DC.watch interviewed Ricoh managers. And there is little info about their mirrorless strategy. Ricoh spends no word on the GXR concept (is it death?) and says they have no plan yet to launch an APS-C interchangeable mirrorless system camera.
So basically the news here is that…there is no news :)
One way to move away from the shrinking compact camera and fixed lens cameras is to “try” to offer a similar experience on smartphone cameras. That is exactly what Samsung is doing with the smartphone zoom series.
And now Samsung will introduce at least three new smartphones with zoom lenses: The C125, C600 and C805. We will see if those smartphone-camera hybrids will succeed on the market! Possible announcement could be CES (but this hasn’t been confirmed yet).
via Upleaks
There is now a new Fuji interview at DC.watch. And again instead of telling us what’s coming they tell us what’s not :)
Medium and Full Frame cameras are not on their roadmap. And also organic sensor development is slower than expected and not coming in any near future.
Focus will as expected on new Fuji X Trans APS-C sensor development with increased Megapixel numbers.
Today DC.watch posted the content of the interview with Sony and Olympus. There is no really interesting info about their plans. As expected they will both focus on strengthen their current camera and lens line. Both confirm the trend goes towards realizing Higher Megapixel sensor and better autofocus performance. They also said what they NOT plan to do in the near future: Olympus will not go Full frame yet and Sony will not make an interchangeable Medium Format system yet.
It’s Christmas rumor time :)
SamsungCameraRumors reports:
Samsung is seriously considering to launch a special NX1-lx camera version with lower than 20 megapixel sensor. It will have 1 stop better High ISO performance than the current NX1. And it has 2 stop better high ISO than the current NX30/NX300 cameras.
The likely release of the camera is second half of 2015.
Sony rumors are growing lately and there seems to be two new E-mount cameras on the pipeline:
Sony A7000:
APS-C E-mount camera with 5 axis stabilization and priced above the A6000 but still way less than $1,000 with kit lens. Announcement at CP+ in February?
Sony A9:
Placed above the current A7 series. Full Frame sensor with almost 50 megapixel resolution (Bayer sensor). 4D tracking af and 5 axis included. Coming early or mid 2015.
Both sound like very attractive packages. Me personally think the A7000 coul be the best bet for the buck here!
