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.