There will be a Canon event in Australia On October 20th. The main theme is the 50th anniversary of Canon SLR. Of course a new 1D Mark 4 camera with very high ISO is expected. This sounds like a logical response to Nikon’s D3s 102400 ISO that was released few days ago (see low-light D3s video here).
Ricoh will have a presentation of a mirrorless APS-C camera on November 12th, 2009. The camera will be available in December 2009. I am expecting more details in the next few days.
This is the information I posted two months ago on this rumor:
Ricoh is working on a compact camera based on Pentax’s K mount. It’s not clear if they would use the exact K mount or the M 4/3 approach by keeping the mount diameter in-tact and reducing the distance so that older K mount lenses still can be used via an adapter and a new series of new “micro K mount” lenses will be introduced.
The first video is of a flexible OLED prototype, by Samsung: It’s a 2.8″ display (166ppi), and it’s just 20 micrometer thick (source):
The other news from this week was Epson’s announcement of a mass production, high-end EVF panels. Some details:
Features of the new panel
Compact – small 0.47-inch diagonal screen enables compact, thin cameras
High resolution – high pixel density with SVGA resolution (800 x RGB x 600, 1.44 megapixels)
Color filter – not affected by color breakup that occurs with fast-moving subjects and panning shots when using a field-sequential color system
Advantages when used in a DSLR camera
High resolution enables easy focusing
Can capture images as they are seen
Viable alternative to optical viewfinder
Avoids the blackout of optical viewfinders when shooting video
Enables smaller cameras by eliminating need for mirrors and pentaprisms
Eliminates mechanical time lag caused by mirror
Flash memory can actually double as a light sensor – it is 100x smaller than CCD sensor and are better at low light. Read the full article here (source).
“The new SDXC specification provides up to 2 terabytes (TB) of portable storage capacity to store weeks of high-definition video, years of photo collections and months of music. It will accelerate SD interface read/write speeds up to 104 megabytes per second for the first phase. It can be used in cameras, camcorders, mobile phones and other consumer electronic devices. The SD Association will have a road map for a data transfer bus interface speed of 300 megabytes per second in the coming months.”
“The Aptus II 5 sports a 48x36mm sensor, and offers an ISO range of 25-400. It is available in four mounts, allowing the back to be used with Hasselblad H and V cameras, Contax 645 and Mamiya/Phase One’s 645 bodies. The entry-level back retails at £5995 +VAT.”
“Korean Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Is, CMOS back radiation can increase the sensitivity of the sensor (BSI: backside illumination) to commercialize a technology to mass-produce the product was 2010.Now, CMOS sensor all three major companies back to 2010 was irradiated with CMOS sensor technology (BSI CMOS type sensor) will begin mass production.Samsung is the appropriate approach to adopt low-cost process technology.”
Sony already has a backside illuminated sensor (see here and here for more info) in two of their p&s models (Sony WX1 and Sony TX1). It seems that Samsung will also use their sensor for smaller cameras. Introducing this technology to a DSLR camera may not be appropriate based on this interview with Sony’s CMOS Exmor R sensor developers.
