I received a tip that the release date for the Samsung NX20 mirrorless camera will be in the second half of February, 2012. The camera will start shipping in April (for Asia) and May (for Europe/US). Samsung will also announce new NX lenses, flash unit and filters.
Take a look at those pictures published on Apertureacademy’s blog today – they were recently taken in Kenya and show a new Canon DSLR camera body (5D Mark III?) plus two new lens prototypes: 200-400mm and 600mm.
For comparison, here is the EOS 5D Mark II and the EOS 7D bodies from the same angle:
Panasonic, Fujifilm and Sony were initially listed as the companies interested to acquire the newly issued Olympus stock worth $1.28 billion (100 billion yen). The latest reports from Reuters indicate that Sony is the leading contender for that deal (Sony supplies sensors to Olympus):
Today Sony announced their next generation back-illuminated CMOS sensor with “RGBW Coding” that will enabling clear shooting in low light conditions:
The new sensor features also a new HDR Movie function:
Canon recently also filed a patent (2012-15275) for a large size back-illuminated CMOS sensor.
In November 2011 I mentioned about a new upcoming social network for photographers. PixelPeers is now life and can be accessed at pixelpeers.com. The new website offers many features tailored to photographers (see the entire list at the bottom of this post). Prices range from $7.97 per month up to $9.97 per month. I had the chance to try it out for few days and here are some screenshots:
It seems that I missed this Tamaggo 360° imager in my CES report – it can take 360° pictures by just clicking a button (no moving parts involved). The camera can be positioned towards the sky/ground or be used for horizontal/vertical panoramas.
The price will be $200 and it will be available in Q2 of 2012.
Eye-Fi is not very happy with the new wireless standard from the SD card association that was announced at CES last week because they claim it is build on Eye-Fi’s patented technology. Here is the full press release:
This is a quick comparison between the following tripods kits (ball head included):
| Manfrotto 294 | Oben AC-1410 | Davis & Sanford Traverse | |
| Leg sections | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Closed length | 27.56 in. | 21 in. | 16 in. |
| Maximum height | 70.47 in. | 60.4 in. | 57 in. |
| Minimum height | 19.57 in. | 21 in. | 16 in. |
| Load capacity | 11.02 lb | 11 lb | 11 lb |
| Weight | 5.07 lb | 3.2 lb | 3.3 lb |
| Price | $169.99 | $119.95 | $168.98 |
After a series of prematurely published news (Nikon D4, Fuji X-Pro 1, Canon G1x), Wells Fargo did it again with the Olympus OM-D:
“The new OM-D model will be offered in the United States, Europe and some Asian countries as the top model of the company’s digital mirrorless interchangeable lens camera series, selling for above 100,000 yen in Japan. The new model resembles the OM-1 film camera and is equipped with high-speed autofocus and image stabilization functionality as well as 16 megapixel resolution.”
