New Minox cameras listed at BH!

A new Minox camera has been listed by the US store BHphoto (Click here). It’s a 14 Megapixel fixed lens camera. That’s a 9 Megapixel increase over the previous model. It is certainly not going to compete against the high end compacts a la Fuji X100s. But this camera has one simple goal. To be as tiny as possible :)

Image sensor 14 MP, CMOS sensor
Image resolution Still: 4.352 x 3.264 pixels
Videoclip: 640 x 480 Pixel
Memory Optional SD cards up to 32 GB (SDHC)
Viewfinder Optical viewfinder (Galilean-Style)
Display 2,0’’ TFT LCD display
Flash Compatible with MINOX Classic Camera Flash
Lens 5-element glass lens with IR filter glass
Focal length 7.35 mm (approx. 41 mm at 35 mm format)
Lens aperture F 2.4
Zoom 4x digital zoom
Focus range 0.5 m, 1m, infinity
White balance Automatic
Shutter speed Automatic
Self timer 10 seconds
Power supply Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery / USB cable
File format Still: JPEG
Video: AVI
Systen requirements Windows XP/VISTA/7/MacOS compatible
Computer interface USB cable
Dimensions 82 mm(L) x 67 mm(W) x 46 mm(H)
Gewicht 113.5 g / 4 oz.
Bestellnummer 60690 black
60720 silver

News via Photorumors.

Samsung NX1100 now finally announced!

After a series of leaks the Samsung NX1100 has been finally announced!

Official press release can be read at Photographyblog. Product Highlights are:
20.3MP APS-C CMOS Image Sensor
3.0” 921k-Dot TFT-LCD Monitor
Full HD 1080p Video Recording at 30fps
Built-In Wireless Connectivity
8fps RAW and JPEG Continuous Shooting
ISO 100-12800
Smart Auto, Scene, and Magic Modes
Samsung 20-50mm f/3.5-5.6 ED II Lens
External Flash Included
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom included

Preorders are already available since yesterday at BHphoto:

Black NX1100 preorder (Click here) and White NX1100 preorder (Click here).

Leica M news roundup. And a full Gold(!) plated Leica R6!

Filmmaking with the Leica M Type 240 and Leica 50mm Noctilux-M ASPH f/0.95 – “Cafe Day” from Thorsten Overgaard on Vimeo.

Leicarumors collected the latest Leica M news. On top you actually see a nice video shot with the Leica M. As you know this is the first Leica M-mount camera that can actually shoot movies.

P.S.: If one our MirrorlessRumors reader is a rich Sheikh or a famous Jet Set personality than you might grab that Gold Plated R6 that is on auction on [shoplink ” ebay]eBay Australia (Click here)[/shoplink] :)

Nikon enters the premium compact market with the new “A” model.

Smartphones are eating up the low end compact camera market and the only profitable segment is now the premium compact camera market. And today Nikon launched the new “Nikon Coolpix A” featuring a 16 megapixel APS-C sensor.

Full specs, price and preorders at:
Black -> Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Silver -> Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Soon also Olympus will release a camera with a larger sensor. So you will have plenty of options :)

A good day for Fuji: Adobe RAW now supports the X-trans pattern.

Bildschirmfoto 2013-02-26 um 12.05.06-The official Adobe Fuji X sensor support message-

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And now it’s here! Adobe supports the complex Fuji X sensor design and gives you 100% support on their RAW files. Download LR 4.4 here. or Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw RC 7.4 here. And to see what changed for Fuji watch out the nice article by Rico Pfirstinger on Fujirumors. There is also the first dpreview test: “In the ACR 7.3 rendering, the foliage takes on a distinct ‘watercolor’ appearance, and the white text of the sign is ‘filled-in’ green. As you can see, the new processing approach in ACR 7.4 RC offers substantial improvements in both areas.” (thx MJr)