In an interview with AP, Samsung’s vice president of camera business Jeong Wook Kim said that Samsung is “determined” to be #1 in the mirrorless camera market by 2012 and be “the best selling camera brand” by 2015.
“We are passionate about making a success of the NX system, and we are certain that the APS-C sensor will dominate the compact system camera market. It won’t be long before compact system camera sales exceed those of DSLRs, and then Samsung will be the best selling camera brand”
BCN ranking shows that Samsung is currently not even in the top 20 best-selling interchangeable lens digital camera (based on Japan’s market):
Maybe Samsung’s statement was about the Korean market only, because I do not see how this can happen on a global scale.
This video is taken with the Sony PMW-F3 Super 35mm digital motion picture camcorder that was announced few days ago. Currently, there are only three pre-production versions of this cameras in the world:
compulsion – teaser from Jason Wingrove on Vimeo.
Interesting news reported by BBC – MIT created a camera that can produce an image of an object that is not directly visible by sending a laser beam and creating an image from the bounced light of the object:
“The prototype uses an ultra-short high-intensity burst of laser light to illuminate a scene. The device constructs a basic image of its surroundings – including objects hidden around the corner – by collecting the tiny amounts of light that bounce around the scene.”
Sony just annoucned the development of a new NXCAM HD camcorder with E mount (use of NEX lenses). Regular α lenses can also be used with an adapter. The camera will have 1080p (60p / 30p / 24p or 50p / 25p) recording modes and will be available in the middle of 2011. The recording format will be AVCHD.
Fulll press release after the break:
Olympus filed an interesting patent in Japan that will allow you to use the camera strap as a glare shield. This will make also the LCD screen visible in bright sunlight. Clever.
The rumors were true: the freshly announced Olympus E-PL1s features a new M. ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II kit lens and for now will be sold only in Japan.
Changes from E-PL1 version (all Google translated):
Some of the interesting sensor presentations from the 2011 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference are from Sony and Samsung:
“23.9 A 1/2.33-inch 14.6M 1.4μm-Pixel Backside-Illuminated CMOS Image Sensor with Floating Diffusion Boosting by Samsung
23.11 A 17.7Mpixel 120fps CMOS Image Sensor with 34.8Gb/s Readout by Sony”
The full program can be downloaded here.
Update #2: Panasonic GF2 will be available in Japan on December 3rd (source).
Update: another Amazon UK entry lists the GF2 at £599.
Panasonic usually reveals their pricing 30 days before the camera is released for sale, but according to Amazon UK, the Panasonic GF2 will cost £729.99 and will be released on January 24, 2011:
FYI: Panasonic GF1 currently sells for almost half price (£404).
InfoTrends published a report (digital camera market forecast for Western Europe) in which they outline that connectivity will play a major role in the camera development over the next 5 years:
“Sharing images instantly with friends and family is becoming a more important aspect of photography. Smartphones currently provide this ability, but digital cameras generally do not. Consumers will soon come to expect that cameras will interface with any device that they use to store, share, manage, and print their photos. As connected devices become more widespread, cameras will need to become connected to compete.” (Mette Eriksen, Director at InfoTrends)
