Olympus XZ-10 and Sigma DP3 Merrill pricing, shipping dates announced
Olympus finally announced the XZ-10 for the US market with a price of $399 and March 22, 2013 shipping date. Here are the camera's basic specs:
- 1/2.3" CMOS 12MP back-illuminated sensor
- 5x optical zoom with 26-130mm f/1.8-2.7 lens
- 40% smaller than the XZ-2
- Weight (including battery and memory card): 221 g
- Touch AF shutter control
- 920 000 dots 3" touchscreen LCD
- Full HD video
Three weeks after the price was already available at different online retailers, Sigma finally made it official - the DP3 Merrill camera will cost $999 and it will start shipping on February 28th, 2013. The camera's specifications:
- 46MP Foveon X3 sensor (APS-C 1.5x)
- 50mm f2.8 lens with SLD glass (Special Low Dispersion)
- Dual TRUE II Image Processing Engines
- Minimum focusing of 8.9″
- Macro shooting at 1:3
- 9 point AF
- Face detection
- 3 inch TFT LCD at 920,000 dots
- Hot shoe and lens hood
- SD video recording
- ISO 100-6400 set in 1/3 steps
