Panasonic, Samsung and Sony will have press conferences today at CES. But there should be no new mirrorless system photocamera yet. As far as we know Sony will announce three 4K camcorders (FDR-X1000V, FDR-AXP35 and FDR-AX30) and a new 4K action camera. Also Panasonic and Samsung will announce 4K stuff.

The Big photographic event is CP+ in mid February. And that’s when we will get plenty of new stuff!

One way to move away from the shrinking compact camera and fixed lens cameras is to “try” to offer a similar experience on smartphone cameras. That is exactly what Samsung is doing with the smartphone zoom series.

And now Samsung will introduce at least three new smartphones with zoom lenses: The C125, C600 and C805. We will see if those smartphone-camera hybrids will succeed on the market! Possible announcement could be CES (but this hasn’t been confirmed yet).

via Upleaks

It’s Christmas rumor time :)

SamsungCameraRumors reports:

Samsung is seriously considering to launch a special NX1-lx camera version with lower than 20 megapixel sensor. It will have 1 stop better High ISO performance than the current NX1. And it has 2 stop better high ISO than the current NX30/NX300 cameras.
The likely release of the camera is second half of 2015.

Sony rumors are growing lately and there seems to be two new E-mount cameras on the pipeline:

Sony A7000:
APS-C E-mount camera with 5 axis stabilization and priced above the A6000 but still way less than $1,000 with kit lens. Announcement at CP+ in February?

Sony A9:
Placed above the current A7 series. Full Frame sensor with almost 50 megapixel resolution (Bayer sensor). 4D tracking af and 5 axis included. Coming early or mid 2015.

Both sound like very attractive packages. Me personally think the A7000 coul be the best bet for the buck here!

This is a 100% valid proof the rumors about an upcoming Olympus E-M5 markII are correct. The name of the camera got officially registered in Taiwan. That registration is needed for every new product with WiFi that will go on sale in Taiwan within the next few months.

The camera is rumored to have no(!) 4K recording, same E-M5 sensor and one single major new feature: Sensor shift shooting which combines up to 8 images to create 40MP image on the fly.

via Digicameinfo and via 43rumors.
 

Probably for the CP+ show Panasonic will launch a new entry level MFT camera. No specs yet available but the GX7 is one of the “favorite” candidates for a replacement.

The GX7 now sells for $477 only at Amazon and Adorama.

The image you see on top is a real Nikon patent for a Lens designed for a Full Frame mirrorless system! It’s a 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens and the question now is only…when is the new Nikon system camera going to be launched?

spotted by Egami.