Officially announced: Pentax Q7
The Pentax Q7 has been announced and you can preorder it at Adorama or BHphoto. And on Pentax website you can play with the color simulation tool. That’s likely coolest thing of that announcement :)
Leica X Vario announced! Specs as expected.
And here it is the new Leica X Vario. And no, Leica marketing wasn’t playing with us rumor sites. We were correct right from the first time when we leaked the image and specs. It has the a fixed Vario Elmar 18-46mm 1:3.5-6.4 ASPH lens and a 16.1MP CMOS APS-C sensor. There is no built-in viewfinder, you rely on the 920k dot 3″ LCD to frame the images. A wonder why Leica teased the cameras as “Mini M” if there is no Messucher. You can of course use an external EVF. Price is 2450 Euro or 2250 Pounds or 2850 Dollars (preorders here at BHphoto). Here are some more images via Leica Forum:
For my personal joy of revenge I will re read all the massive amount of comments accusing me of posting wrong images and specs…what a satisfaction :)
Samsung Announces the Slimmest and Smallest Fisheye Lens on the Market for NX System
Samsung just announced that super small, very small…ultra small 10mm f/3.5 fisheye lens. Here are the specs:
The lens will ship the second half of the year for 499 Euro. Some image samples can be seen at Samsungcamera.com.
New teaser and first image samples taken with the Leica X Vario!
Leica posted that new teaser of the Leica X Vario Type 107 camera. Specs are known and the teaser only confirms the leaked image we posted days ago. More important is that Jonathan Slack (Click here) posted the first image samples taken with the new camera. As beautiful as the images can’t be, the 16 megapixel APS-C sensor (and the slow lens) doesn’t justify the 2450 Euro price tag. At least for me. You may have another opinion. I would rather spend 799 dollars on the discounted Fuji X cameras at at Amazon (Click here to see the dedicated Amazon page).
Fuji is doing what Leica should have done….
Official: Canon 11-22mm wide angle zoom released!
These are the specs:
- Focal length: 11-22 mm
- Focal camera on APS-C: 18-35 mm eq. 24 x 36
- Maximum apertures: f/4-5, 6
- Minimal openings: f/22-32
- Lens construction: 12 elements in 9 groups
- Stabilization: yes
- Diaphragm: 7 blades
- Minimum Focus Distance: 15 cm
- Filter diameter: 55 mm
- Dimensions (L x ø): 58.2 mm x 60.9 mm
- Weight: 220 g
Price tag in Europe: Eur 339/£379.99, the lens will be available by the end of July.
A preview can be seen at Dpreview.
via CanonWatch.
Samsung patent discloses new Hybrid viewfinder tech for NX cameras!
After Fuji Samsung could be the next company offering the Hybrid OVF-EVF viewfinder tech! Egami spotted a new patent disclosing the design of a built-in hybrid viewfinder for NX cameras. I guess we will see these kind of new tech equipped on the new High End NX cameras rumored to arrive in 2014.
Mirrorless news roundup!
Ricoh GR review by Blunty
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Sigma DP1 Merril review at DSLRmagazine (translation here). One more review at Imaging Resource.
Samsung NX300 review by ThePhoBlographer.
Sigma DP3 Merrill review by ThePhoBlographer.
Full French Ricoh test at Focus Numerique.
Part I: ISO comparison: Ricoh GR vs Nikon Coolpix A vs Fuji X100s by Mike Kobal.
Samsung 18-200mm lens review at ePhotozine.
G6 image samples at Digitalcamerainfo.
Sigma DP3 image samples at Digitalcamerainfo.