Ricoh reviewed, Ricoh financial results and Ricoh bricolage ;)

Dpreview posted a Ricoh GXR/P10 28-300mm F3.5-5.6 VC Quick Review. Their conclusion? “[shoplink ‘Ricoh 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6’]The GXR P10 28-300mm VC[/shoplink] comes with GXR’s excellent user interface and operation but the lens/sensor combination in the camera module only produces average compact camera image quality.“

According to the lasted financial report Ricoh makes more money (as whole company) but less money with digital camera compartment (Source: Photoscala)

One more thing: The japanese website DC.watch explains how to tranform your Ricoh GXR of “A12” in a macro unit!

In Japan: Mirrorless market share now almost 40%!

The release of the Sony NEX cameras boosted the mirrorless market share up to 40% (in Japan). The japanese website Kakaku anayzed the mirrorless camera success in detail. Sony gained a huge ammount of attention with the NEX cameras. Look at the search trends:

Don’t think Nikon and Canon can afford to not make their own mirrorless system…

Source: Kakaku.com

Panasonic m4/3 takes the most sexy pictures on the web ;)

Let’s have a little bit of fun :)

Oktrends analyzed photography from a numerical angle. They collected the data from the dating site OkCupid, one of the largest, and most interesting, datasets on the web. This article aggregates 11.4 million opinions on what makes a great photo. Their goal was to see how to take a photo to gain “attractiveness”.

And yes, you have more chance to get a nice picture of you using Panasonic MicroFourThirds cameras! LOL

Source: Blog.okcupid.com

Samsung NX100 and lenses leaked inside a video!

Source: Photorumors (click here)

  • The two lenses to the right of the NX10 are: in the back the 20-50mm f/3.5-5.6 compact kit zoom and in the front is it the new 20mm pancake (see the full 2010 Samsung NX lens line-up)

  • The white camera has the new compact zoom kit.

  • The new cameras has the same design as the Samsung HZ30W.

  • The two lenses to the right of the NX10 are: in the back the 20-50mm f/3.5-5.6 compact kit zoom and in the front is it the new 20mm pancake (see the full 2010 Samsung NX lens line-up)

  • The white camera has the new compact zoom kit.

  • The new cameras has the same design as the Samsung HZ30W.

The image above is a screenshot from that video:

Mega mirrorless size comparison by serious compacts!

Above (left to right): Olympus mZD 14-42mm lens (kit zoom for Olympus Micro 4/3 cameras, shown collapsed), Sony NEX 18-55mm lens (kit zoom for Sony NEX cameras), Panasonic 14-45mm lens (kit zoom for Panasonic G1 and GF1), Panasonic 14-42mm lens (kit zoom for Panasonic G2 and G10), Samsung NX 18-55 (kit zoom for Samsung NX10)

Above (left to right): Sony NEX 16mm f/2.8, Samsung 30mm f/2, Panasonic 20mm f/1.7.

Above (left to right): Olympus E-PL1 with Olympus mZD 14-42 (collapsed), Sony NEX5 with Sony 18-55, Panasonic GF1 with Panasonic 14-42 (Sorry, wrong kit lens pictured; should have been the 14-45, which is slightly smaller as shown in the first image in this post)

Above (left to right): Panasonic GF1 with Panasonic 20mm f/1.7, Sony NEX5 with Sony 16mm f/2.8, Olympus E-PL1 with Panasonic 20mm f/1.7

Source: SeriousCompacts.com

Weird rumors: Canon and Samsung to make Medium Format cameras?

I confess, I would love to own a digital “mirrorless” medium format camera a la Mamiya 7 ;) May those dreams will become a reality?

According to Canonrumors “Canon is having some interest in purchasing a medium format company. Apparently they’ve moved to the point of actually opening the companies books.“.

But Canon is not the only big company moving in that direction. Via Photofan.jp
 we learned that “A kind of noise caused by many large companies the agreement between the three incoming. The agreement will create a high-end photographers, photo artists and creators to create the new system.
Samsung, Schneider – Kreuznach finishing and Alpa is a big deal to create a photographic Association (SSA) to create the first fully digital, medium format camera system.
Samsung Electronics, Mr. President, Secretary Department of Justice Park said: “Each company in each of the consortium of professional and high quality system for the medium format of the sensitive components of the professional, we have completed the first medium-format CMOS sensor, and the first model electronic components. “
Schneider Optics CEO Dwight Lindsey said: “To our actual Alpa lens system will fit with the new system, we have taken the same mount, but we are working on a new formula for the optical system and fully electronic oriented. “
In fact, we do not have information, or in this new system will be published.

They are talking about a new system, MF cmos sensor and schneider lenses.“

Let us dream….

New Nikon patent discloses mirrorless camera with EVF


Nikon is continually registering new mirrorless camera patents. The lates patent shows clearly how the EVIL camera could look like. And those are the patent details:

* Patent Publication No.2010-161569
o published 2010/07/22
o filled 2009/01/07
* Problems
o At the time of lens desorption, useless thing invades the camera inside.
* Conventional technology and problems
o It make a protective cover.
o A lens end may come in contact with the protective cover.
* A patent of Nikon
o A Imaging Box
+ Sealing up space
+ It is formed by protective cover and OLPF, image sensor.
+ Rubber and resin are used for a connection of protective cover and imaging box.
+ Rubber and the resin are form of ring.
o It possesses a sensor detecting lens desorption.
o At the time of lens desorption, protective cover is pushed inside.
* The embodiment of the patent
o EVF
o It does not have a mechanical shutter(only use an electronic shutter).

Source: Nikonrumors