mirrorless

23 July 2012 – After what seemed an age (ok, it was an age!) Canon have announced their first ever mirrorless compact system camera in the form of the Canon EOS M. Borrowing its 18MP sensor and 3″ touchscreen from it’s bigger DSLR brother, the Canon 650D/T4i, found out more about the EOS M by [...]

18 July 2012 – Panasonic has announced the LUMIX DMC-G5 Micro Four Thirds digital camera. Following on from the G3, the G5 is packed with a raft of new features and updates, including a newly integrated 16.05-megapixel Live MOS sensor and redesigned Venus Engine. You only have to read the many LUMIX G5 reviews on-line to see that [...]

17 May 2012 Sony have announced the successor to the Sony NEX-C3 mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. Introducing the Sony NEX-F3 mirrorless interchangeable-lens digital camera. Sporting a new imaging sensor, 16.1MP, full HD video capture, a 180 degree tiltable LCD screen to name but a few of the new features. The Sony NEX-F3 will be available from June 2012 [...]

Panasonic has announced it’s latest offering in the compact mirrorless camera sector, in the form of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF5. Along with a redesigned Venus Engine, the GF5′s maximum ISO has been expanded to 12800, and incorporates an AF system that Panasonic claims is the world’s fastest, at just 0.09 seconds. Videographers will be pleased [...]

Olympus announce the Olympus O-MD E-M5 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. Sporting a 16.05 megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor, a world’s first 5-axis movie and image stabilisation system, Full HD movies, and 9 frames per second continuous  shooting, the Olympus O-MD E-M5 sets out to compete with Sony’s Nex-7. [...]

When Fuji introduced the Fujifilm Finepix X100 last year, followed by the Fujifilm Finepix X10, it took the digital camera market by storm. In a world of contemporary DSLRs and mirrorless cameras Fuji unleashed two wonderful small form factor, large sensor (more so with the X100) retro looking cameras. On 10th January 2012 Fuji continue [...]

As all the main leaders in digital photography landscape continue to release and introduce new mirrorless interchangeable lens camera systems to the market, Canon’s entry is deafening by it’s absence. However, that’s not to say that Canon isn’t working on a mirrorless camera system of it’s own. In the meantime, the announcement of the Canon [...]

Samsung’s latest offering in the mirror-less compact camera arena has arrived in the form of the Samsung NX100 update, the Samsung NX200. [...]

Following the success of the Sony Alpha Nex-3C and Sony Alpha Nex-5N Sony have come up trumps with the ultimate in their interchangeable lens mirrorless camera products. Introducing the Sony Nex-7. It’s good. Very good. [...]

As an ex-owner of the wonderful Fujifilm Finepix X100 I can’t recommend this camera enough. Small form factor, APS-C size sensor, Hybrid Viewfinder, exceptional high ISO performance, discreet operation and a technically brilliant lens to match, you can’t go far wrong with the X100. [...]