This is a quote form Marketingmagazine:
“Chas Moloney, Ricoh UK marketing director, said the company is now preparing a new product that will plug a gap in the market, which will be unveiled in 2012.”
Ricoh acquired Pentax back in July this year, maybe they are referring to the rumored second mirrorless camera developed by Pentax.
Today the Panasonic GX1 was announced to the press only. The new camera will have 12mp, high ISO of 12800, it will look like the GF1 but with grip, very fast AF (0.09 sec), touch screen. Two different colors will be available: black and silver.
RED posted this on their website regarding their November 3rd announcement:
On November 3rd at 6pm PST, details surrounding our third camera SCARLET will be announced on REDUSER.net and RED.com.
Technical specifications, shipping, and purchasing information will be revealed, putting to rest all of the lingering speculation and anticipation.
The Hasselblad H4X that leaked few days ago is now officially announced. Current H1/H2/H2F owners can upgrade to the new model (prices starting from 3,995 Euros).
The previously rumored Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/25 lens is now official ($1,699.00). Full press release and samples:
Throughout the day I will be uploading pictures from the PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2011 in New York to this flickr set:
For the Nikon booth check NikonRumors.com.
Olympus chairman and president Tsuyoshi Kikukawa resigned today after the company stock got hit hard based on fraud accusations made by the former CEO Michael Woodford. Tsuyoshi Kikukawa issued an apology but still denied any wrong doing.
You can see the official statement from Olympus here.
Via Bloomberg
From NYTimes – now the FBI is investigating the questionable Olympus deal:
The F.B.I. is now investigating the $687 million payment, according to two people briefed on the case. The focus of the investigation is not yet clear, and a spokesman for the F.B.I. in New York, James M. Margolin, declined to comment.
“We are not aware of any investigation” in the United States over the Gyrus deal, said Yoshiaki Yamada, a spokesman for Olympus in Tokyo. He said he could not comment further, including whether Olympus had been contacted by United States authorities.
The Brazilian website ztop published this Fijifilm Finepix X roadmap. The new Fuji X mirrorless interchangeable lens camera is listed for February, 2012. Not clear if this is the announcement or release date.
Prototypes of the new camera are expected to be shown at the 2012 CES show in January.
