Sony USA announced the new a58, NEX-3n, compact cameras and lenses (officially announced last week outside the US). Check pricing and availability at the following links:
The Pentax K-01 fame was short-lived – one year after the camera was announced and few months after the price dropped in half, Pentax Japan officially listed the K-01 as discontinued on their website. I doubt that there will be a replacement.
Just like Nikon, Canon did not make a “big splash” with their EOS M mirrorless camera that was announced last year. Here are some rumored specifications of what the next EOS M camera could be:
Sony filed a patent application (2013-37081) in Japan for a 35mm f/1.8 full frame E-mount lens. Another patent (2013-37080) describes a new 24mm f/1.8 and 24mm f/2.2 lenses for mirrorless APS-C based cameras.
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:
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:
The Fuji X100s and X20 cameras should start shipping any day now. Fujifilm published new dedicated websites for the X100s and X20 and new sample images taken with the X100s and X20. For a list of pre-order options, check this post.
Update: the Nikon D7100 is now officially announced ($1199.95 for body only, $1599.95 for kit).
Nikon will announce the D7100 in the next few hours. Follow NikonRumors for all the latest updates. Here are the rumored D7100 specs:
Here is an updated list of specifications for the rumored Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera (see previous rumored specs here):
The Japanese Nippon Camera published their predictions for 2013. Similar to the article published by the Impress magazine few months ago, those forecasts are often based on information from rumors blogs:
