Olympus unveils the Pen E-P5. After announcing its little brothers in the digital mirrorless cameras range, Olympus today unveils a serious, very serous, mirrorless camera that gets a lot of DSLRs. With the Pen E-P5, Olympus advances the high-end of the PEN family to tickle the OM-D supposedly higher. The Pen E-P5 brings many progresses [...]
Panasonic updated today its advanced mirrorless camera in MFT mount, the Lumix DMC-GF6 replaces the DMC-G5. It brings some changes starting with a more powerful processor of the lastes generation that will be responsible for improving the noise reduction of the 16-megapixel Live MOS sensor. The autofocus has been boosted to be more efficient in [...]
Just one year after its announcement, it was in April 2012, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF5 is replaced by the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF6 which brings some improvements in terms of the already very convincing autofocus of its predecessor and image quality with the adoption of a new 16-megapixel sensor. The Panasonic mirrorless camera accesses WiFi and [...]
It is now Panasonic’s turn to unveil its new camera for the Photokina 2012 opening day (well the press day). And, as I was expected, they decided to refresh the antique mirrorless camera aimed towards videographers, the GH2 which will be replaced by the GH3. It can be considered as a prosumer mirrroless camera. It has [...]
Olympus updates its two amateur mirrorless cameras, the Pen E-PL3 and E-PM1 are now replaced today as the Photokina 2012 opens today, by the Pen E-PL5 and Pen E-PM2 with enhancements warmly welcome starting with the new 16-megapixel sensor LiveMOS the same as the OM-D E-M5 managed by the TruePic IV processor responsible for the [...]
Here is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF5, probably the hybrid compact digital camera (intercheable lens compact camera) I would most probably advise my friends to buy (the photography newbies ones) for an improved image quality while not having to dive into a DSLR settings and to take with you everyday. It is very compact and lightweight [...]
Before I publish the full review of the Canon Powershot G1 X, here is a little preview of what it is capable of in terms of low-light image quality. The huge sensor of this compact camera is undoubtedly responsible for the performance you can see by yourself bellow. I have paste 100% crops of images [...]
I had the opportunity to get a Panasonic GX1 for one week. As I flew to Las vegas for the CES 2012, I seized the opportunity to spend 2 days in Valley Of Fire and Red Rock Canyon National Parks to test the latest Panasonic Lumix mirrorless camera. To save you time, here are the [...]
You may have read my Canon G1 X CES 2012 hands-on preview. I have been stunned by the size of the G1 X which is, too me, way too big to be an everyday digital companion. In the meantime, I reviewed the Panasonic MFT GX1. Here is the thing : Thanks to camerasize.com for their [...]
Last month, I flew to vegas to cover the CES trade show where Fujifilm has unveiled the X-Pro1 and where Canon showcased the Powershot G1 X…. but I took a day of to grab the Panasonic GX1 they sent me the week before along with various lenses : G X 14-42mm, G X 45-175mm, Leica [...]
Olympus reignites the OM legend and unveils a very attractive interchangeable lens camera, a n ew mirrorless addition to the range , the OM-D line. The digital OM E-M5has a lot of technology an functions that will make it different. But, inside, the OM-D E-M5 is a M4:3 camera. It gets some interesting features [...]
This was Canon’s early 2012 surprise announcement. As we were expecting a Powershot G13 or G14, as we were anxiously waiting for canon to unveil the EOS 5D Mark III, Canon came with something brand new on the premium compact camera market : the Powershot G1 X. We announced it here and previewed it there. [...]
Olympus Pen and Panasonic Lumix G families can celebrate the announcement of new lenses to come in M4:3 mount produced by Tamron and Tokina. A few days before the CP+ opens to the Japanese photographers with tons of new Lumix and Cyber-shot expected as well as the anticipated Olympus OM-D, Olympus published a press release [...]
I know you like it. The Canon Powershot G1 X is going a must-have camera this year. It ships on March 31st. To be among the firsts to own it, remember I’ll organize a contest giving you an opportunity to win a Canon G1 X. Till then, you can check my Canon G12 vs G1 [...]
You can already pre-order your copy of probably-the-best-compact-digital-camera-ever, the Canon G1 X. B&H as well as Amazon and other online chains take pre-orders of the huge sensor compact camera from Canon, a camera that we hope Canon will produce in a sufficient quantity because the demand is going to be huge. I will be one [...]
Panasonic announced a new firmware for its latest mirrorless camera, the Lumix GX1 which review will be published next week on PhotographyDailyNews as I had a chance to spend a full week-end with the GX1 and a full range of Lumix G lenses in some Nevada Natinal State parks last week just before the CES [...]
Our friends from Seattle just publish an extensive image gallery of photos taken with the Canon Powershot G1 X, the large CMOS sensor based compact camera announced mast week by Canon and that we could preview here on Canon’s booth during the CES 2012. Andy Westlake took a full bundle of images with the G1 [...]
I just got back from the Convention Center (over crowded today !) and the Canon booth, which was quite busy, as always. I could put my hands on a preproduction sample of the G1 X, therefore, I could not take any picture with it. I tried, but the Canon guy did really not want stating [...]
Mirrorless cameras are usually aimed towards amateur photographers which are disappointed by their point-and-shoot camera image quality and are lured by the ISO sensitivity, low noise images of the huge sensors and by the nice bokeh effect which gives your images a quick professional look. But quite often, these amateurs don’t really intend to change [...]
