And finally it’s here! The super leaked and long expected Fuji X-T1! This post will continually be updated, please reload the page from time to time!

Preorders:

Fuji X-Ti body at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Wex UK (Click here), CameraWorld UK (Click here), Wex Germany (Click here).

Fuji X-T1 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Wex UK (Click here), CameraWorld UK (Click here), Wex Germany (Click here).

Previews and tests:

First impression at DPreview, Photoscala (German), First look at Amateur Photographer, Hands-on at ePhotozine, Hands-on at Pocket-Lint, Hands-on at Techradar, First Look by Rico on Fujirumors, preview with image samples at DSLRmagazine.

Image samples:

Quesabesde, Fujifilm, Photographyblog,

Videos:

Hands-on by Javier.

Press releases:

Dpreview, Fuji Global site, DSLRmagazine (Spanish), Quesabesde (Spanish), ThePhoBlographer, Pocket-Lint, TheVerge, Imaging Resource, Cnet, Special Fuji X-T1 site at Fuji UK,

New Fuji Lens Roadmap:

New lenses to come:

XF 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 R OIS WR – June 2014
XF 16-55mm f/2.8 R OIS WR – Winter 2014
XF 50-140mm f/2.8 R OIS WR – Winter 2014
High Speed Wide-angle lens
Super Telephoto zoom lens

Digitalcamera.jp spotted that image of a new mirrorless camera from Polaroid (via Photorumors). The specs are the following:

18MP sensor
3″ LCD display
10-30mm lens
SD card slot
Built-in Wi-Fi

There are no info about the price and release data. But one thing is sure…this camera isn’t going to be sued by NIkon for their copycat design :)

When Samsung announced their new SEF-580A Flash in conjunction with their NX30 introduction,
the first thought that came to my mind was ‘Top Heavy’.

The above featured image, and those following, display the camera and flash in a horizontal position.
Raising or lowering your lens toward your subject will make for an un-balanced tool in my opinion.
When you position the flash forward or backward you will ‘feel’ the flash’s weight.
Doing this during a 1/2 day’s shoot can be tiring and a waste of energy in my opinion.

BCNranking (google translation here) posted the full 2013 market share analysis. In the mirrorless category Olympus is leading the group closely followed by Sony. The big change is the 9% share drop fro Panasonic. Quite a bad news!

It will be interesting to see if the Sony A7-A7r series will have a major impact on 2014 sales. My guess is that Sony could become number one in Japan!

There is this ongoing discussion about the mirrorless and DSLR future, based on IDC, CIPA and other numbers, as well as some personal anecdotal evidence. A few posts on SAR featured some rather heated debates in the comments (which is good, I think). Hence, I decided to stir the pot even more and write my personal opinion in more detail, in the hope to have an even deeper discussion about this.

Bad news on the Ricoh GXR front. The camera production has been stopped and in UK the camera is no more for sale at all.

Ricoh managers didn’t unveil the reason why the GXR has been phased out (Source: Amateur Photographer). And it really doesn’t look like the reason for this is a new upcoming model. It may be that Ricoh gives up the whole idea of doing such a modular camera :(