The new Samsung Galaxy NX has been announced in an event in London. Official press release text can be found at Petapixel, Samsungcamera, A first hands-on report at Photocomment, Digitalcamerainfo, dpreview, engadget, digitalcamerareview and at Imaging Resource.

The new NX in short:
The camera has a 20.3-megapixel APS-C sensor with focus phase detection pixels. This means it has a hybrid contrast and phase detection autofocus system. It has a 1/6000s maximum shutter speed and shots 8.6 fps (Frames per second). It has a powerful 1.6GHz quad-core processor with 2GB or RAM, and runs Android Jelly Bean (4.2.2) operating system. What’s huge is the 4.8-inch touch panel, and the same NX20 viewfinder. But the important part is that this camera has everything what a Samsung smartphone has. Full connectivity (even LTE) and APP support and so on. Price is yet unknown while release is sometimes in summer.

Some said this is a smartphone with a huge camera on it :)

Here is a hands-on vide made by Imaging Resource:

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Sigma (Click here) just issued new firmware updated for the the DP1/2/3 cameras. Benefits of the firmware update:

SIGMA DP1 Merrill firmware [Ver.1.04]
?Improves the stability of operation.
?Improves the precision of bounce flash shooting when ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG SUPER SA-STTL and ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG ST SA-STTL are used.
?When you enlarge an image, it used to enlarge the center of the image. However, the new firmware magnifies the image depending on the focusing position.
?It is possible to select the file name of the image either from “SDIM” or “DP1M”.
?It has integrated the color tones of Custom White Balance (Sunlight, Shade, Overcast, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash) among the DP Merrill series.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the AEL setting goes back to default if the AEL button is set for “Central AEL + AEL”, and alternate MF to AF or vice versa, while it is still displaying the operation icon.
?Corrects the phenomenon that self-timer shooting whilst using P Mode would cancel the program shift for the customized shutter speed and aperture settings if you press the release button.
?Properly displays the image according to the selected magnification percentage.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the selected exposure is not appropriately applied when an external flashgun is used with Custom Mode.
?Corrects the phenomenon that, in rare cases, images are not recorded properly when the battery level is low.
?Corrects the rare phenomenon that the recording process does not go perfectly when the camera is turned off right after taking the image.
?It displays the size of the file when you select an image and open the Image Info Screen.

SIGMA DP2 Merrill firmware [Ver.1.05]
?Improves the stability of operation.
?Improves the precision of bounce flash shooting when ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG SUPER SA-STTL and ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG ST SA-STTL are used.
?When you enlarge an image, it used to enlarge the center of the image. However, the new firmware magnifies the image depending on the focusing position.
?It is possible to select the file name of the image either from “SDIM” or “DP2M”.
?It has integrated the color tones of Custom White Balance (Sunlight, Shade, Overcast, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash) among the DP Merrill series.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the AEL setting goes back to default if the AEL button is set for “Central AEL + AEL”, and alternate MF to AF or vice versa, while it is still displaying the operation icon.
?Corrects the phenomenon that self-timer shooting whilst using P Mode would cancel the program shift for the customized shutter speed and aperture settings if you press the release button.
?Properly displays the image according to the selected magnification percentage.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the selected exposure is not appropriately applied when an external flashgun is used with Custom Mode.
?Corrects the phenomenon that, in rare cases, images are not recorded properly when the battery level is low.
?Corrects the rare phenomenon that the recording process does not go perfectly when the camera is turned off right after taking the image.
?It displays the size of the file when you select an image and open the Image Info Screen.

SIGMA DP3 Merrill firmware [Ver.1.02]
?Improves the stability of operation.
?Improves the precision of bounce flash shooting when ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG SUPER SA-STTL and ELECTRONIC FLASH EF-610 DG ST SA-STTL are used.
?When you enlarge an image, it used to enlarge the center of the image. However, the new firmware magnifies the image depending on the focusing position.
?It is possible to select the file name of the image either from “SDIM” or “DP3M”.
?It has integrated the color tones of Custom White Balance (Sunlight, Shade, Overcast, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash) among the DP Merrill series.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the AEL setting goes back to default if the AEL button is set for “Central AEL + AEL”, and alternate MF to AF or vice versa, while it is still displaying the operation icon.
?Corrects the phenomenon that self-timer shooting whilst using P Mode would cancel the program shift for the customized shutter speed and aperture settings if you press the release button.
?Properly displays the image according to the selected magnification percentage.
?Corrects the phenomenon that the selected exposure is not appropriately applied when an external flashgun is used with Custom Mode.
?Corrects the phenomenon that, in rare cases, images are not recorded properly when the battery level is low.
?Corrects the rare phenomenon that the recording process does not go perfectly when the camera is turned off right after taking the image.
?It displays the size of the file when you select an image and open the Image Info Screen.

Yvonne Venegas: The Personal View of Things from Leica Camera on Vimeo.

The State of the Mirrorless Camera Industry – May 2013 by AdmiringLight.
Nikon Coolpix A review at Dpreview.
Fuji X100s, Ricoh GR, Nikon Coolpix A: compared by Mike Kobal.
Fuji X100s review at CameraLabs.
Leica X Vario image smaples at Photographyblog.
Ricoh GR photos at Photographyblog.
Ricoh GRD free mini ebook at F-stopeight.
Ricoh GR: Discussion with 4 phtotographers at F-stopeight.

Amazon (Click here) just issued that warning on the Fuji X100s camera page. And according to unconfirmed rumors it seems that there is a very curious cause. The X100s shipment from Japan has been water damaged! If this is true than you will have to wait a long time before you can get your preorder.

The only store that has a limited amount of X100s in Stock is . And they charge you  $230 extra for it :(

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 :)

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 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.