The X100s just got dpreviewed and earned a Gold award. The Fuji X100s is amazing, but long live the original X100! The camera just got a huge price drop and is available for $899 at Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). And it sounds like the 130,000 X100 owners will soon get a nice present. At dpreview user Mistur said: “There will be an update for the X100 that will add approximately 50% of the 72 new features found in the X100s. While there has been no official announcement yet, I heard about it at a recent Fuji event for the X-M1.”

Great!

found via Fujirumors.

Japanese Q7 commercial (found via RiceHigh)

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Galaxy NX test at FunFunHan.
Sigma DP3 Merrill review by Ming Thein.
Voigtlander Discontinues Its Bessa A Series Rangefinders (ThePhoBlographer).
Samsung NX300 and NX210 DxOmarked.
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom review: a messy marriage of smartphone and camera (Engadget).
Samsung NX2000 review at ThePhoBlographer.
Samsung NX2000 Review at Digitalcamerareview.
FotgaLens Mount Adapter for Nikon G Lens to M4/3 (ThePhoBlographer).
Sony RX1R test at DSLRmagazine.
Zeiss Touit test at Quesabesde.

Fuji (Click here) just released a new firmware update for the X-Pro1 just a couple of days after an issue with movie recording was discovered. That was a quick response from Fuji!

Reminder: One more Fuji X interchangeable lens camera will be announced in one month! It will be an entry level camera.

The just launched new Sony RX cameras are now in Stock and shipping:
RX1R FF camera shipping at , Amazon US (July 26), BHphoto (July 31),
RX100MII camera is shipping at , Amazon US (July 26), BHphoto (Click here), ,

DC.watch (google translation here) reports that Ricoh-Pentax started a new customization service for the Ricoh GR. As you see form these pics you can change the top cover, knobs and the grip color. I see some Pentax influence here :)

One more GR news: There is a new review at Imaging Resource.

Fuji just released the new updated lens roadmap. It shows a new lens which is the XC 50-230 f/4.5-6.7 OIS. The full press release can be read here:

Updated FUJIFILM X-Mount Lens Roadmap

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigehiro Nakajima) is today publishing an updated version of the FUJIFILM X-mount lens roadmap. This is further to the last XF lens roadmap issued in April 2013.

A total of 10 high quality Fujinon XF lenses will be on the market by early 2014 and now an additional 2 Fujinon XC lenses have been added to this list. When you combine this with the 3 Zeiss lenses already announced, it brings the total number of X Mount lenses available to 15.

New XC Lenses
In response to market feedback and requests from users, Fujifilm is expanding its line-up of lenses to offer a new category of XC lens. These are “compact and casual” lenses and are perfectly suited to the mid-range X-M1 compact system camera. They feature all-glass elements and are lightweight and portable.

In conjunction with its X-M1 compact system camera, Fujifilm announced the launch of the first XC lens, an F3.5-5.6 standard zoom lens that covers a shooting range of 16-50mm (24-76mm in 35mm equivalent). Today Fujifilm is announcing a second XC lens, an F4.5-6.7 telephoto zoom lens that covers the shooting range of 50mm to 230mm (75-350mm in 35mm equivalent). This will be available by the end of the year.

Fujifilm will continue to strive for the development of lenses that cover a wide range of focal lengths and offer bright and high resolution reproduction even at the periphery, so that users can enjoy the high resolution features of FUJIFILM X-Series cameras.

*1 For enquiries or information about the Carl Zeiss X-mount lenses, please click on the following URL: http://lenses.zeiss.com
*2 35mm format equivalent

via photographyblog

There is one funny reason why to buy a DSLR instead of a Mirrorless. Just click play on the video on top to see it!

great work guys!