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Canon customers received a survey asking questions about mirrorless cameras! The survey is available here but you need an access code: http://advisorypanel.vovici.net/se.htm. Anyway, the guys over at Canonrumors managed to get some screenshots of the survey.

What will be the result of the poll? The results will be kept secret by Canon Managers but the result will be one only. It is inevitable, Canon will make a mirrorless camera. Don’t be shy Canon! :)

Pentax showed a new K to Q mount adapter fr the new Pentax Q mirrorless camera. You can read a full (translated) report at dc.watch (Click here). There is no info yet about the price and availability of the adapter.

Preview at Imaging Resource.
Hands-on at CNET US.
Preview at Techradar.
Preview at ePhotozine.
Hands-on at ThePhoBlographer.
Preview at Dpreview.
Press release at Photographyblog.
Press release at Imaging Resource.
French press release at Focus Numerique.
Press release at Engadget.
Press release in german at Photoscala.
This post is under continuous development :)

Click the link below to read the full press release:

Panasonic announced the very first two X lenses. The Panasonic 14-42mm pancake X and the 45-175mm X zoom. And two more fast X zoom will follow in early 2012 (More at 43rumors.com). Meanwhile the NEX-7 is selling (preorders) very well on Amazon US (Click here to see the full ranking).

Now where is the Nikon mirrorless? Don’t worry, coming soon guys :)

First of all. Nikon didn’t announce anything special yet. Juts normal Coolpix cameras. But Sony really made my day! See here:

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Previews and Reviews

Sony A77 hands-on images from Singapore event.
Sony NEX-7 preview with video on Engadget.
Sony NEX-5N video preview by Engadget.
First VG-20 video preview on youtube.
HOT! Sony NEX 5N preview at ThePhoBlographer.
Sony NEX-5N preview at Dpreview.
HOT!!! And here is the NEX-7 video: http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m6QSS5UVQ2CB2/?tag=

Image samples

Youtube-Vimeo

First VG-20 video preview on youtube.

Highlights

Engadget says: “We love the 24.3 megapixel sensor, but the camera’s OLED viewfinder is the star of the show.“

Links to Press release

Sony announcement at Digitalcamerainfo.
Sony NEX-7 at Dpreview.
Sony NEX-5N at Dpreview.
The new Sony A and E-mount lenses at Dpreview.
A picture of the press release on US Today (Click here).

Social Media (and reactions)

Live Sony event tweets by JVS on Twitter.
SAR group on Google+ and Facebook

Preorder the new stuff!

Sony A77 with 16-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here).
Sony A77 body only at Amazon (Click here).
Sony A65 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here).
Sony A65 body only at Amazon (Click here).
Sony NEX-7 body only at Amazon (Click here).
Sony NEX-5N with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here).
Sony NEX-5N at Amazon (Click here).
Sony 16-50mm A-mount at Amazon (Click here).
Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 E-mount at Amazon (Click here).
Sony 50mm f/1.8 E-mount at Amazon (Click here).
Sony 55-210mm E-mount at Amazon (Click here).

Ricoh officially launched the new GXR A12 M-mount module. You can see a very first preview at DPreview (Click here). As you know it has a 12 Megapixel APS-C sensor. To bad, would have loved to see a fullframe sensor on it. The Ricoh GXR A12 will be available in September, priced at $649. A very intruiging feature is the electronic shutter option that works from 1/8000th to 1 second. It makes the camea extremely silent! And you can create your own user-defined distortion, vignetting and corner color correction, recordable for multiple lenses.

More news abou the Ricoh module at:
Amateur Photographer
Photographyblog
Photoscala