Sony RX1r is currently in stock a Adorama.
Sony RX100MII is in stock at Adorama and Amazon.
B&H will receive their next shipment of Ricoh GR cameras on August 1st (Thursday). Check also the new Pentax Ricoh GR Brand Ambassador website.
Fuji X100s: Amazon expects the camera to start shipping in 3-6 weeks.
Fuji X-M1 is now in stock at Amazon. The new Fujifilm XF 27mm f/2.8 lens is also currently in stock.
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Sigma is rumored to announce a new 24-70mm f/2 OS HSM lens. The lens is expected to be released next year during the 2014 Photokina show in Germany. The new lens will be priced below the Canon’s 24-70 f/2.8 ($2,299).
Update: here is a mockup of the Sigma 24-70mm f/2 OS HSM full frame lens by fotospekter.si:
Amateurphotographer reports that the Kodak branded S1 Micro Four Thirds compact system camera produced by JK Imaging will be delayed. The official release was scheduled for Q3 of 2013.
The Kodak AZ521 super zoom camera (also produced by JK Imaging) should now be available in the UK for £249.99 (around $380). Here are the specs:
Adorama is currently selling the Fuji X100 camera for $899 (see reviews here and here). The original price was $1199 ($300 off).
Similar to the Fuji X-A1, the Taiwan Radio Research Agency also has a registration for a Sony NEX-5T mirrorless camera. No technical specifications are available at that point.
Via Digicame-info
Sigma Poland has published a new website called Sigma Foto Revolution (rewolucja.sigma-foto.pl) that has a running countdown and a slogan that translates to “Destroy the system with Sigma, release is coming” or something like “Overthrow the system with Sigma, there is liberation“. The use of the word “system” is very interesting. On several occasions in the past, Sigma has officially said that they will not pursue a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (see this and this posts).
Adobe published on their blog that a new version of Lightroom 5 will be released next week and it will contain fixes for “hot issues” (a list of the top 5 hot issues in LR5 can be found here).
The Korean Radio Research Agency has a new registration for a Fujifilm X-A1 camera. The X-A1 will be the new entry level camera from Fuji (no X-Trans sensor inside) and is expected to be announced at the end of August.
Via Digicame-info
The German magazine fotomagazin.de leaked the first pictures of the upcoming Panasonic GX7 MFT camera. Here are the detailed specifications:
Lomography, in cooperation with Zenit, started a kickstarter project on a Petzval portrait lens for Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras (as many of you guessed correctly in this post). The lens is currently in production, the first prototypes are expected in the next month or two. For more information, visit this page.
