New Olympus E-M1 and three more Fuji X cameras to come.

Olympus
It’s less than two months to go until the big announcement time by end August. There will be plenty of new mirrorless cameras coming right before the IFA show in Berlin. One of them is certainly the new Olympus OMD camera. For now rumored specs do say that it will retain the same sensor, same EVF and same form factor as the E-M5. But like the new E-P5 it will have 1/8000 shutter and Built-in WiFi. An interesting new fearure is the 81 AF points system which suggest that the 16MP sensor may contain some extra phase detection pixels. (Source: Photorumors).

Fuji
There are three more X cameras to come. One interchangeable entry level X camera (yes cheaper than the X-M1) and two fixed lens X cameras. One of them shoudl be the X-30 with a larger than 1 inche sensor and placed to compete against the new Sony RX100MII. (Source: Fujirumors).

Reminder:
Panasonic will announce the GX7, Sony the new NEX-7 successor. Everything coming in late August!

New Olympus 25mm lens and Sony mirrorless A-mount cameras rumors.

None of the following two rumors are a surprise:
1) It’s now over 6 months that rumors about a new Olympus 25mm f/1.8 lens are floating around the web. The design on top has been leaked in China and may shows the real lens characteristics with a 46mm diameter. Expected announcement in early September along the new OMD!
2) As I told you weeks ago Sony will go full mirrorless with their A-mount system. The A-mount cameras will keep the classic DSLR design and body but there will be no mirror between mount and sensor. The A77 successor will hit the market in Q1 2014 and be the first APS-C A-mount mirrorless camera.

Overall I suspect that many DSLR manufacturers will sooner or later make full mirrorless “DSLR-look” cameras. Today’s announced Canon 70D has a very advanced on sensor PDAF which makes the classic phase detection system used by DSLR cameras almost useless.

Zeiss Touit tested by TheCameraStoreTV.

The Canadian Team from TheCameraStoreTV tested the brand new Touit lenses. It’s a very informative review and worth to be watched and shared. IN very short, the Zeiss lenses are great but not better than the Fuji lenses. They are better suited for NEX camera owners because they don’t as many high quality lenses as the Fuji X system.

Will there be a High End Lytro compact camera from Apple?

Jeremy, the Editor-in-Chief from iLounge is sure that Apple is about to launch a new High End compact camera, a “model designed to deliver image quality and zoom functionality beyond what iPhones, iPads, and iPods can deliver in their thinning bodies.“

Jeremy also says: “Just as with the iPhone, Apple wants to give users a powerful tool that can be used to produce awesome results without needing to understand technical details, jargon, or legacy controls. The product is planned for after the release of the iTV.“

As you know Jobs met with Lytro regarding an acquisition before his death and it may be that Apple wants to make a high quality Lytro camera.

via iLounge.

Water damaged Fuji X100s stock increases the camera value up to $2,999.95!

A large Stock of Fuji X100s cameras that shipped to US has been water damaged and therefore neither Amazon nor BHphoto have any single camera in Stock. And they also do not set any possible shipment date. As a consequence the only few Fuji X100s for sale will cost you $2,999.95 on .

It could be a good business idea for EU or Asian readers travelling to US to carry a couple of these cameras in their bag and sell them to desperate US citizen! Full vacation costs can be paid with the extra income :)