New Fuji X-E1 fw update and new Sony/Panasonic tests.

We had quite a couple of news yesterday. On top you can watch a super nice GH3 video review made by CameraStoreTV. But yesterday we also had a new Fuji firmware update:
Firmware 1.01 for X-E1 (click here): It will add the compatibility with Fujinon XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R, improve the auto focus accuracy with XF60mm lens, and prevent under exposure when using the M-Mount Adapter .
Firmware 2.01 for X-PRO1 (click here) : Get full performance with the Fujinon XF18-55F2.8-4 lens. The size of the bright frame on OVF can be magnified in relation to zooming motion of Fujinon XF18-55mm lens. When using the focus checking function with “3-time” magnification in manual focus mode, you could find a few dots (black or color) only in live view image on EVF/LCD. Improve auto accuracy focus of XF60mm lens and prevent under exposure when using the M-Mount Adapter.

And here are some other new reviews you may want to check out: Sony NEX-6 tested by Quesabesde (translation here). E-M5 review at Neocamera. GH3 hands on by EosHD.

Oh…one more thing: Mr.Yosuke Aoki from Sony said at The.me that “We’re studying the possibility” of doing a Full Frame mirrorless system.

Sony NEX-5R gets DxOmarked!

DxOmark (Click here) tested the Sony NEX-5R sensor and it will not be a surprise for anyone here that it got the same score as the previous NEX-5n cameras (78 vs 77 points). So the real question is, will you spend hundreds of dollars/euro more to buy the NEX-5R? The answer seems to be no! Currently the NEX-5n is the most sold camera at Amazon US (ranking here),

Interesting is also the note they added when comparing the NEX-5R with the Olympus E-M5. basically the performance is the same. The real difference and reason why the NEX scores better is that it has ISO 100!

Mirrorless news roundup…(and Fuji live show tomorrow)

NEX-6 unboxing

CameraDiner-Fuji love show: Paul Genge just sent me this text: “LIVE on www.cameradiner.com tomorrow night at 7pm (UK) 8pm(CET) we will have photographer David Kai Piper who is a professional photographer using X-PRO1 and published by Fujifilm UK. Because its a LIVE show the viewer can interact and ask questions directly through the chatwall.“

new Gariz case for the new Olympus E-PM2 (here), E-PL5 (here) and Fuji X-E1 (here).

Canon EOS M noise test at CameraLabs (Click here). Image samples by Dpreview.

Leica X2 at PcMag.

Leica M Monochrom test at Shoottokyo.

Full NEX-6 review at ePhotozine (Click here).


Fuji X-E1 news and test roundup! Matches FF DSLR quality!

It’s time for a focus on the new Fuji X-E1 that is being delivered in these days in EU and US too.

EVF videos:
You really have to check out the video posted by Apw100 on youtube. It shows you the performance of the new X-E1. Let’s see if you will still miss the hybrid viewfinder of the X PRO 1 after watching these :)

X-E1 against the rest of the world (on par with FF DSLR?):
The Spanish friends from DSLRmagazine (translation here) compared the image quality of the new X-E1 against the Full Frame Nikon D600 and Canon 5DmarkIII. Just check out the comparison image (Click here). And guess what? The Fuji is pretty damn close to both of them!
Also the Chinese website pcpop.com posted some comparisons:
Here you can see the comparison between the X-PRO1, X-E1 and NEX-7 (see the pictures here).
The next comparison is between the X-E1 and the D600. Take a look at the JPEGs of these cameras (click here).

The X-E1 in Stock status:
Europe at Amazon UK, Amazon DE and of course on eBay (Click here to see auctions).
USA at Amazon US (overpriced via third party reseller) and via worldwide eBay stores.

X PRO 1 with Minolta lens test:
There is one more interesting news to report. If you want to see how good Minolta lens will work on your X camera than check out this post on Fujirumors!

Small news: Canon EOS-M double kit.

You are not going to jump for joy for this but Canon US just released the new Canon EOS-M double kit lens package you can already available at Adorama. It was already available in Asia (here on Slidoo eBay).

Speaking of Asia…to be precise Japan. At BCNranking you can check out the latest week top system camera sales. You will notice that actually the cheapest mirrorless cameras are top sellers in the mirrorless segment. There is even the Pentax Q camera that sells like a hotcake :)

 

The Nikon news roundup (financial results, DxOmark, V2 test and more)

It’s time to look a bit more into some new Nikon 1 related news!

Let’s start with a deal on refurbished J1 camera at Cameta (now $259 only). As you know it has been replaced by the J2 but the DxOmark sensor test demonstrates that there is no real image quality improvement on the newer model. And image samples of the new V2 model have been posted by the Russian Prophoto site. The surprise comes from the Nikon Q2 financial report that showed that the new DSLRs and Nikon 1 are selling well in face of the economic crisis (Engadget). I may underestimated Nikon’s capacity to sell the Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras :)