On the rumor front we got some news about Panasonic and Sony. Let’s start from the soonest to come camera…the Panasonic G5. It’s very likely that this camera is going to be announced within the next 7-10 days. it will be a modest update of the current G3. No revolution, for a more “exciting” news you will have to wait until the GH3 announcement in September. Ops, almost forgot, there may be a new m43 lens too along the G5!
A rumor coming from unkwonw mysterious Sony sources said that a new NEX high end model may be announced or displayed (?) at Photokina in September. Wondering what Sony will do to convince us to spend more money than you already have to spend on the NEX-7…
As a reminder, Olympus PEN and Samsung NX cameras are also coming at Photokina while Canon may anticipate the announcement to late July.
That’s it for now. P.S.: Did you here something about Nikon?
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“Wondering what Sony will do to convince us to spend more money than you already have to spend on the NEX-7…”
24×36 sensor?
FF is possible but not likely. Sealing would be my guess, but it should have something more to differentiate it from the 7.
“Wondering what Sony will do to convince us to spend more money than you already have to spend on the NEX-7…
Easy. FF.
A full frame could be the reason for the lack of nex lenses.
An nex9 would be pretty sweet.
“Wondering what Sony will do to convince us to spend more money than you already have to spend on the NEX-7…”
WiFi, 180 deg flip up screen..? LOL.
If they realise their mistake in the NEX-7, correct it and lower the price to that of Nikon D3200, it would be good. I don’t even need a silver or white or red version. 😉
“lower the price to that of Nikon D3200”
+1
There are only a few mirrorless cameras with features similar to entry level DSLRs that are in the same price range. Only Panasonic G3 and Samsung NX20 come to mind…
NEX-7 is fine, but moving the video record button plus other tweaks to handling and performance could be worth a small uprade. Maybe a 7n as they did with the NEX-5?
“Did you hear something about Nikon?”
Yeah, I’ve heard they launched a system named “1” last year. What happened with that 1 😉 ?
ITS GONNA BE FU***NG FULL FRAME! WOHOO!
Since Samsung have a camera with swivel LCD, it is likely that Sony would ALSO make a camera with a swivel LCD.
Although I am not interested in buying Samsung cameras, I like them because they seem to be THE driving force behind Sony. 🙂
I hope that sony will solve magenta problems ( just for rangefinder lenses ) that they have with Nex-7. I’m waiting to buy new camera and maybe this one will be good for me.
Another mirroless dslr styled m43 camera that no one cares about. If this is panasonics best then they will not last too long.m43 is getting stale.
http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/compact-digital-cameras/samsung-nx20-review-50008398/
“Shooting with the NX20 is effortless and fun. Samsung’s industrial designers have done a great job of building a gadget that feels good in your hand and has all the crucial controls perfectly placed to fall under your fingers. Chief among them is the implementation of the i-Function lens, which makes it far easier to change common shooting controls with your left hand, while keeping the fingers of your right hand poised over the shutter release.”