National Geographic posted the list of “Top 10 Compact Cameras for Travelers”. Fuji, Olympus, Panasonic, Sony and Ricoh have been picked up by National Geographic Travel’s Director of Photography Dan Westergren as best cameras to carry on travel. Interesting to note there is no Canon and Nikon camera on the list!!!
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found via Imaging Resource.
Once again Fuji confirmed they have no intentions to challenge Sony on the Full Frame front yet. Mr Iida (picture on top) from Fuji releases some info about the future strategy in an interview at Dpreview.
The focus from now on will be on offering higher resolution APS-C sensors with increased High-ISO performance and speed. And while Fuji will always focus on the still aspects of the camera they recognize they will have to offer a better video quality too.
The next Fuji X camera to be released should be the X-PRO 2. But there is still no word about when this is going to ahppen in 2015.
Finally the giant is waking up form the long sleep and promises to get serious on the mirrorless front. In an interview at Dpreview Canon stated:
In the very near future you can expect us to show something in terms of mirrorless and also a higher resolution sensor.
Sounds like they are going after the Sony A7r!!!
Toshiaki Akagi from Nikon finally gave us hope to see a “serious” Nikon mirrorless camera any time soon. He said:
We don’t want to deny the possibility of future large-sensor mirrorless cameras. So maybe if there is enough demand we may be able to provide another type of mirrorless camera with larger sensors. This is one of the solutions.
Would be good to have a mirrorless FM styled camera or not?
Source: Dpreview.
The Samsung NX1 sensor
This could be a possible 2015 Samsung product launch roadmap according to messages shared by sources to us and Photorumors.
Thee should be the three new lenses launched in 2015:
– Samsung 16-80mm f/4 OIS
– Samsung S 24mm f/1.4 ED
– Samsung S 11-24mm f/2.8 ED OIS
And there will be two compact NX300 successor
– NX400 without EVF
– NX400EVF with EVF
Both NX400 cameras will feature the same NX1 sensor and of course 4K recording.
Well, this is a rumor site after all and we do not care a lot about existing cameras :) So let’s talk about what’s coming as next!
First, Olympus manager Haruo said it loud and clear: The E-M5 successor is coming soon! (Source: 43rumors).
Second, the nice Fuji guys duo confirmed the X-PRO2 is on the roadmap and that it will be “worth the long wait”. It will not be a Full Frame camera. (Source: Fujirumors).
And now mark my words: I heard from trusted sources both cameras use a very new sensor tech. Mark my words. One day you will remember you heard it from me first. Will spill out more as soon as I get info about that new “tech”.
P.S.: Kai from Digitalrev pretty much summed up the this year Photokina “unexciting” stuff.
Personal View shows a good list of video interview that might be interesting for you. So here they are
Zeiss Pentax interview on Vimeo.
Leica interview on Vimeo (part one and part two).
Fuji interview on Vimeo (part one and part two).
Samsung interview on Vimeo.
Blackmagic interview on Vimeo.
Sony (28-135mm Cine lens) interview on Vimeo.
Uematsu (Panasonic) interview on Vimeo.
SLR magic interview on Vimeo.
Panasonic interview on Youtube.
Michael Guthmann (Olympus) interview on Vimeo.
