Pentax New K-3 APS-C DSLR (yes its APS-C not full-frame) Rumor started at dpreviewforum, according to the forum member B&H staff told him that ” K-3 was being demonstrated to the sales staff today at B&H by Pentax”, If the rumor is true we may see the new K-3 flagship DSLR anytime soon.
Pentax K-5 is discontinued according to Yaotomi camera shop’s (Japanese) K-5 page, The shop says only limited stock is available since the production is stopped. But in Pentax Japan website there is no change, It says K-5 is still available / In-production.
Pentax K-01 price is dropped in Japan , Now K-01 will cost you approx 40,000 Japanese Yens less that is approx $500 USD. (via – bbs.kakaku.com Japanese camera store)
and at the end, UK singer Sarah Harding did a Photo Campaign for the Pentax K-30 DSLR,
Samsung finally announced its Samsung EX2F compact camera with 1/1.7” 12 Megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, bright F1.4 lens with 3.3x optical zoom, Dual Image stabilization, 3-inch swivel VGA-resolution AMOLED display, 1080/30p Full HD movies and Wi-Fi connectivity to directly upload images to online cloud storage space or social networks. Samsung also EX2F features full manual controls, RAW shooting, and EX2F can capture both stills and movie clips simultaneously.
The new F1.4 Lens is composed of eleven elements in nine groups, with four aspherical lenses and two high refractive lenses, According to Samsung the bright F1.4 lens “provide a 20% increase in the amount of light on the sensor, a 20% increase in image quality and a 10% increase in zoom ratio.” Samsung EX2F also have built-in neutral density filter for giving the user greater control over exposure time in different conditions and making photos appear more neutral in situations of over-exposure. It also allows for shooting at a very shallow depth of field, so users can isolate their subjects from backgrounds to create stunning portraits.
Both camera are made for pro shooters, see the specification comparison review of both the compact camera below and share your though with us,
Sensor and image processor: Canon G1 X features 14 Megapixel 1.5 inch CMOS sensor and DIGIC V image processor, with the big sensor and advance image processor you get better ISO range and less noise in your images. Sony RX 100 features 20 Megapixel 1 inch sensor and latest generation of Bionz image processor, but Sony RX100 sensor is small compared to Canon G1 X.
Noise Levels & Dynamic Range: Large sensors with larger pixels produce low noise, more details and higher dynamic range, See the High ISO image comparison between Canon G1 X and Sony RX 100.
The ISO: The standard ISO range of Sony RX100 is limited to 6400, after that you have to use Multi Frame NR, 12800 and 25600 settings are achieved through combining Multi Frame Noise Reduction. In Canon G1 X you get standard ISO range from 100 to 12800.
Lens: Sony RX 100 features bright F1.8 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens with 3.6x zoom optical zoom and better macro mode, canon features bit bigger 4x Optical Zoom.
Shutter – The Canon G1 X offers more wide shutter range compared to Sony Rx100,
Shutter Type
Continuous shooting
Shutter
Min
Max
Sony RX 100
Mechanical
2.5, 10 fps
30 sec
1/2000 sec
Canon GX 1
Mechanical
1.9 fps
60 sec
1/4000 sec
Video – Both the camera offers Full HD video recording, Canon G1 X Full HD video recording is limited to 30 fps only and Sony RX 100 supports 60fps at Full HD.
Display – The Canon G1 X comes with Fully articulated 3″ Color LCD with 920,000 screen dots, The Sony RX 100 features with Fixed 3″ Color LCD with 1,228,800 screen dots.
View finder – Canon G1X features Optical viewfinder, No viewfinder available in Sony RX 100.
Pocketable – Sony RX 100 easily fits in jeans pocket but Canon G1 X need a Jacket pocket, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 is approx 13% (15.1 mm) narrower, 45% (28.8 mm) thinner and 28% (22.4 mm) shorter than Canon PowerShot G1 X.
Sony Rx 100 is fast compared to G1 X: Sony RX 100 has high-speed autofocus that locks onto a subject in as quickly as 0.13 seconds, The shot to shot time of RX 100 is approx 0.36 second only whereas the shot to shot time of Canon G1 X is approx 2.67 seconds.
Overall conclusion: With Canon G1 X you get vari-angle display, optical view-finder and more standard ISO range / better low-light performance with Sony RX 100 you get Fast AF performance, more resolution, better video & macro mode in a ultra compact size body.
Buy Canon G1 X at Amazon Buy Sony RX 100 at Amazon
The size of the camera measures just 29 x 29 x 30mm (similar to a ice cube) , too small compared to currently available 4K capable camera / camcorders, the small camera uses Sony Exmor sensor including a 32 megabyte frame buffer and captures 4096 x 2160 color images at 21 FPS (185 MByte/s), It also features USB 3.0 interface for fast data transfer to your PC.
The camera also provides color interpolation, look up table, gamma correction, and pixel binning functionality, The 4K camera will cost you approx $945 and available at Point Grey website.
Just after the Sony Wearable action & Sports camcorder JVC also announced JVC GC-XA1 Adixxion, it captures Full HD video, features remote display to smartphones via WiFi connectivity, the camcorder is waterproof to 5m, shockproof, and Freezproof, the camera comes with a small 1.5” LCD
the camera is available in Japan from June at a retails price of 30,000 Yen, approx $379.
JVC GC-XA1 Adixxion also features remote display to smartphones via WiFi
Sony RX 100 comes with 1 inch, 20.2 MP Exmor CMOS sensor and Canon G1 X comes with 1.5-inch, 14.3 MP CMOS sensor, the resolution on Sony RX 100 is more where as Canon G1 X have large sensor & big photodiodes (due to low resolution) and we know that BIG photodiodes creates LESS NOISE and capture more details,
image credit imaging–resource.com
The Canon G1 X ISO standard ISO range is 100-12800, Sony RX 100 standard ISO 100-6400, ISO 12800 and higher settings are achieved through combining Superimposing technology and By Pixel Super Resolution technology. Canon G1 X images showing bit more details in the test. Specification comparison review of both the camera is coming soon.
Buy Canon G1 X at Amazon
Buy Sony RX 100 at Amazon
The rumor is almost confirmed that Panasonic G5, Panasonic LX7 and a new Micro 4/3 Lens Coming Next Week, no details about the specification is currently available.
Based on previous rumors Panasonic G5 may use the same G3 16 Mp sensor with advance image processor, Panasonic GH3 will arrive on September, 2012 (Photokina)
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Pentax K-01 price is dropped in Japan , Now K-01 will cost you approx 40,000 Japanese Yens less that is approx $500 USD. (via – bbs.kakaku.com Japanese camera store)
