Leica M-E gets DxOmarked. And a new Leica Monochrome review.

DxOmark published the full Leica M-E sensor test. And as you see from the screenshot on top it can’t match the best FF sensors from Nikon and Canon. That said I am very curious to see how good the newer Leica M and the Leica Monochrome sensors are.

Speaking about the Monochrome, there is a full review at ThePhoBlographer that writes: “It’s hard for me to come up with anything poor to say about a camera that consistently “wow’ed” me. I had a bigger grin on my face after shooting with this than I have in a long time, and that certainly has to stand for something.“

I have “no grin” thinking on the $8000 I have to spend for a Monochrome Leica :)

Leak! Samsung NX1100 pics and specs!


Samsung Germany published the full manual of the still not announced Samsung NX1100. The specs in short:

– 20,3 Megapixels
– ISO 100 up to 12,800
– up to 30fps (8 fps full size pictures and 30fps at 6 Megapixel)
– Video: H.264, Ton: AAC
– 3 inch LCD with 921,000 dots

The camera should be announced soon and there may be a more mysterious and high end NX-R camera too!

UPDATE: There is now an English manual here: http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201303/20130306143127828/NX1100_English.pdf

Here are the full NX100 specs from the German manual (Click on the images to enlarge):




Nikon enters the premium compact market with the new “A” model.

Smartphones are eating up the low end compact camera market and the only profitable segment is now the premium compact camera market. And today Nikon launched the new “Nikon Coolpix A” featuring a 16 megapixel APS-C sensor.

Full specs, price and preorders at:
Black -> Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Silver -> Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Soon also Olympus will release a camera with a larger sensor. So you will have plenty of options :)

Fuji shows the updated X lens roadmap!

ePhotozine (Click here)  spotted the details of the new Fuji X lens roadmap at the Focus On Imaging show in Birmingham (UK). The first lens to be released is the new XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8R LM OIS lens. it will be released in may and full specs can be seen on the image below.

Four more lenses will come this year: The 23mm f/1.4R, the 56mm f/1.4R, the 27mm f/2.8, and the 10-24mm f/4R OIS lens.

Three new prime Zeiss for NEX and Fuji X to be announced soon?

Sounds like the Sony NEX and Fuji X camera owners can soon be very happy! Zeiss is likely to going to announce the three new prime lenses for the E and X-mount system. As you know all three lenses will have full electronic aperture and focusing support. And all lenses will be priced a little bit above $1,000 (or 1000 Euro).

The lenses will be the 12mm f/2.8, 32mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/2.8. Announced in April and likely available in store this Summer. As a reminder, Zeiss said that there will be no Micro Four Thirds mount version. Also the lenses will not cover the Full Frame sensor area. This may be an interesting news for Sony users because Sony will launch the Sony NEX-FF in 2014.