New Olympus PEN, Panasonic GF, Samsung NX-30 and Sony NEX-3N on market in Spring.

According to anonymous sources a new Olympus PEN and a new Panasonic GF and a new Sony NEX-3N camera will be for sale in Spring. Exact announcement date and specs are yet unknown. While the Panasonic and Sony will be the new entry level mirrorless camera for their system the Olympus will be a semi pro (or advanced) mirrorless camera. And there will be a new NX30 from Samsung too!

This is more or less what we can expect to see within the next 1-2 months. Still no news form the Canon and Nikon front…

Let’s drop the bomb: New Samsung Full Frame NX-R to come in March?

It was back in 2008 when Samsung Manager Kyong-Kook Shin suggested that “the firm is actively pursuing development of a full-frame CMOS sensor intended for use in a professional camera” (Source AP). But at that time they thought they would launch it as a DSLR model.

According to a new anonymous source Samsung secretly worked on the development of a new Full Frame mirrorless camera that will be launched in March! If that is true they will beat on time both Sony and Fuji that are rumored to launched their FF mirrorless systems in late 2013 – early 2014. The new camera will be named Samsung NX-R. The name once popped up inside the Samsung support database (now removed).

No specs have been unveiled yet but I hope some other sources may hear the call and can send me an anonymous message at mirrorlessrumors@gmail.com to share some more bits. Thanks!

eBay Madness (Leica prototype lens, Nikon Stereo, and 100 year old cine camera).

Beside all these new cameras there are also an immense resource of uncommon and rare and sometimes very old cameras you can find an eBay. Here is a short roundup of all the craziest auctions:

1) 1:4/9 cm Elmar Lens with Prototype Ser. No. 1010100. Price yet:  .

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2) There is a mirrorless camera that will cost you over 27.000 Euro! It’s the Nikon Rangefinder 3,5/3,5cm Stereo. .

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3) If you want to know what’s the most expensive camera on auction than look at that 100 year old film camera, the BELL & HOWELL 2709. Price yet: .

Funny that unlike digital cameras film cameras retain and if you are lucky sometimes grow in value! So rather spend your money on a good lens than on expensive digital cameras.

Back from hell: Kodak-JK new mirrorless camera to come within the year!

The heavily in crisis company Kodak just came back to life! According to Amateur Photographer: “A Kodak-branded interchangeable lens camera will be among a series of products that bosses say will be launched as part of a licensing deal it has struck with manufacturer JK Imaging Ltd.“

And Kodak manager Dennis Olbrich said that a compact system camera is “part of the portfolio“! TO be clear, Kodak will license their name to JK Imaging and collaborate but not directing them.

 

via Quesabesde.

Speed Bootster adapter for NEX, MFT and Fuji X mount.

Metabones just announced the new “Speed Booster” adapter which increases the speed and sharpness of any FF or APS-C lens by reducing the on sensor projected image circle. It will be first available for E-Mount in January 2013 from Metabones’ web site http://www.metabones.com and its worldwide dealer network for US$599 / £372 plus shipping and applicable taxes and duties. The MFT and X mount versions will come later this year.

Philip Bloom is the first having tested the lens:

 

 

All you need to know about Fuji X cameras at X-pert corner!

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It’s a few weeks now that I follow with great interest a new column at Fujirumors. It’s called X-PERT CORNER. Rico Pfirstinger, the author of “Mastering the Fujifilm X-PRO1” posts once a week an interesting article full of useful tips for Fuji X-series photographer (especially X-PRO1 and X-E1). But I think some of Rico’s tips are applicable also to other cameras. So, everyone could find something useful in this column.

Now, mirrorlessrumors will follow with great interest this column and inform you when Rico posts a new “useful” article.

This time the article is about how to expand dynamic range with (or without) the camera’s DR function. Here is just a short extract of the comprehensive article :

“So here we go! Does the following scenario sound familiar? You take a picture of a landscape that looks wonderfully beautiful to the naked eye, only to find out later that the blue sky no longer looks blue and the fascinating cloud formations are just white blobs. The reason for this and similar disappointments is that the scene captured in the image has a larger dynamic range than your camera. Every camera sensor is capable of capturing only a certain range of luminance—that is, a limited range between the brightest and the darkest parts of an image.” There are hardware and software solution to extend the dynamic range. So, to what belongs the hardware, the solution could be a lightning equipment but “only the luckiest photographers have the luxury of elaborate lighting equipment” or a ND-filter. But “the digital realm also offers several software solutions to this common problem. One with a particularly resounding name is… High dynamic Range (HDR)” From now on the article delivers a lot of practical tips about how to extend properly the DR. (click here to read the article)

Other articles: How to use Extended ISO settings / Using shooting Profiles and the Quick menu

It’s amazing how much one can still learn about photography. The X-Pert Corner is well worth a read. Read all Rico’s articles here: http://www.fujirumors.com/category/x-pert/