Olympus E-620
In a recent interview with AmateurPhotographer at CES, Toshi Terada from Olympus confirmed that they may go back to producing DSLR cameras one day:
“Nobody knows 10 years away… once we can get a very nice share [in mirrorless] we may expand the business to DSLR again, but at this moment we are just concentrating on mirrorless and we have no plan to go into DSLR.”
At CES JK Imaging announced a new line of Kodak products… a new lens camera modules for smart phones, just like the Sony QX10/QX100. This new Pixpro camera automatically qualifies them for the 2014 worst camera of the year award. The press release:
Fujifilm is rumored to announce a new camera called X-T1 at the end of January. Here are the specifications:
Here are the pre-order links for most of the new photo products announced so far at CES in Las Vegas:
Samsung announced five new SMART cameras. Their top of the line WB2200F model has a dual grip like the Nikon D4… Never thought I will see this one day. Here are the detailed specifications:
The specifications of the other four Samsung SMART cameras after the break:
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Panasonic has on display a prototype of a 4k camera at CES. Company’s executives have talked on several occasions that a new GH camera with 4k video will be announced in 2014. Engadget reported that the official announcement will be in February. The new GH 4k camera will be priced under $2,000 (images via Photographybay).
Sony announced the previously rumored A5000 – the world’s smallest and lightest interchangeable-lens digital Wi-Fi camera. Sony already eliminated the NEX brand and future models will be called Alpha. The price is $598 and the cameras is currently available for pre-order at Amazon and B&H. The released date is March 23, 2014. Key camera specifications:
Sigma announced two new lenses at the CES show today: 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art and 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM. The 50mm f/1.4 will definitely be very interesting considering the price and performance of the latest Art series lenses from Sigma. The prices of the new lenses are not yet announced. Additional details:
Specifications:
Lens design:
MTF charts:
Press release:
→ Panasonic announced several new compact cameras and camcorders. The press releases can be found here.
→ The Polaroid Socialmatic camera will start shipping in the first quarter of 2014. The specs:
→ Lexar announced sample availability of the world’s fastest memory card: the new Lexar Professional 3333x CFast 2.0 card provides read transfer speeds up to 500MB/s* in capacities up to 256GB.
Panasonic will soon announce a new Leica DG NOCTICRON 42.5mm f/1.2 ASPH POWER OIS lens.
Update: the price of the lens will be $1,599.00.
Here are the specifications:
