Quite some people wishes Leica to joint the Micro Four Thirds camera with a Leica camera. Well this is not going to happen. But that fact didn’t’ stop David Wong to send us his render of a Leica Digilux MFT camera.
Thanks!
The certainly strangest of all NX mount cameras got a massive $200 price drop. It now sells for $249 (with 9mm lens) on eBay US (Click here).
I would be curious to see if Samsung is really selling those kind of “mini-interchangeable” cameras…
Photokina is over and I am working to get details about the next announcement period. I can tell you with a 100% certainty that at least those companies will announce new Mirrorless System Cameras in January and February 2015 already and displayed at the CP+ show which starts on Feb 12:
Sony, Olympus and Samsung!
I have no 100% reliable info about Fuji, Canon, Nikon and Panasonic mirrorless announcement during the same time.
Now all I need to know are the specs of those new Sony-Samsung-Olympus cameras…
Canon created a lot of expectations with their “impossible” teaser. And it turned out to be a complete marketing failure. Just read the reaction on their Twitter account (Click here). These are just some of them:
CanonWatch spotted that Canon Netherland teaser showing a new soon to be announced superzoom and large sensor compact camera. I guess it will feature the same Sony 20,1 MP 1 inch sensor as the G7x. And it will compete against the RX10 and FZ1000 cameras.
Both Sony and Canon will announce Full Frame cameras with around 50 Megapixel during the first quarter of 2015. Those cameras will likely be displayed at the CP+ show which starts in mid February.
The Sony 46 Megapixel FF camera will almost certainly be a new E-mount A7 (or A9?). It will feature an advanced autofocusing system based on the current A6000 hybrid af camera.
Canon is likely to announce a new DSLR with such a 50MP sensor. But there is a small chance Canon could use that sensor also on a new Full Frame mirrorless system camera.
I am 100% sure those kind of sensors are coming early 2015. We have an exciting time ahead of us!
Samsung published that great NX1 4K video shot in Madagascar. Looks great and definitely much better than their current financial results :)
Reuters reports:
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is heading for its first annual earnings drop since 2011 after it revealed its July-September profit would be the lowest in more than three years and said short-term prospects for smartphones were uncertain.
Until now Samsung seemed to be “Immune” to the crisis and unlike many Japanese competitor it was doing well in the smartphone market (not so in the camera market). Hopefully Samsung will recover soon as Panasonic did (and not end like Sony!).
One more thing: Can You Spot the Samsung NX1 Pre-Production Model’s Sample Photos? Check out at Digitalversus!
