Samsung plans to launch a PRO mirrorless cameras…in several years! (where is the NX20?)

I was really wondering what happened with the Samsung NX20. The camera name has been leaked multiple times on Samsungs website but the REAL camera never appeared. Today Amateur Photographer had a chat with Sunhong Lim, Samsung’s newly recruited Digital Imaging sales and marketing vice president. Samsung unveiled that they will launch a PRO mirrorless camera that will rival against current DSRL cameras…in several years! No joke :(

Other interesting info:
1) Samsung will “democratise CSC by establishing a wider range of models for both consumers and enthusiasts and making them mroe affordable.
2) Amateur Photographer writes: “The move is an indication that sales of Samsung cameras have not met company expectations, in the face of stiff competition from other CSC manufacturers, such as Panasonic and Sony.“
3) Samsung says that by 2015 there will be more mirrorless than DSLR camera sales.
4) There will be a new NX camera body this year at Photokina (in Spetember) with new functions such as Wi-Fi.
5) Samsung switched the production to China to lower the costs.
6) There will be new NX lenses this year and they will be made in the new Chinese factory

My interpretation: Samsung didn’t sell as many NX cameras as expected and that’s why the NX20 announcement has been put on hold. I think they are working on a complete new product strategy. This means there will be no new NX camera for a long time now. Bad news because I really liked some of the prototypes they showed a coupel of months ago (See image on top).

P.S:: Thanks TED for sending this!

Expansys official message: Price was wrong! But Fuji UK says ody costs 1.000 pund (less than expected)

New day and new confusion about the Fuji X PRO 1 REAL price. First Fuji Uk (see video on top /via Fujirumors) officially said the price of the body will be 1.000 punds which is less than the expected 1.200-1400 pounds (Source: AP). And than Expansys (Click here) officially wrote their excuse for the wrong Fuji X PRO 1 price. Here is the message:

“To everyone who has pre-registered the X-Pro 1,
Thank you very much for your interest. Unfortunately when this product went live on Expansys.com it had an expected price, which many of you will have noticed seemed much lower than expected.
This price was incorrect, and was the estimated price for the X-Pro 1 body alone, and not the complete kit with 35mm f1/4 lens. The price should not have been set at this stage as we haven’t had confirmation from the supplier on an idea of the cost price. Our expectations are that the actual price will be at least circa 25-30% higher.
We apologise for any misunderstanding and incovenience our mistake may have caused; it’s important to us not to mislead our customers. This was due to a genuine error, and we removed the price from our site as soon as we realised the mistake in order to prevent further confusion.
As always with pre-registation and pre-orders, no money was taken from anyone who placed an order, and we will write to everyone with the launch price and when stock will arrive. Only once a pre-order has been confirmed at this point and the goods are ready to be dispatched will anyone’s cards be charged.
Once again our apologies for any annoyance or frustration this may have caused, we will share further details on the X-Pro 1 when we have them.
Rob
Posted 09:29 11 Jan 12 by Rob – Expansys (Marlow, UK)“

Fuji says leaked lens roadmap is close but not final (+ more full size images)

Our friends over at Dpreview picked up our rumor posted yesterday to ask Fuji if the leaked lens roadmap is real. The answer was that yes, it’s real but not final. The maximum aperture of some of the lenses can still change and in total there will be nine lenses within the next two years. Of course there will be more X cameras too.

You can see more new X-PRO 1 fullsize images on Flickr (Click here), Fujifilm (Click here) and DCfever (Click here).  What I really would like to see is an image comparison with other current cameras. I want to see if that new Fuji sensors is really a visible step forward comapred to the competition!

Mystery Pentax (mirrorless?) camera spotted?

P3newsreviews (Click here / via NoisyC) writes: “A glimpse, just a glimpse was had of a rugged appearing, possibly mirrorless, viewfinderless camera sporting what looked like a k-mount limited or pancake lens. Could this be a prototype of something forthcoming? Please note that no announcements have been made and nothing is substantiated. This was just a spotting of what looked to possibly be something new. Maybe. More information will be posted as learned. Stay tuned!“

For a very long time now we heard rumors about a sort of K-mount mirrorless camera. This might be the right time for Pentax to announce it!

First preorders in USA, Canada and UK!!! Hurry! Surprise! Fuji X PRO 1 cheaper than epxected?

Now I am really confused! The very first worldwide Fuji X PRO 1 preorders are now available at Expansys USA (Click here), Expansys Canada (Click here) and Expansys UK (Click here to see the preorder page). And actually the price is a huge surprise! Camera+35mm lens are priced at…$1,384.99 dollars or 1,079.99 pounds only! I hope they will not charge you some extra $ after a few weeks! I preordered mine, let’s see what happens :)

There is still no price indication here at Amazon (notification only).

 

P.S.: Thanks Jan! ;)

Canon G1 X, Sigma mirrorless lens and Fuji X PRO 1 pre order status and news roundup.

The Fuji sensor beats all current FF sensor (Image via Fotopolis)

Fuji X PRO 1
Fuji X PRO 1 at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 18mm lens at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 35mm lens at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 60mm lens at Amazon (notification only).
Hands-on at Amateur Photograper

Fuji X100 All Black
Press release about the Fuji X100 all black edition: Photographylog, Quesabesde, Focus Numerique

Canon G1 X
Canon G1 X preorder at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Chuck Westfall chat at Imaging Resource.

Sigma m43 and NEX lenses. Is is also available for Nikon CX??? BHphoto says so:
Sigma 19mm for Nikon at BHphoto (Click here).
Sigma 30mm for Nikon CX at BHphoto (Click here).

One more thing:
The Ricoh GXR A12 M-mount module is in Stock at Bhphoto (Click here).

The Fuji X lens roadmap! (Amazon lists the Fuji stuff but with no price)

Fuji announced the lens roadmap for 2012 and 2013. There are at least seven lenses coming and all zoom lenses will feature a built-in Image Stabilization system.

This are the lenses coming in 2012:
-14mm f/2.8
– 18-72mm f/4.0 with IS (Image stabilization).

This are the lenses coming in 2013
– 28mm f/2.8 pancake
– 23mm f/2.0
– 72-200mm f/4.0 IS
– 12-24mm f/4.0 IS

I think it’s a pretty interesting roadmap. But what’s missing are real fast lenses. Something like a fast portrait lens (50 or 60mm f/1.4). Meanwhile Amazon has the new Fuji X PRO camera and lenses on list but doesn’t mention the price like it happened when they leaked the stuff a couple of days ago:
Fuji X PRO 1 at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 18mm lens at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 35mm lens at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 60mm lens at Amazon (notification only).