Hasselblad will hold a press conference at Photokina on September 18th. Back in March PhotoRumors broke the news about a possible new digital X-Pan camera announcement, but I have not heard any other reliable info since. The second possibility is the announcement of a smaller DSLR type camera system.
Photoprice.ca leaked the first images of the Sony RX1 compact camera with a full frame CMOS sensor and Zeiss Sonnar 2/35 lens. The new fix lens camera that will cost around $3000 (update: see the full specs and price here). Very interesting development!
First, the detailed specs of the Pentax Q10 mirrorless camera:
The eBay store Japan Hobby Tool offers various leather skins that will completely change the way your Sony RX-100 camera looks.
Pictures above: Leica type, crocodile black, camouflage and crocodile black.
There are not many convincing rumors about the upcoming Canon DSLR announcement(s) for Photokina – there is a good chance that there will be only one new DSLR camera to compete with the upcoming full frame Nikon D600. Here are the rumored specs:
The Canon 5DII is expected to be discontinued at the end of September. It seems that the previously rumored EOS-3D X and EOS-7D Mark II cameras will not be announced at Photokina.
The Chinese website xitek.com published the first image of the Sony Alpha a99 full frame camera (see specs) that will be announced on September 12th together with the NEX-6 and many other new Sony products.
RED’s CEO Jarred Land announced a black and white version of their Epic cinema camera. The Mysterium-X specs are:
Via dslrnewsshooter
Konica Minolta filed a patent in Japan for a 43mm f/1.4 lens for Micro Four Thirds mount. This is an unusual development because after Sony bought their camera business in 2006, the company has not announced any photography related products (they actually withdrew from the photo business on September 30, 2006 after laying off 3,700 employees).
