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 [...]
This new Panasonic lens is rather a new version of the 14-140 mm lens that was seen forst with the GH1 at the time. Here is the LUMIX G VARIO 14-140mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH / POWER OIS. Its main interest is compactness by the capitalized efforts of Panasonic engineers who have succeeded in miniaturizing the lens dramatically. [...]
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 [...]
Here is a sample image gallery of images taken with the Panasonic GF6. Today, I had the opportunity to actually test the Panasonic GF6 mirrorless camera here in Vienna, Austria, where Panasonic has organized its huge European convention. You can refer to the article I wrote yesterday about the Panasonic GF6 to get more information about [...]
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 [...]
Pentax discretly cancelled an important camera in their 2013 lineup, the mirrorless APS-C based camera K-01. Does this mean that the Pentax K-02 is on its way now ? Will it get the low-pass filter free sensor of the K-5 IIs DSLR ? Does Pentax just stop the career of this very (too) bulky mirrorless [...]
The Sony NEX-3N is a new mirrorless camera that complements the range of Sony interchangeable lens cameras in APS-C size sensors. It will be sold alongside the NEX-5R and NEX-5N, NEX-6 (which I am publishing the review of within a few days/hours) and NEX-7, the prosumer mirrorless camera. The NEX-3N sensor is a well-known unit [...]
Sony today introduces two new E Mount lenses intended for its NEX mirrorless cameras and NEX camcorders NEX-VG. The lens range for Sony NEX system is expanding with two new lenses that were expected : a truly compact, light and thin pancake lens (thin compared to what Sony had accustomed us to), a 20mm f/2.8 [...]
Micro Four Thirds camera, lens and accessories ecosystem earns 5 new partners! In an official press release by Olympus, we learn that 5 new photo equipment manufacturers joined the consortium created by Olympus and Panasonic to propose an ecosystem around a philosophy of mirrorless compact interchangeable lens cameras. Since the Photokina 2008, Olympus and Panasonic [...]
CES 2013: Nikon launches two new digital compact mirrorless 1″ cameras, the Nikon 1 J3 and S1. These 14 and 10 megapixel cameras provide simple, user-friendly point-and-shoot functions while featuring ultra-fast burst modes and advanced video functions. Aiming to expand its range of mirrorless cameras, Nikon revealed the new J3 that will be replacing the [...]
Like its predecessor the NX200 / NX210, the Samsung NX300 mirrorless camera gets an APS-C CMOS sensor of 20.3 megapixels. Samsung announced it as a new sensor. The technical data provided by Samsung about it are patchy to say the least, but it is likely to adopt a hybrid autofocus borrowing some photo diodes to [...]
As I thought it would, the XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS actually sells like crazy. This commercial success forces Fujifilm to postpone the availability of the new prime lens for its X-series cameras, the XF 14mm F2.8 R. The Fujinon XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS is pushed by the fact that it is the very [...]
Some guys are pretty inspired ! Take a look at this short video which pretty much sums evertything up as regards the mirrorless cameras offer right now. Each brand and system camera is represented with their strengths and weaknesses and this 1mn 43s video summurizes the situation on this emerging camera segment all by itself [...]
Pentax is launching its tiny little mirror less camera, the Pentax Q10, in a huge number of colors that you can mix to customize your set and a total of no less than 100 colors combinations are available. They even launched a camera configurator on their website like you can find on car manufacturers webistes [...]
The Panasonic DMW-FL360L flash is the MFT prosumer camera Lumix DMC-GH3 natural flash. This new flash is now better known thanks to the Japanese website DCWatch which reveales a few technical specs about the first wireless controlled flash in Panasonic’s range. It offers a rather average guide number of 36 at ISO 100 and the flash head can [...]
Olympus launched its own photo sharing mobile application available for both Android and iOS operating systems. It will operate with the latest cameras : Olympus Pen E-PL5, Pen E-PM2 and XZ-2. All three cameras don’t have any wi-fi built in but they support Wi-Fi memory cards like Eye-Fi and Toshiba FlashAir which are often complimentary [...]
The Nikon 1 V2 finally brings a new sensor technology in its Nikon CX mount mirrorless camera range with the integration of a new 1″ sensor offering a definition of 14.2 megapixels and that can reach ISO 6400, high defintion 60 fps stills burst shooting with focusing locked or 15 fps with AF-tracking on. Nikon [...]
A few days before Fujifilm unveiled its new X-serie system camera, the X-E1, they flew me to London to meet the Japanese staff of the Fuji X series, a dedicated team to the prosumer cameras. They had something to show me… the X-E1. I had the opportunity to try it for a few moments with [...]
Olympus UK is launching an interesting promotion and will offer a free 45mm f/1.8 M; Zuiko Digital lens when you buy an OM-D E-M5 mirrorless camera. It also works for you Irish photographers. The program starts on October 15th. Make sure you reserve your OM-D E-M5 to get it not before Oct. 15th to claim [...]
For the Photokina 2012, Hasselblad decided to surprise us and they did it ! The Hasselblad Lunar is a mirrorless camera with Sony E mount (the NEX cameras mount), APS-C 24MP sensor, 1080p, 2.36 OLED EVF, and Tri-Navi user interface. Yes, you have recognized the Sony NEX-7 under the luxury body. Yes, the Hasselblad Lunar is [...]
