Mirrorless news roundup (with Affordable Hi-res Thermal Camera)

Mu Optics – Thermal Imager from John McGrath on Vimeo.

It’s not a mirrorless related news but a cool project about making the cheapest Thermal Camera ever made. Check at Muoptics (found via Personal View).

Mirrorless news:
Adapting Third-Party Lenses on X camera (Fujirumors).
EOS-M review at Gizmodo.
Sony RX1 review at Cnet Asia.
Pentax MX-1 Review at Photographyblog.
Olympus Tech Outfits E-P3 With X-Ray Filter (ThePhoBlographer).
Sony NEX-3n image gallery at Whatdigitalcamera.
Sony’s moment of truth (The New Yorker).
sony 500mm f8+sigma tc 1.4x ex DG+vivitar tc 2x mc4 DGII on the sony nex 5n. A 2100mm test(!) on Flickr.
Replacing the NEX-6 LCD at Hellyeahpictures.
Mirrorless Battle: OM-D vs GH3 vs X-E1 by Admiringlight.
E-PL5 review at TechHive.
Olympus 15mm f/8 Body Cap Lens review at Admiringlight.

Patent: Nikon 18mm f/2.8 DX lens for mirrorless.

A fake Nikon camera rendering made by Mike Kobal.

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Nikonrumors posted the link to the Patent Number 20110080659 filed by Nikon on September 30th. It describes the characteristics of the 18mm f/2.8 DX lens (28mm equivalent) that could be used by the upcoming APS-C compact and fixed lens X100s competitor.

And people is having fun designing the possible Nikon camera. The image on top is from Mike Kobal! :)

The other image was that one (but with an erroneous interchangeable mount)

Sony NEX-3n now officially announced (no surprises).

Tonight Sony announced the new Sony NEX-3n camera. You can read the press release at: Sony, ePhotozine, Dpreview, Whatdigitalcamera, Techradar, Lemondedelaphoto (french), Photographyblog, Photoscala. Some hands-on pics and previews are also available at: ePhotozine, Techradar, Photographyblog, Pocket-Lint.

While the specs aren’t impressive the size reduction is noticeable! It’s the smallest APS-C mirrorless camera on market and the build quality is on a good level with metal body and no use of cheap plastic only. Price is very low with $499 with the 16-50mm kit lens. Could be a nice camera to buy!

Here is the introduction video from Sony:

Japanese Magazine camera roadmap speculation for all companies.

The popular Japanese Magazine “Nippon Camera” published their product roadmap for 2013. It’s based on their own sources and speculations. This is their mirrorless camera list:

Canon: New EOS-Me in July
Nikon: New Nikon 2 in August
Sony: NEX-3n and NEX-7r in March-April. NEX-9 in August
Olympus: E-P5 in April. E-M7 in August.
Panasonic: GF7 in March, G7 in August, GX2 and GH5 by end of the year.
Ricoh: GR Digital V
Fuji: X-M1 in April,X-PRO 2 in July and X-E2 in August.

Nice roadmap but I think only half of the things are correct. NEX-9 is coming in 2014, NEX-7r is named NEX-7n according to my sources. GH5 sounds a bit weird and X-M2 is also unlikely to come :)

via Canonwatch, via Pentaxforums.

Sony NEX-3n specs. And Sony NEX-7 successor in April!

The Sony NEX-3n specs are out and the camera will be announced next Monday (Feb 25th). These are the specs:

  • 16MP Exmor APS-C sensor (same as NEX-F3)

  • ISO range: 200-16,000

  • 4fps

  • Tiltable LCD screen

  • Electronic zoom control

  • BIONZ processor

  • Built-in flash (GN6)

  • Available in two colors: black and silver

  • Price for body with 16-50mm kit lens $499

There will be an even bigger NEX announcement in April with the new NEX-7 successor and new lenses!