New future Pentax lens show and Canon G1 X test roundup

Image via Mike Kobal (Click here).

New Pentax K and Q mount lenses pictures popped up at the Imaging show in Brimingham (Amateur Photographer). A first K-01 preview has been posted by Pentax Germany (Click here). Do companies now start to make reviews of their own products?

The Canon G1 X is also Canon G1 X test at DC.watch (Click here to read the google translation).

Head to Head: Canon G1 X Vs. Canon G12 at Digitalcamerainfo (Click here).

Canon PowerShot G1 X Review – Part 1 at EosHD (Click here).

G1X test by Mike Kobal (Click here).

G1X Preorders are available at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

 

 

New set of X PRO 1 reviews and tests!

a size comaprison between the Olympus E-M5 and Fuji X PRO 1 (via Quesabesde).

Reviewers of all over the world are testing the X PRO 1 and so it comes that I already have to post a new set of links to new reviews :)

Check it out:
Fujifilm X-Pro1: First Impressions (Invisiblephotographer).
Long exposure photography at Flixelpix.com.
Second part of the german X PRo 1 review at SystemKameraForum. And the third part is here.
Luminous Landscape (Click here) posted the first part of their review.
The spanish Quesabesde (Click here to read the google translation): “Their level of detail and resolution in combination with the three approaches is very high, and performance with high sensitivity is really excellent, with shots at ISO 6400 where the sharpness and saturation of the image does not suffer and chromatic noise are not makes an appearance.“

 

The Fuji X PRO 1 camera can be preordered:
in USA/Canada at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here), Epxansys US (Click here) and Expansys Canada (Click here).
in Europe at Jessops UK (Click here), eBay Italy (Click here) and Expansys UK (Click here).
in Asia at Amazon Japan (Click here) and eBay Japan (Click here).

The Fuji X 18mm f/2.0 can be preordered:
in USA/Canada at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
in Asia at Amazon Japan (Click here).

The Fuji X 35mm f/1.4 can be preordered:
in USA/Canada at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
in Asia at Amazon Japan (Click here).

The Fuji X 60mm f/2.4 macro can be preordered:
in USA/Canada at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).

Tons of new X PRO 1 reviews and tests and videos!

Now that the first bunch of X PRO 1 is being shipped in Asia you can find many new reviews and tests. Here is the roundup of the latest news I found about the X PRO 1.

Fujifilm X-Pro1 High ISO Picture Samples & AF Speed Preview at InvisiblePhotographer (Click here). There is also an AF speed test on youtube (Click here).

There is a full review at Mobile01 (Click here to read the google english translation). Note that on the google translated website links to the full size images won’t open.

Part one of the german X PRO 1 test at SystemKameraForum (Click here).

The norwegian website Fotomagasinet (Click here to read the english google translation) posted: “After testing a few hundred cameras in my life, I have become quite spoiled, but the X-PRO1 impressed me. There are of course some things are not quite optimal – we can imagine a better electronic viewfinder, sealing, image stabilization in camera body and of course, better battery life. However, compared with the positive – a camera that is relatively small, discreet, quiet, with stunning picture quality a unique viewfinder and ergonomics that work, the weaknesses quite small in comparison.“

ePhotozine posted image samples taken with all three diferent lenses: The 35mm f/1.4 (Click here to see), The 18mm f/2.0 (Click here to see), The 60mm macro (Click here to see). Also Photographyblog (Click here) posted a set of photos. A hands-on review has been posted at Amateur Photographer (Click here).

The Fuji X PRO 1 camera can be preordered:
in USA/Canada at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here), Epxansys US (Click here) and Expansys Canada (Click here).
in Europe at Jessops UK (Click here), eBay Italy (Click here) and Expansys UK (Click here).
in Asia at Amazon Japan (Click here) and eBay Japan (Click here).

Mirrorless news roundup…(with Super Mirrorless ISO comparison)

For the first time you can make a serious ISO comparison between the new Olympus E-M5 and cameras from Sony, Panasonic, Canon and Nikon. Just check out that post at  Focus Numerique (Click here). Again, the Sony mirrorless cameras have the edge with the Nikon being the worse camera (just a little behind the G3).

More Mirrorless camera/lens or other news:
Canon G1 X hands-on at Akihabaranews (Click here).
Fuji X PRO 1 hands-on review at Amateur Photographer (Click here).
Mobot Takes a Look at the Nokia 808 PureView’s Sensor (Photographyblog).
Wold smallest EVIL camera (Flickr).
Next-gen video codec hits milestone (EEtimes).

Kodak discontinues their slide films :(

I think many of you were or still are film camera owners. And you won’t be happy to read the next news:

The first to post this bad news was Thom Hogan (Click here). And ThePhoBlographer (Click here) picked up the news and contacted Kodak to ask them if the news is true. Indeed Kodak discontinued all their slide films (The E100VS, E100G and Elite Chrome Extra Color 100). And things went so fats that you already cannot find them anymore on Kodak’s own store :(

The only major slide film producer now is Fuji. And usually when there is no competition prices will increase. Anyway, I dont’ think the time of film cameras is over. The problems of Kodak are from different nature. So we shouldn’t be to worried for the future. Film will survive!