Hot rumors: Samsung NX1 rumored to have the best performing APS-C sensor on market!

The new Samsung NX1 will somehow remind us of this old Mamiya 6.

An anonymous source (Thank You!) sent us the following info about the new High End APS-C NX1 camera that will be announced in September at Photokina. This is what we can expect:

Body looks like mamiya 6 (big rangefinder with grip).
New EVF with highest res on market and new technology.
Sensor with 28MP. No isocell, but improved dr. Best performance on the market at high iso.
New user interface based on newer tizen. Big touch screen but plenty of physical controls.
Continuous af up to 10fps with focus tracking enabled, second gen OSPDAF with more af points than a6000.
Presentation around sep 2014, availability nov 2014.
Splash + dust proof.
Price 1300$ body only.
Kit with 1650 zoom 2300$.

In summary: Best sensor, best EVF, best AF. Sounds like a possible game changer!

Interesting worldwide camera market analysis by the German Photokina partner GFK.

The German Photokina partner agency GFK published those graphs and data about the worldwide camera market trend. And there are plenty of interesting info!

Let’s start from the graph on top. It shows:

1) The low end compact camera market is rapidly shrinking
2) The premium camera market (DSLR+Mirrorless+premium fixed lens) are growing
3) Mirrorless is growing more than DSLR
4) The overall revenue is growing.

 

That graph shows that Mirrorless market share is growing in Asia primarily but also in Europe.

And than it’s very interesting to read when people actually prefers to use a proper camera over a smartphone camera:

And these are the top 5 reason why smartphone user decide to buy a digital camera:

In summary. The analysis form GFK debunks a couple of myths:

1) DSLR market is not shrinking. It’s well alive and stable.
2) Mirrorless market is growing (despite some sites claiming the opposite). Although it’s growing less than expected and still has a hard time to get popular in USA.
3) The future for premium digital camera makers is bright because the overall market is expected to growth!
4) Digital camera Companies are making more money than before! They are selling less lower margin compact cameras. But they are also selling more higher margin premium cameras!

 

Well, what’s your thought on this?

 

found via Photoscala.

Sony A7s has indeed a full silent shutter mode!

You certainly have heard about the current shutter vibration issues from the A7r. It is very noticeable only in certain conditions (tele zoom and vertical shooting).

But now Sony goes from one extreme to another because Photoclubalpha got word from Sony that the new Sony A7s has a complete electronic and silent shutter mode! There is no info yet about the possible limitations when shooting in that mode. But that’s certainly a good news for Sony folks!

Addendum: An event better news would be if Sony could provide current A7-A7r owners with such a silent mode feature via firmware upgrade…