When Nokia’s PR firm contacted me a week ago and sent me this teaser video, I decided not to publish it because I generally do not cover cell phones. Today I understood what the buzz was all about: Nokia announced their new 808 PureView phone with a … 41MP camera, yes – a smart phone with a 41MP 1/1.2 inch sensor. You can download some sample images here (see also this gallery). Those are the camera related specs:
Some new images of the new Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera appeared online. The official announcement is expected to be on March 2nd, 2012. The rumored specs are:
Two more images after the break:
I already mentioned on Facebook and Twitter that the new Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad 2 accidentally leaked prematurely and now the app is officially available for $9.99 on iTunes. The details:
Phottix announced on their website that a new “game changing” product is coming soon. Maybe this will be their response to the PocketWizard Plus III that was announced a week ago.
↑ The Digimo camera concept by Sangik Lee are actually two different units with LCD screens that can be separated and triggered wirelessly.
↑ The D-CAN camera concept by Jean-Michel Bonnemoy reminds me of the Lytro camera.
↑ The eXcanvas camera by Junyoung Jang can be easily turned into a tripod.
In addition to rugged, waterproof, dustproof and shock-resistant, the new Pentax Optio WG-2 is rumored to be also sh*t proof… based on this image courtesy of Pentax Imaging.
Talking to Techradar, Toshiyuki Terada from Olympus Japan mentioned that the next Olympus camera to be released will be a PEN and not a OM-D model:
“Looking at product lifespan, I think the next issue will be a new PEN.”
The last PEN cameras, the E-P3 and E-PL3 were announced on June 30, 2011.
Sony announced the IMX118CQT back illuminated 18.47MP CMOS 1/2.3″ sensor for use in consumer digital cameras. Currently, the Sony Cybershot camera with the highest MP count (18.2MP) is the new DSC-TX200V ($499.99). Here are the basic specs of the new sensor:
Samsung NX-20 spy shot
In addition to the Samsung NX20, NX210 and NX1000, there is now talk about a fourth mirrorless camera called NX-300 that will have the same design as the NX-20 but without the EVF. The NX-300 is expected to be released in July, 2012 – this is according to a dpreview forum member who back in June of 2011 posted about the upcoming NX200 camera few months before the official announcement. Here are the details:
- Samsung NX210 will be the same as the NX200 but with added Wi-Fi capabilities, available in April 2012.
- Samsung NX20, available in May 2012. The NX20 has a retro Konica IIIa design with 1.8M EVF, manual control and swivel AMOLED display. It has the same NX-200 sensor but with a better processor and buffer. The retail price for NX-20 body only is $950. There will be two new lenses, the 16-80mm and 12-24mm and a new flash.
- Samsung NX1000 will be a cheaper NX model, available in May, 2012.
- NX-300 has the same NX-20 design but without EVF. It will be released in July, 2012.
Sigma is offering reward points to existing SD1 owners who paid the original $6899 price tag. The new Sigma SD1 Merril is currently available for pre-order for the new price of $2,299.00.
