Photo Rumors

The latest Samsung NX camera and lens rumors (NX3000)

By PR admin | Published: January 15, 2014

Samsung is rumored to announce two more NX cameras and two new NX lenses this year. The new lenses will be a weather sealed 50-135mm f/1.8-2 S ED OIS and a 24mm f/1.4 S ED prime. Samsung is also working on a new 300mm f/2.8 lens, but it will probably be announced in 2015. The new NX camera models for 2014 will be an entry level NX version and a new NX3000 with an AMOLED display (see the diagram displayed above). For 2015 Samsung is also planning to introduce a new high-end NX camera (positioned at the top of the diagram above).

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Canon G1 X Mark II camera rumored specifications

By PR admin | Published: January 14, 2014

The curent Canon PowerShot G1 X model

Those are rumored specifications for the Canon G1 X Mark II camera that will replace the current model which was announced in January two years ago:

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Fuji X-T1 camera rumors

By PR admin | Published: January 14, 2014

The Fuji X-T1 camera is probably going to be announced on January 28th. Here are the rumored specifications:

Bigger and better EVF
16MP APS-C X-Trans sensor II
Support for UHS-II SD memory card with fast writing speed
8fps with AF tracking
Weather sealed body
Fujica ST-like (SLR-type) design
Priced between the X-E and X-PRO lines
Additional battery grip will be available
Faster AF then the X-E2 camera

The X-T1 model is already listed on Fujifilm’s support website:

Next is the first blurry picture of the X-T1 camera (Google translated, courtesy of Ray Ohara, the picture is already removed):

Here are some teasers from Fujifilm Middle East Facebook’s page:

Posted in Fuji| Tagged 2014 CP+ show, Fuji X-T1| 27 Comments

Olympus OMD E-M10 camera rumored specifications

By PR admin | Published: January 14, 2014

The first set of rumored Olympus OMD E-M10 specifications is already online:

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The new Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens should be crazy good

By PR admin | Published: January 14, 2014

During CES Imaging-Resource talked to Sigma about their new 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens and reported some interesting bits of information – the lens is not just a refresh of the previous version, but has a completely new design, with more glass elements inside and the performance should be very close to the $4,000 Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus Distagon T* lens:

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Deal of the day: Sony NEX-3N camera kit for $289.99

By PR admin | Published: January 13, 2014

Amazon is currently selling the Sony NEX-3N camera kit for $289.99 ($210/42% off) with free shipping.

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New Hasselblad Lunar limited edition camera announced

By PR admin | Published: January 13, 2014

Hasselblad announced another Lunar limited edition camera. Only 200 pieces will produced. Shipping will start on January 31st and the price will be €7,200 (around $10,000). Read the press release, it’s entertaining:

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Polaroid came up with another mirrrorless interchangeable lens camera UPDATED

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2014

Exactly one year ago (during CES 2013) Polaroid announced their iM1836 interchangeable lens camera that looked identical to the Nikon 1 J1 model. As a result, Nikon sued Polaroid and the iM1836 was gone, but Polaroid did not give up – during CES 2014 they had another mirrrorless interchangeable lens camera on display (the above pictures are from digitalcamera.jp). The lens mount is probably the same as on the Vivitar IU680 camera (the lens is the same as some readers noted in the comments section). The technical specifications are:

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The Vivitar IU680 is an interchangeable lens camera module for smart phones

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2014

After Sony and JK Imaging, Vivitar also announced at CES their own interchangeable lens camera module for smart phones. The Vivitar IU680 is sightly different – you can attache different lenses: