Worldwide smallest DSLR from Canon vs EOS-M

Image Source: Dpreview.

And here it is the smallest DSLR ever made! It is the new Canon EOS 100D/Rebel SL1. Price specs and preorders are up at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. So is that the right weapon for Canon to battle against the mirrorless system cameras?

Dpreview posted that size comparison between the previous Rebel T4i vs the new SL1 and the Canon own EOS-M mirrorless camera. The size reduction on the width has been noticeable but the camera is still almost as thick as the T41 making it rather bully compared to the EOS-M. And I doubt you can get any smaller than this as the limit is represented by the flange distance between mount and sensor. I don’t know what to think about a camera like the SL1. It is almost too small for a DSLR (can’t hold it well while looking into the viewfinder) and too big to fit in your pocket. What’s your opinion?

Samsung NX Full Frame camera in 2014 only.

A good source told us that while It is true that Samsung is developing a NX Full Frame system the first camera will be available in 2014 only. And if the info is correct than 2014 sounds like the year where plenty of manufacturers will launch their FF mirrorless system. Sony is rumored to launch a new NEX-9 with 24 MPX sensor along three new Zeiss primes in June 2014. Fuji may will follow with a new FF X system in late 2014.

Nikon and Canon instead will keep focusing on the launch of ultra cheap FF DSRL and that may be a serious challenge for all future FF mirrorless systems!

The smallest DSRL leaks. And Sony NEX-7n delayed.

As we told you last week Canon plans to move against the mirrorless world by announcing a super tiny new DSRL. And on top you can see the first image leaked via Digicaminfo. You really can’t go smaller than this :)

That said we have some news on the “regular” mirrorless front too. The SOny NEX-7n has been delayed (probably due in June instead of April) and the E-P5 is coming in late April and uses exactly the same E-M5 sensor. Still no news about the mysterious Samsung NX-R…

New Minox cameras listed at BH!

A new Minox camera has been listed by the US store BHphoto (Click here). It’s a 14 Megapixel fixed lens camera. That’s a 9 Megapixel increase over the previous model. It is certainly not going to compete against the high end compacts a la Fuji X100s. But this camera has one simple goal. To be as tiny as possible :)

Image sensor 14 MP, CMOS sensor
Image resolution Still: 4.352 x 3.264 pixels
Videoclip: 640 x 480 Pixel
Memory Optional SD cards up to 32 GB (SDHC)
Viewfinder Optical viewfinder (Galilean-Style)
Display 2,0’’ TFT LCD display
Flash Compatible with MINOX Classic Camera Flash
Lens 5-element glass lens with IR filter glass
Focal length 7.35 mm (approx. 41 mm at 35 mm format)
Lens aperture F 2.4
Zoom 4x digital zoom
Focus range 0.5 m, 1m, infinity
White balance Automatic
Shutter speed Automatic
Self timer 10 seconds
Power supply Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery / USB cable
File format Still: JPEG
Video: AVI
Systen requirements Windows XP/VISTA/7/MacOS compatible
Computer interface USB cable
Dimensions 82 mm(L) x 67 mm(W) x 46 mm(H)
Gewicht 113.5 g / 4 oz.
Bestellnummer 60690 black
60720 silver

News via Photorumors.

Canon announcement on March 22th. New Samsung NX2000 coming too?

Canon: It looks like soon we are going to see how small that mini Canon DSLR is. According to CR the announcement is scheduled for next week March 22.

Samsung: And also Samsung may will have an announcement soon. After the NX1100 there may be a new NX2000 too! An anonymous source even pointed me out to that link on Google Plus where image samples taken with the NX2000 are shown (is it real?).

Olympus and Panasonic are going to launch their new MFT cameras in April. I still have no news about Fuji and Ricoh-Pentax announcements…