Image via Mike Kobal (Click here).
New Pentax K and Q mount lenses pictures popped up at the Imaging show in Brimingham (Amateur Photographer). A first K-01 preview has been posted by Pentax Germany (Click here). Do companies now start to make reviews of their own products?
The Canon G1 X is also Canon G1 X test at DC.watch (Click here to read the google translation).
Head to Head: Canon G1 X Vs. Canon G12 at Digitalcamerainfo (Click here).
Canon PowerShot G1 X Review – Part 1 at EosHD (Click here).
G1X test by Mike Kobal (Click here).
G1X Preorders are available at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
12 Responses
“Do companies now start to make reviews of their own products?”
Makes sense to me. Instead of relying on Amaxon (dprevs)they should do it themselves.
Samsung, Ricoh/Pentax and such will benefit from that.
you are joking, right?
Not at all. We need new sources for camera information. The “established” ones have become predictable and in some cases skewed.
true, we need more independent reviews, people who actually shoot with it, a company reviewing their own product, can’t get more biased then that
You are so right Tobias! This is really mad, having a review made by the manufacturer. “Yes our AF is a bit sluggish compared to our competitor X”, lol. There is an hysteria about knowing about the latest gadget, the technology. Take my example, I searched the net about he Sony Nex7 about the shutter noise, not a word, yet the Nex7 is equipped with a partly electronic shutter. I had to wait to read Chasseur d’Images about this, from people who take pictures and now what model is for whom.
Paulo,
Is NEX7 shutter quiet?
I’m looking for camera to use on movie set,
without sound blimp.
Thanks,
Bill
quiet, but not silent. won’t cut it on a movie set.
You need a Leica M7 for that. 🙂
With a blimp (if one can be made) the NEX-7 will be quiet and will be easier to hand hold. As such it is a bit too small.
Would you shoot a point-n-shoot, small sensor digital camera and expect results as good as DSLR? Then why bother with a small format film rangefinder? Something like a Mamiya 7ii is light, quiet, a rangefinder and puts images from a 135 format film camera to shame, IQ wise.
Huh?
BJNY, I don’t know, I have yet to handhold a NEX-7, for they still haven’t arrived yet in Portugal. However, Chasseur D’Images said that a new step was taken in terms of silence with the NEX7, being far more quieter than my current GF series of cameras, NX200 or any other SLR.
No, I don’t know if you could use it on a movie set, I don’t think so, for that, not even a Leica, the most silent would be a leaf shutter camera. For me, anything quieter than my Nikon D300 (like a machine gun or a buldozer, lol)is a step forward. I love my Panny GF1 and 2 but they are far too noisy. After all, it is a mechanical shutter in a plastic body covered in metal.
“However, Chasseur D’Images said that a new step was taken in terms of silence with the NEX7, being far more quieter than my current GF series of cameras,”
That is not true. The shutter of Panasonic G1 or GH-2 is definitely quieter than the NEX-7 shutter despite the electronic first curtain shutter.