Panasonic announced the new GF6 and there is really no surprise. All the specs and images already have been leaked days ago :)
There is also a new updated 14-42mm kit lens and a white 14-42mm X zoom. Preorders are now live at Amazon (Click here).
Full coverage about previews and preorders are available at 43rumors.
Keep in mind that a second Panasonic announcement is due in two weeks already! There will be a new G6 and a new High End compact and fixed lens camera.
We have some official product images of two new MFT cameras. One is the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera that comes with a Super 16 sized HD sensor. That sensor has around 2 Megapixels and a 3x crop factor. The camera has one single cool. Shoot the best video quality (with CinemaDNG RAW) in a pocket size and for a low price ($995). I am sure that camera will beat the video quality og the $1299 Panasonic GH3!
Speaking of Panaosnic. here is the official image of the Panasonic GF6 that is going to be announced very soon at 5am CET time.
Source: Digicam
This really came totally unexpected. Blackmagic announced a pocket sized MFT mount camera with Super 16 sensor. It is a sort of very compact cinema camera with “13 stops dynamic range, Super 16 sized 1080 HD sensor, SD card recorder, high resolution LCD, ProRes and lossless CinemaDNG RAW recording, active Micro Four Thirds Lens compatibility, and micro HDMi monitoring with overlays.”
Now filmmaker can have a super camcorder in their pocket! Amazing work done by Blackmagic!
Yesterday we posted Usain Bolt Samsung NX300 video. Today another star is on the headline. Sylvester Stallone’s Leica M9 that has been used in the movie Expendables II is right now on auction on . Let’s guess what the final price will be. How much extra $$$ is Stallone’s name worth?
via LeicaRumors.
[Samsung SMART CAMERA NX300] Usain Bolt Teaser
Leica invests 22 Mio. Euro for a new factory in Portugal (Photoscala).
Leica X2 review at Photographyblog.
Samsung 45mm f/1.8 NX i-Function Lens Review at ePhotozine.
Adapting third party lenses on the Fuji X by Rico on Fujirumors.
The Nikon 1 is the best mirrorless system. Period! (says Soundimagesplus).
Best Micro Four Thirds lenses for Panasonic and Olympus mirrorless cameras (CameraLabs).
I long asked Sigma to make a DP series with interchangeable lens mount. And someone in China listened to me :)
Over at Taobab (translation here) they are selling modified Sigma DP cameras with an M-mount!!! You have to send in your Sigma DP camera and for1880.00 Yuan ($300 or 230 Euro) they will add you the M-mount. And they plan to add more mounts in future! Sounds great! Will let you know if some of these cameras hit on eBay. Meantime…meditate Sigma..meditate… and give us a serious mirrorless and interchangeable system with an excellent new generation of foveon sensors!
More info at X-3club (google translation). Click on the images below to see a larger version:
Image Source: Dpreview.
And here it is the smallest DSLR ever made! It is the new Canon EOS 100D/Rebel SL1. Price specs and preorders are up at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. So is that the right weapon for Canon to battle against the mirrorless system cameras?
Dpreview posted that size comparison between the previous Rebel T4i vs the new SL1 and the Canon own EOS-M mirrorless camera. The size reduction on the width has been noticeable but the camera is still almost as thick as the T41 making it rather bully compared to the EOS-M. And I doubt you can get any smaller than this as the limit is represented by the flange distance between mount and sensor. I don’t know what to think about a camera like the SL1. It is almost too small for a DSLR (can’t hold it well while looking into the viewfinder) and too big to fit in your pocket. What’s your opinion?
