Fujifilm confirmed to AP that it is considering to launch a compact system camera.
Flashback:
This rumor started back in 2009 when a Micro Four Thirds camera with an EXR sensor was expected to be announced at the 2010 PMA show. The camera never materialized, but few months later Fuji announced the FinePix X100 which became an instant hit.
Back in February the Fujiguys tweeted about something exciting coming in fall of 2011.
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Update: the video is fake, it was made for a school project according to the comments on YouTube.
This unofficial teaser video about the upcoming Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera showed up on YouTube few days ago. Those are the rumored specs:
Ricoh’s blog published several pictures of the Ricoh GXR M-mount unit that is suppose to be released this fall. The unit will have a 12.9MP 23.6×15.7mm APS-C size CMOS sensor and a newly-developed focal plane shutter:
Those are the latest patents from: Panasonic, Sony, Canon and Samsung.
Panasonic filed a patent for a camera with a retractable grip and swivel LCD screen:
Here is another patent from Panasonic for a different type of swivel LCD screen:
Mirrorless NX prototypes from Samsung promotional video
According to “Samsung Photo Consultant” from ixbt forum, the new NX200 mirrorless camera from Samsung will be announced this month and the NX20 will follow in January 2012. Both cameras are expected to have higher pixel count.
There have been several hints that the Samsung NX200 and NX20 mirrorless cameras will be announced in the next few months.
Below is a very interesting video from Kodak describing the way film and digital cameras capture light. Around the 8:00 min mark you can hear a thought-provoking statement that when you bring your camera on a plane over 20,000 feet, the gamma rays can actually fry some of the pixels on the sensor. This is why all major manufacturers are shipping cameras by sea and this is considered an industry secret because of the fear of lawsuits.
Another set of rumors for the upcoming three new cameras from Fujifilm:
Fujifilm recently confirmed in an interview with Reuters that they may re-enter the interchangeable lens camera market with a product that is fully developed in-house (mirrorless camera and lenses).
This is the trailer of the upcoming Artists & Alchemists documentary about the resurgence of 19th century chemical photography:
This is a production version of the SLR Magic Noktor Hyperprime 50mm f/0.95 lens:
It seems that SLR Magic kept the yellow/green ring on the front of the lens:
