Back in January I reported that the upcoming Pentax K-r replacement will be called K-30. The above picture of the upcoming Pentax K-30 DSLR camera was taken from a French catalog.
From the picture I can spot the following Pentax K-30 specs:
The Lumix G Vario 7-14mm f/4.0 ASPH lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras is listed as discontinued at B&H and it seems that Panasonic will have an announcement next week:
After a meeting with Panasonic, the Italian website Lucidistorte accidentally leaked that the new Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 ASPH Power O.I.S lens will be announced on May 21th. Maybe Panasonic will announce also the new Lumix G X Vario 35-100mm f/2.8 ASPH Power O.I.S lens that was on display at CES 2012:
Today Fujifilm announced a new 0.8x wide angle conversion lens WCL-X100 for the X100 camera which will transform the focal length to 28mm equivalent. The lens is available in silver and black (to match the black X100 limited edition):
The price is $350 - very high considering that the Fuji X-Pro1 28mm equivalent lens cost $600.
Update: Fujifilm also released firmware update Ver.1.30 for the Finepix X100 camera.
By 2015 Canon is planning to implement a complete robots/machines only camera production. This move was triggered by the expensive yen and the trend of Japanese companies to move productions in other parts of Asia. Read more on Yahoo and Engadget.
Some rumored Sony A99 specs found on xitek.com:
And few other interesting points:
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Next week, on May 17th, Sony will announce their new Sony a37 and NEX-F3 cameras. You can find the detailed specs in this post. Images of the new cameras can be found here and here.
Samsung reminded us again that they want to become "the biggest mirrorless camera vendor by 2015 with a more than twenty-percent market share". In order to achieve that, the company will be slowly phasing out its point and shoot cameras production and concentrate entirely on mirrorless solutions: "low-end compact camera offerings will gradually be reduced, as we are now concentrating on the mirrorless segment" according to the WSJ.
Samsung recently announced three new mirrorless NX cameras and is planning to announce more mirrorless products during Photokina 2012.
Via The Verge
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