New Sony RX1 Gariz case…and anti Loose function!
Gariz just released a new Sony RX1 case you can right now find on . Don’t know if RX1 owners will find it useful!
via Slidoo.
Japanese Impress Magazine Predicts New Canon And Nikon Mirrorless Cameras For 2013
The usually very accurate Japanese Impress magazine published Canon and Nikon camera predictions. Above the scanned page for the Canon gear, below the page for the Nikon gear. The pages showed up on the Chinese Xitek forum. The figures near the images are the probability percentage chance estimates.
Canon: a new mirrorless camera named EOS M2 will be released in 2013, 80% probability to be a real prediction
Nikon: The V3 will be released during 2013, 75% probability
The rest, not mirrorless related, for those who are interested:
- Canon
- EOS 7D Mark II will have a newly developed sensor, 10fps burst rate, and ISO up to 25600
- EOS 70D will have same sensor as 7D Mark II, burst rate limited to 3fps, ISO 25600
- EOS 1DSx, that’s the name of Canon’s high megapixel DSLR.
- Nikon
- D7200 with 39 points AF, ISO up to 25600
- D9000 with newly developed sensor, 10fps bust rate, 51 points AF
- D4x set to be released in 2013
Nikon patent unveils a new zoom lens for a new APS-C mirrorless camera.
It looks like Nikon is working on the launch of a new APS-C mirrorless system! Egami just spotted a new patent describing a new 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens made for a yet non existent APS-C mirrorless camera.
SOunds like Nikon will now step up from the 1 system and challenge the Sony NEX and Canon EOS system!
Guess what is the most sold mirrorless camera of the year in Japan: The Nikon J1!
Image source: BCNranking.
BCNranking published the full mirrorless camera sales data from January 1st til December 24th. And at least for me it’s a real surprise to see that the Nikon J1 was actually the most sold mirrorless camera in Japan!
When you think that on Internet most of the talk is about the Micro Four Thirds or NEX system than this is an unexpected success for Nikon.
Another surprise is to see the OMD and NEX-7 on position 11 and 12 only. The cheaper entry level models are on top of the ranking. Not the more expensive cameras.
There is no such detailed rankings in other countries. You can if you want check the Amazon rankings. But these are not real indications of a long term camera popularity as they change a lot depending on the running deals: – Mirrorless camera ranking at Amazon US (Click here)
– Mirrorless camera ranking at Amazon Deutschland (Click here)
– Mirrorless camera ranking at Amazon UK (Click here)
– Mirrorless camera ranking at Amazon France (Click here)
Nikon camera and lens announcement on January 8th.
Image courtesy: Nikonrumors.
Those of you waiting to get some Nikon 1 system camera and lens news should wait til the January 8th. On that day Nikon will announce the new Nikon J3 and S1 mirrorless cameras. And there will be some new lenses too, the Nikkor 10-100mm f/4-5.6 and 1 Nikkor 6.7-13mm f/3.5-5.6.
Source: Nikonrumors.
The compact roundup: Canon 18-70mm f/2.8-6 and Fuji X20.
Egami (translation here) spotted a new lens patent that describes that could be possibly fit on the next G1X successor. The 18-70mm f/2.8-6.0. But while we can never trust patents to show us the real final specs of a product the rumors about the new Fuji X20 seems to be much more solid. According to Fujirumors the X20 specs are the following:
– New EXR CMOS 2/3 14MP
– Fujinon 24-120mm F1.8-2.8
– continuous shooting up to 10 frames per second
– Full HD videos 1080*1920
– maximum ISO 12.800
– 460.000 pixel screen and optical viewfinder
– expected launch: January
And as you know there is also a new X100 successor on the horizon…
Tamron patent discloses a new 300mm f/2.8 for Full Frame mirrorless camera.
Egami (translation here) spotted a new Tamron patent describing a 300mm f/2.8 lens for a Full Frame mirrorless camera system. As you know Sony Corporation maintains an 11% share hold in Tamron (Source: Wikipedia). So this lens may be designed for FF NEX cameras…
P.S.: Tokina just admitted that The Kenko 400mm f/8.0 lens for Sony E-mount has a defect on the shutter. You should contact Tokina to exchange the lens (Source: DC.watch).