Today is Samsung day. If you go to the same website from the previous post (Samsungimaging) and you sign up to become a member, there is a camera drop down selection box and one of the options is a Samsung NX 5:
Rumors about a Samsung NX5 camera have been circulating for a while. Expected Samsung NX5 specs can be found here. The camera was already listed in some online stores in Europe.
Samsung will release a limited white edition of NX10 which will be available only in some countries. The package will contain the 30mm pancake lens and leather case (availability: May 7th).
Via Samsungimaging
“Canon Camera Business Unit, Minister Niihori Kenichi, recently got asked about the possibility of Canon to launch mirrorless camera system following the success of micro four third system in Japan market. He said that Canon has no plan yet to develop a new system and still discussing whether this mirrorless system is just a hype / temporary phenomenon or the real thing.” (Fengniao via Radiantlite)
Just a reminder what an unnamed Canon officer said for the the Japanese trade journal Pen News Weekly a month ago:
“Canon is proceeding with the development of a mirror-less interchangeable lens camera to compete against models launched by Panasonic, Olympus and Samsung.”
Canon (and Nikon) cannot afford not to take part of the EVIL market share.
Sony NEX3:
Sony NEX5:
Terry White wrote this on his blog today referring to the just released iPad Camera Connection Kit:
“I know what you’re thinking: Wouldn’t it be cool if we had Lightroom for the iPad? All I can say on that one is….. ;)”
FYI: Terry White is a Worldwide Design Evangelist for Adobe Systems, Inc.
There is some tension between Adobe and Apple since Apple refuses to enable support for Flash in the iPhone/iPad.
Here is a small video I did with compressed DNG files from a Leica M9 on the iPad (each file was 18.3MP) – very snappy!
Patent Application 20100091128 from Sony is for an imager with optical instead of electrical signal out. From the summary:
“A solid-state imager includes a pixel unit for converting incident light into an electrical signal, a substrate bearing the pixel unit formed thereon, an analog-to-digital converter, formed on the substrate, for converting a signal read from the pixel unit into a digital signal, an optical communication unit, arranged on the bottom surface of the substrate opposite the surface of the substrate bearing opposite the top surface of the substrate bearing the pixel unit receiving the incident light, for converting the digital signal converted by the analog-to-digital converter into a light signal and outputting the light signal, and a signal line for transferring the digital signal, converted by the analog-to-digital converter, to the optical communication unit arranged on the bottom surface of the substrate.”
Patent Application 20100091175 from Panasonic is for a MicroFourThirds adapter that adds mirror and phase detection for a m4/3camera:
Sony is expected to announce two EVIL models on May 11th: NEX3 and NEX5. Both will have a new 14 MP Sony Exmor HD sensor. The NEX5 model will have faster fps and 1080p video, the NEX3 will have 720p video. As you can see from the picture and from previous reports, the lens is made from Chromium and it appears to be very solid.
The first one is about the new Zeiss cinema zoom lens for DSLR cameras – the rep said that this lens is “giving future indication of where Zeiss is heading to”:
Zeiss cinema zoom – planet5D tries it on 5D2 from planetMitch on Vimeo.
The second video is an introduction to the Panasonic AG-AF100 4/3 camcorder:
Panasonic AG-AF100 4/3″ Camcorder from WayWestMedia on Vimeo.
RED demonstrated a working RED EPIC model:
RED Day: Jim Jannard demos the 5K working EPIC from Landmine Media on Vimeo.
Ted Interview (Part I) from Landmine Media on Vimeo.
DSLR focus/remote controller works with an iPhone:
microRemote from NAB show floor pt 2 from Michael Britt on Vimeo.
Sony is expected to announce their EVIL camera on May 11, 2010.
The latest rumors indicate that one of the upcoming Sony EVIL cameras will be priced lower than the Olympusw E-PL1 and 3 different lenses will be available at the launch:
