Rebates sometimes provide a hint of upcoming products.
Olympus rebates (download it here):
and another set of rebates from Pentax:
BTW Pentax just came out with a new p&s: Pentax Optio E75 – the only interesting feature is that this camera is waterproof.
Those supposedly are the statements from a photographer who claimed to have handled a real Pentax K-7. I think some of those are more science fiction than reality:
Yvon Bourque (who probably has seen the Pentax K-7 and will be releasing a book soon) writes on his blog “Other DSLRs will have to play catch-up”. The only viable rumor for this catch-up is an electronic viewfinder with the possibility of showing simultaneously information about other functions, such as live histogram or even live view and video with the mirror lockup. Cateto blog remind us that Pentax filed similar patent application back in 2008:
“A relay finder optical system, of a single-lens reflex camera, includes a condenser lens group, a prism, and a relay lens group, in this order from a primary imaging plane. An image, which is formed on the primary imaging plane, and is upside down and inverted from left to right, is re-formed on a secondary imaging plane for viewing by a photographer. The relay lens group includes a positive front lens group, a negative intermediate lens group, and a positive rear lens group, in this order from the object.”
For more info on the three new Sony DSLRs click here. Release date: May 19 (press conferences are already scheduled). Sony UK web site now has only the a350 and a900 models (link).
Sony α230: 549.99 euros (google translation)
α330 for 600 euros (body only), with standard 650 euros:
α380 for 750 euros (housing), with standard 800 euros:
According to Amateurphotographer the new Panasonic GH1 will not be available in the UK this month as originally planned. Now the expected delivery is early/mid June. I expect those delays to be world wide. I wonder what’s the reason for this late introduction.
Yes, a 12 megapixel LG camera phone will be coming later on this year. What’s next – 24 megapixel?
