Mystery Pentax (mirrorless?) camera spotted?

P3newsreviews (Click here / via NoisyC) writes: “A glimpse, just a glimpse was had of a rugged appearing, possibly mirrorless, viewfinderless camera sporting what looked like a k-mount limited or pancake lens. Could this be a prototype of something forthcoming? Please note that no announcements have been made and nothing is substantiated. This was just a spotting of what looked to possibly be something new. Maybe. More information will be posted as learned. Stay tuned!“

For a very long time now we heard rumors about a sort of K-mount mirrorless camera. This might be the right time for Pentax to announce it!

First preorders in USA, Canada and UK!!! Hurry! Surprise! Fuji X PRO 1 cheaper than epxected?

Now I am really confused! The very first worldwide Fuji X PRO 1 preorders are now available at Expansys USA (Click here), Expansys Canada (Click here) and Expansys UK (Click here to see the preorder page). And actually the price is a huge surprise! Camera+35mm lens are priced at…$1,384.99 dollars or 1,079.99 pounds only! I hope they will not charge you some extra $ after a few weeks! I preordered mine, let’s see what happens :)

There is still no price indication here at Amazon (notification only).

 

P.S.: Thanks Jan! ;)

Canon G1 X, Sigma mirrorless lens and Fuji X PRO 1 pre order status and news roundup.

The Fuji sensor beats all current FF sensor (Image via Fotopolis)

Fuji X PRO 1
Fuji X PRO 1 at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 18mm lens at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 35mm lens at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 60mm lens at Amazon (notification only).
Hands-on at Amateur Photograper

Fuji X100 All Black
Press release about the Fuji X100 all black edition: Photographylog, Quesabesde, Focus Numerique

Canon G1 X
Canon G1 X preorder at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Chuck Westfall chat at Imaging Resource.

Sigma m43 and NEX lenses. Is is also available for Nikon CX??? BHphoto says so:
Sigma 19mm for Nikon at BHphoto (Click here).
Sigma 30mm for Nikon CX at BHphoto (Click here).

One more thing:
The Ricoh GXR A12 M-mount module is in Stock at Bhphoto (Click here).

The Fuji X lens roadmap! (Amazon lists the Fuji stuff but with no price)

Fuji announced the lens roadmap for 2012 and 2013. There are at least seven lenses coming and all zoom lenses will feature a built-in Image Stabilization system.

This are the lenses coming in 2012:
-14mm f/2.8
– 18-72mm f/4.0 with IS (Image stabilization).

This are the lenses coming in 2013
– 28mm f/2.8 pancake
– 23mm f/2.0
– 72-200mm f/4.0 IS
– 12-24mm f/4.0 IS

I think it’s a pretty interesting roadmap. But what’s missing are real fast lenses. Something like a fast portrait lens (50 or 60mm f/1.4). Meanwhile Amazon has the new Fuji X PRO camera and lenses on list but doesn’t mention the price like it happened when they leaked the stuff a couple of days ago:
Fuji X PRO 1 at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 18mm lens at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 35mm lens at Amazon (notification only).
Fuji 60mm lens at Amazon (notification only).

(Continually updated) Fuji X PRO 1 announced!

I will update this post with all the news and reviews I can find. Reload this page to see the updates but please do it only once in a while to not make crash my server ok? :)

Hot news:
Shipping in late February
Body for $1700. Lenses around $650.
9 more lenses to come: superwide 14mm, along with zoom lenses (Zoom lenes are coming in 2013).

(P-)reviews and Interviews:
Preview at Dpreview.
Hands.on photos at Photographyblog.
Hands-on at Techradar.
Hands-on at ePhotozine
Short interview at ePhotozine.

Image samples:
At fujifilm-x.com. and fujifilm.com.

Official press release text:
Fuji X PRO 1 product page. You can download the full X PRO 1 pdf (Click here).
Press release at Engadget.
Luminous Landscape.
Sansmirror.
Quesabesde (spanish)
Focus Numerique (french)
Fuji Deutschland product page.
Fuji Italy. And there is also a Fuji X PRO 1 (pdf file) and Lens (pdf file).

Videos:
Fuji X PRO 1 presentation by FujiGuys on youtube (Click here to see part one). And here to see part two on youtube.
FujGuys first look on youtube

Live Fuji coverage is started. Watch these sites to learn more:
Cnet (live texting)
Engadget
Photographybay
Matsumoto (Fuji) says it’s been designed to have the “ultimate in style and quality.

Preorders:
Amazon Fuji X PRO 1 search page (should be online soon).

Sensor presentation:
As you can see there is no word about the sensor using organic material.

Pictures of the camera (Click on them to enlarge the size):

Poll:

Canon launches the G1 X fixed lens compact camera with APS-C sensor

It’s official. Canon now launched that huge (almost) APS-C sensor compact camera with fixed lens. So still not a mirrorless system camera but we are getting closer :) That is a unique kind of camera and definitely a strong competitor against all current mirrorless system cameras. Why? It’s extremely compact for having such a big sensor and 28-112mm f/2.8-5.8 zoom! One more thing, it has a 4:3 ratio is is a tiny bit bigger than the Micro Four Thirds sensor used by Panasonic-Olympus! Probably a 3:2 sensor wouldn’t allow such a small lens design. Anyway, the camera is a tiny bit bigger (and visibel higher) than the Panasonic GX1 with 14-42mm X lens. Don’t know if that is a camera is going to be a hotseller yet. It’s priced at US$800. Maybe they are asking too much?

Preorder links:
Adorama (Click here).
BHphoto (notification only)
Amazon (not up yet).

Image samples:
Canon USA

Videos:
Commercial on youtube (english)
Commercial at Canon Germany

(P-)reviews:
Imaging Resource
Dpreview

Press release links:
ThePhoBlographer
Photographyblog
Digitalcamerareview
Techradar
Focus Numerique (french)
Dpreview
Imaging Resource
Gizmodo Australia

Poll:

Fuji live show starts at 8pm London time! Canon G1 X preorders started.

Fuji: Exactly in two hours (right now it’s 6pm London time here) Fuji will start the live show at the CES show in Las Vegas. One hour after the Fuji X PRO 1 will be official. I remind you here that I will follow the CES show news and keep you up to date with everything we can learn about the camera. You should also redo all your preorders you made in these days at Amazon. I am sure they are not valid. Will give you the right links right after the official announcement. If you find some news you think it’s worthy to be posted here drop me a message at mirrorlessrumors@gmail.com. Thanks!

Canon: The new super high quality compact camera is now available for preorder at Adorama (Click here).