I guess you have noticed that Samsung played quite a small role at photokina. They didn’t bring any new camera or other bigger news. Form what we heard they are changing their product strategy and working on a completely new front. Photorumors now reports that the next NX series upgrade will be between January and April 2013 and at least two new NX models will use the Android OS:

• The Samsung NX1000 will be upgraded to an Android powered model using tilting screen like the MV900 and a new EVF.
• The Samsung NX210 will be replaced with the NX300. I have no info about Android OS on the NX300. The new model is expected to keep its design and add a new optional EVF and OVF that Samsung is currently working on.
• The Samsung NX-R model will also be released. It is expected to be in the same category as the Samsung NX20.

It’s about time for Samsung to talk less and do more on the camera front. Otherwise they will never become leader of the mirrorless market as announced many times during the past three years. I hope for them and for us that they can play a major role in the future. More choices we have better it is!

Image courtesy by an anonymous reader :)

it sounds like we are going to see a new Sony and Fuji Full Frame mirrorless battle in 2013! Sony manager Mark Weir unveiled at Imaging Resource that “Well, I think everyone understands that if we can make the VG900, we could make a still camera variant of that.“. And he is talking about a “rangefinder styled” camera. A NEX-9 with FF sensor?

Photokina is still not over but Fuji and Sony are already hinting some new exciting news for the next months. Should Canon and Nikon be worried for their DSLR FF market? I think yes!

DSLRMagazine (via PR) unveiled on twitter that today Hasselblad will announce the new medium format mirrorless camera with “rounded shape“. They say it’s a “luxuruy NEX” :)
Damn, I can’t wait to get my hands on that digital Mamiya 7…that would be my dream camera! Oh, wait…how much will it cost? :(

One more news: Fuji X PRO 1 owners can now doanload the new 2.0 firmware at http://www.fujifilm.com/support/digital_cameras/software/firmware/x/xpro1/index.html!

A couple of hours before the official announcement many websites are already posting the Panasonic and Olympus specs and images:

E-PL5, XZ-2 and 60mm macro and 17mm lens:
XZ-2 press (Click here) and E-PL5 press (Click here). Clubsnap posted the full E-PL5 press release! The XZ-2 Clubsnap press text is also available. 60mm macro presentation at Clubsnap.

GH3 specs:
Official specs at Dpreview.

Today is a big day! All starts with the Fuji XF1 announcement at 6am London time. Olympus announcement is scheduled for 10am, Panasonic for 12am. Than we will have Leica and Hasselblad.

This is just to say that I will have massive work to do today!

Genesis from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

Tomorrow is the big Olympus and Panasonic announcement day but sadly for them there is no mroe secret left to unveil. On top of this post you can already see the first video shot on the new GH3. And leaking goes even more further with Samys that is alreayd accepting preorders on the new Olympus stuff:
Panasonic GH3 (Click here)
White E-PM2 (Click here)
Black E-PL5 (Click here)
60mm macro lens (Click here)
12mm limited lens (Click here)

Reminder: There is still a Leica and Hassleblad announcement to come!

Sometimes you see small leaks over weeks and sometimes like today everything gets visible within a couple of hours! Here are the images of all new stuff that Oly and Pana will announce on Monday!
On top you see the GH3 and here is the video that leaked it (Source youtube):

Than we have the two pics of the new E-PL5/E-PM2 with E-M5 sensor with TruPic VI image processing engine and touch screen.

We also have the two images of the new Olympus lenses:

And let’s not forget the 35-100mm X lens:

Question is…is that all we are going to see on Monday?