There are still plenty of announcements to come soon:
As I already told you before the new Sony RX100M3 compact camera will be announced on May 15. And now Nikonrumors reports the Nikon 1 S2 will be announced on the same day.
P.S.: Olympus E-PL7 should come by end of this month too.
It’s finally here, Samsung’s new NX3000. It has the Samsung designed 20 megapixel sensor, a 3 inch flip up screen and obviously WiFi and NFC connection.
You can preorder the camera now at BHphoto in Black (Click here), Brown (Click here) or White (Click here).
This is the official press text:
Seoul, Korea – May08, 2014 – The new NX3000 is the latest edition to Samsung’s award winning NX series of compact system cameras. With state-of-the-art technical specifications housed in a retro design, the premium NX3000 is the perfect option for photography enthusiasts who want a stylish device that delivers crisp, high quality images, capturing life moments in stunning detail with ease and pleasure.
The NX3000 comes with a powerful 20.3MP APS-C CMOS Sensor,1/4000 shutter speed and 5fps continuous shooting, to capture beautiful photos in crisp clarity, at any time and from any location. [2 nx3000 black 3 Samsung SMART Camera NX3000 Blends Retro Design, Excellent Performance and Easy Connectivity] [3 nx3000 brown 1 Samsung SMART Camera NX3000 Blends Retro Design, Excellent Performance and Easy Connectivity] [4 nx3000 white 5 Samsung SMART Camera NX3000 Blends Retro Design, Excellent Performance and Easy Connectivity] With a focus on selfies, the Samsung NX3000 features a convenient 3.0-inch Flip-up DisplaywithWink Shot. By simply opening the screen, framing a face in the display and winking, users can turn on the device and capture the perfect selfie in one hassle-free motion. As is standard for all of Samsung’s recently released SMART cameras, the NX3000 features industry-leading Tag & Gointegration that allows for the seamless sharing of images via state of the art Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity. Tag & Go allows for the use of advanced connectivity features including; Photo Beam,Remote Viewfinder Pro and Mobile Link. [5 nx3000 black 4 Samsung SMART Camera NX3000 Blends Retro Design, Excellent Performance and Easy Connectivity] The NX3000 will be available in White, Black and Brown, and will be bundled with Samsung’s new compact 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 Power Zoom ED OIS Lens. This powerful yet compact and lightweight lens allows for easy and convenient zoom-shooting, delivering stunning detail in every shot. Additionally, with the 16-50mm Power Zoom lens, users can control the camera’s zoom function on their mobile device via Remote Viewfinder Pro, allowing for even more creativity.
The E-Pl7 will look like the E-PL5 (on right) and have the specs of the E-M10 (on left). Source: Camerasize.
Well, we are getting a new PEN camera soon and in term of specs it’s exactly the copy of the E-M10 (just without EVF). The new E-PL7 will have same sensor, same autoficusong system, same LCD screes. here are the full E-PL7 specs:
16 Megapixel sensor (same as the E-M10)
200-25,600 ISO
81 AF points
8 fps
1/4000 – 60 seconds
3 inch vari-angle LCD touch screen with 1,040k dots
Stereo mic
Flash sync speed: 1/250 seconds
Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
SD. SDHC, SDXC, Eye-Fi and UHS-I
Camera size is 119.1mm x 82.3mm x 45.9mm
Weight is 396g
Same E-Pl5/E-PL6 design.
Source: Photorumors.
As you know Olympus usually updated the full PEN range in one single announcement (always in late Spring). But according to latest rumors this is not going to happen this year. There will be “only” the new E-PL7 with same E-M10 sensor, 81 AF points and Vari Angle LCD.
There is no other info yet but this sounds more like a small update than a completely new camera.
via Photorumors.
On May 7 Sony will announce the A7s pricing. According to one of our trusted sources the price could be surprisingly low: $1800! That’s about the same price of the Panasonic GH4.
I know it sounds weird but we heard that there will be two more Sony announcements. On next week on May 7 to unveil the final A7s pricing and the two new Sony FE lenses (28-135mm Powerzoom and 16-35mm Zeiss).
The week after (May 15) Sony will then unveil the RX100M3 whichs specs have been already leaked:
20MP sensor (same as RX100/M2 models)
ISO 125-25600
24-70mm f/1.8-2.8 lens
Built in View finder (SVGA OLED Tru-Finder 1440k dots)
Tiltable screen (180 degrees up)
Record in XAVC S format (Same format of the Sony A7s but with no 4K output option).
Almost same size and weight as the current RX100/M2 models.
I have been told all other specs are the same of the current RX100II model.
Price is said to be around 800-850 Euro in Europe. Should be around $800-850 in USA (US price is my guess)
Busy time at Sony!
Image courtesy: Photoscala.
Sony announced the release of the new Zeiss 16-35mm FE lens for mid summer. There is no image of the lens nor pricing info yet. But we can expect it to cost about the same of the 24-70mm FE Zeiss (here at Amazon).
A Large Zeiss aperture prime lens and a Sony G macro will be announced at Photokina:
