarding speed and autofocus.
Some of the testers critized some aspects about the 4k video functionality, most of them already fixed with the last firmware update.

Although the test is in German the images speak for themself:

Jörg Haag: Street Photography and Architecture

Test & More Images by Jörg Haag: Street Photography and Architecture

René Weber: 4k Video and Sports

Test & More Images by René Weber: 4k Video and Sports

Nadine Koch: Samsung NX1 in Concert (and Sports)

Nadine Koch hat den Autofokus der Samsung NX1 bei schwierigen Lichtsituationen – bei einem Handballspiel und einem Konzert – unter die Lupe genommen.

Test & More Images by Nadine Koch: Samsung NX1 in Concert (and Sports)

Christopher Kessler: Great Macro Images

Test & More Images by Christopher Kessler: Great Macro

Matt Everglade: Landscape Photography

Test & More Images by Matt Everglade: Landscape Photography

Ranier Peredo: Shooting the Ford Focus RS Mk2

Test & More Images by Ranier Peredo: Shooting the Ford Focus RS Mk2

Maik Urbczat: Testing the Video and Photo Mode

Test & More Test & More Images by Images by Maik Urbczat: Testing the Video and Photo Mode

Alexander Breier: Studio Photography

Test & More Images by Alexander Breier: Studio Photography

Oliver Stein: Testing Autofokus

Test & More Images by Oliver Stein: Testing Autofokus

Luminous Landscape reviews the DxO One camera…and kills it right at the start!


A short video showing the issues we found during our review

Make no mistake, the DxO One camera is a great camera! But it has one very big flaw that makes it pretty much unusable. Our colleges over at Luminous Landscape described it well:

During my last week of testing, my iPhone fell off the DxO unit twice. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention this. Once it fell onto a concrete floor. Not cool. The problem is the iPhone 6 Plus is a heavy phone and all that is holding it to the DxO One is a lightning connector. While holding the iPhone, the DxO One seems to be connected well. But hold the DxO unit alone and the Phone’s weight immediately begins to start pulling on the connector. A few good shakes and the camera becomes disconnected. (see video at the end of this article) Not acceptable.

I still think DxO made a step into the right direction with their product. It looks much better than the Sony QX solution. Now they just have to find a way to “secure” the device on the iPhone in a much safer way!

P.S.: If you can read french there is also a full test at Focus Numerique!

Sony A7rII is now shipping in UK and already broke a marriage :)

The new Sony A7rIi is finally shipping in Europe. The camera is that highly requested and full of WOW factor that John Wilhelm kicked out his wife from his bed to sleep with the new toy :)

Joke a part a more serious list of user first impressions report can be read at SonyAlphaForum.

Found via SonyAlphaRumors.

A7rII preorder list:
In USA: at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, SonyStore US, FocusCamera, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at Sony DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
In Asia at Digitalrev, CameraPro.