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			<title>New Sony E-Mount (NEX) Lens Roadmap</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:39:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Sony has released the latest version of the roadmap for E-mount lenses for NEX. 
 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Sony has released the latest version of the roadmap for E-mount lenses for NEX.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/olliinmunich/6846294707/" target="_blank">sony emount</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/olliinmunich/" target="_blank">...olli...</a>, on Flickr</div><br />
The new roadmap includes two of the three lenses previously announced for 2012 release - a G series standard zoom and a wide angle zoom. The telephoto prime has disappeared into early 2013 (difficult to tell exactly from the diagram); instead there is a 'large aperture standard' - presumably something like a 30 1.8.<br />
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Strangely there is mention also of a new 'standard zoom' - which would make three standard zooms. Other new lenses on the list (those in green) are a 'mid-magnification zoom' and a 'high-magnification zoom'. I assume 'magnification' here means the zoom multiple. So perhaps we will get something like an 18-125 and an 18-270. The final new lens is a 'snap pancake' - no idea what that is.<br />
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The real disappointment for me is that it looks like the G standard zoom isn't going to be appearing until the end of this year or possibly into next year. This was an area where Sony could have got a step ahead of the competition. Overall, though, together with the two recently announced Sigmas I like the look of this.</div>

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			<title>Sigma Announces DP1M (Merrill Compact) and DP2M with 15MPx3 sensor from SD1</title>
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Same Foveon X3 46megapixel Direct Image sensor as the SD1 DSLR camera.<br />
Dual three-layer responsive ultimate (TRUE II) engine.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/dp1-merrill-compact-digital-camera.cfm?link=feb_m_2_dp1" target="_blank">DP1 Merrill Compact Digital Camera - Digital Cameras - SigmaPhoto.com</a><br />
Features a fixed 19mm F2.8 lens which is the equivalent to a 28mm lens on a 35mm SLR camera.<br />
* Same lens they announced for Sony NEX and m4/3 mount<br />
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<a href="http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/dp2-merrill-compact-digital-camera.cfm?link=feb_m_2_dp2" target="_blank">DP2 Merrill Compact Digital Camera - Digital Cameras - SigmaPhoto.com</a><br />
Features a fixed 30mm F2.8 lens which is the equivalent to a 45mm lens on a 35mm SLR camera.<br />
* Same lens they announced for Sony NEX and m4/3 mount</div>


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			<title>Olympus OM-D E-M5 Officially Announced</title>
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Olympus  just announced the OM-D EM-5, the first Olympus Micro 4/3...</description>
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Olympus  just announced the OM-D EM-5, the first Olympus Micro 4/3 camera to offer an integrated electronic viewfinder (EVF).<br />
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Key features of the E-M5:<br />
<ul><li style="">Even faster autofocus than E-P3</li><li style="">Autofocus tracking system which is effective even for subjects moving towards/away from the camera (up until now this has been a weak point for mirrorless cameras)</li><li style="">9.2 FPS sequential shooting</li><li style="">5-axis image stabilization system can compensate for 1) pitching, 2) yawing, 3) horizontal movement, 4) vertical movement, and 5) rotational movement around the optical axis.</li><li style="">Proven dust-proof and splash-proof technology.</li><li style="">Tilting 3-inch OLED touch screen</li><li style="">1.4million dot EVF with eye sensor for automatic switching between EVF and rear OLED.</li></ul>DPReview Preview: <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/previews/olympusem5/" target="_blank">Olympus OM-D E-M5 Preview: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review</a><br />
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Evolving, comprehensive coverage of the E-M5 at <a href="http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2012/02/new-olympus-e-m5-is-officially-announced.html" target="_blank">1001 Noisy Cameras</a>.<br />
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			<dc:creator>Amin Sabet</dc:creator>
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			<title>Images of the Olympus E-M5 (OM-D) Leaked</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:01:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>*Update: *It seems the silver version shown below is actually a Photoshopped version of the black one. However, Amazon Japan had a listing for a...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><b>Update: </b>It seems the silver version shown below is actually a Photoshopped version of the black one. However, Amazon Japan had a listing for a silver version, and various rumor sites are reporting that the real thing looks a lot like this Photoshopped version.<br />
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Many of you have seen the leaked images of the soon-to-be announced Olympus E-M5 with optional battery grip attached.  Here are two of the latest images to be making the rounds:<br />
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I do believe that I will have to buy this camera in silver :rolleyes:.<br />
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If anyone knows the primary source where these images were first posted, let me know so I can attribute them properly.  I tried searching for the words in the watermark and came up with nothing.</div>

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			<title>Pentax K-01 Joins the Mirrorless System Camera Fray</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:14:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Today Pentax announced the Pentax K-01 mirrorless system camera: 
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The major selling points of the Pentax K-01 are as follows:<br />
<ul><li style="">Natively uses all Pentax K lenses</li><li style="">16MP APS-C sensor featuring the excellent image quality we've come to expect from Pentax DSLRs</li><li style="">Sensor-based image stabilization (unlike Sony, Fuji, Ricoh, and Samsung)</li><li style="">High quality video</li><li style="">Design by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Newson" target="_blank">Marc Newson</a></li></ul><div class="img_align_center "><a href="http://www.seriouscompacts.com/attachments/f38/2593d1328190277-pentax-k-01-joins-mirrorless-system-camera-fray-k-01-group01.jpg" id="attachment2593" rel="Lightbox_0" ><img src="http://www.seriouscompacts.com/attachments/f38/2593d1328190277-pentax-k-01-joins-mirrorless-system-camera-fray-k-01-group01.jpg" border="0" alt="Click image for larger version.&nbsp;

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In striking contrast to the Fuji X-Pro 1 and Sony NEX-7, the Pentax K-01 offers few tactile controls and no eye-level viewfinder.  The design seems to be all about simplicity:<br />
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One of the most significant questions which has not yet been answered is how effectively the new camera will autofocus existing Pentax autofocus lenses.  Unless Pentax has made great strides in contrast-detect AF of their current lenses, this could prove to be a major sticking point for current Pentax DSLR users who might otherwise consider this system.  On the other hand, this camera will feature focus peaking, which helps quite a bit with manual focus.<br />
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I can't help but feel that Pentax missed an opportunity here to be the only APS-C mirrorless system around with both body image stabilization and the ability to adapt a wide variety of lenses.  At first glance, I'd say that the Pentax K-01 offers very little aside from design to make it more appealing than a comparably priced Pentax DSLR.  Hopefully additional lenses will follow with designs that take advantage of the lack of a mirror.<br />
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			<title>Ricoh GR Digital IV Review: A Field Report</title>
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I really wanted to review the <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/822129-REG/Ricoh_175723_GR_DIGITAL_IV_Digital.html/BI/1848/KBID/2491" target="_blank">Ricoh GR Digital IV</a>.  Its predecessors have been beloved by street (and &#8220;<a href="!5641!http://www.seriouscompacts.com/f94/about-stroll-photography-forum-5641/" target="_blank">stroll</a>&#8221;) photographers, particularly for black and white shooting.  It is small and &#8220;pocketable&#8221; (4.28 x 2.35 x 1.28") and built like a tank (magnesium body with a great rubbery  grip) with intuitive controls and a very nice LCD screen (3 inches with 1,230,000 pixels!) on the back.  The camera features a 1/1.7&#8221; sensor with an effective 10 megapixels.  It also has a prime rather than zoom lens, and its a pretty wide 28mm equivalent prime at that, but it is fast at f1.9 max aperture.  And it is not cheap for a compact, costing the same as the Fuji X10 I recently reviewed which is also well built but which has a larger sensor and a fast manual zoom lens.<br />
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I had some specific uses in mind for this camera before I ever received it.  I envisioned it as a take anywhere and everywhere camera for those times when having a camera on me is more important than ultimate image quality.  While a lot of people may find the constriction of a prime lens, well, constricting, I have always found that my shooting conforms to the lens I&#8217;m using after a little practice.  Shooting a prime removes one consideration when taking pictures - which focal length to use.  But I planned to remove another consideration - which way to orient the camera - by shooting square.  The GRD will actually produce square format RAW files if you want that.  Moreover, it can be set to automatically pick the ISO up to any of several max numbers from 400 to 3200.  I found that it did a pretty good job of picking the lowest usable ISO so I set it to automatically go up to 3200.  I shot exclusively in Aperture priority mode, often at the widest aperture of f1.9.  The goal here was to reduce the options I had to think about when taking pictures to the essentials - where to point the thing and when to press the shutter.  After a while I realized that not all of my compositions were working in the square format so I resorted back to shooting the full 4/3 sensor and cropping as needed.  But basically  this is how I used the camera: Aperture priority, auto ISO up to 3200, RAW.  I processed all pictures in Lightroom 3.6 and the black and whites were further refined in Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.<br />
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There is a build quality to the <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/822129-REG/Ricoh_175723_GR_DIGITAL_IV_Digital.html/BI/1848/KBID/2491" target="_blank">GRD IV</a> that is just remarkable.  It is small, but every square inch is top quality - fit, finish, engineering - it is all there to create a real tool for photographers.  It is no wonder that these cameras have a cult following.  There aren&#8217;t a lot of bells and whistles, but just the things that a &#8220;serious&#8221; photographer needs.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="4">In the Field</font></b></div><br />
In the field, this little gem shines.  The IV features a couple of improvements on the older models.  The first is image stabilization.  This makes a camera that was already a favorite compact for low light situations even more useful, although maybe not as much as one would think.  The primary problem is that it will pick settings that will allow sharp hand holding but will allow shutter speeds that causing blurring of live subjects if they move just a little.  This could no doubt be minimized with custom settings to keep the aperture wide and the shutter speed a bit faster with auto ISO take up the slack.  I just didn&#8217;t have opportunity to use it under these situations enough to do that.  But this brings me to the second improvement - autofocus.  This camera features a brilliant new hybrid system that uses not only the contrast system employed by other non-DSLR cameras, but an external autofocus system.  Here is description from Ricoh&#8217;s website:<br />
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			It is newly equipped with an external autofocus sensor developed in-house that allows for high-speed, high-precision distance calculations for up to 190 points. The camera needs as little as 0.2 seconds for the autofocus to adjust, approximately half the time for the GR DIGITAL III. The scan area for contrast autofocusing is limited so the external autofocus sensor can adjust the focus even if you do not half-press the shutter-release button, allowing for more rapid focus adjustments than previous models. Improvements to the algorithm have increased the speed&#8212;as much as doubled it&#8212;even for macro autofocusing that uses only the contrast autofocus system.
			
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</div>All I can say is that based on my experience,  this is not marketing hyperbole.  The <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/822129-REG/Ricoh_175723_GR_DIGITAL_IV_Digital.html/BI/1848/KBID/2491" target="_blank">GRD IV</a> focuses faster than any compact I&#8217;ve ever used, even into shadowy regions that don&#8217;t have a lot of contrast in them.  It isn&#8217;t as fast as a DSLR, but it is noticeably faster than other compacts I have tried.  And when it can&#8217;t lock in focus, you know almost instantly.  The focusing rectangle on the screen just turns red - there is no hunting as motors and gears grind back and forth in futility.  You know immediately and can try again.  As this is a camera perfectly suited for hand held, &#8220;focus and recompose&#8221; photography, this system works beautifully.<br />
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In good light, even when shooting in &#8220;auto ISO&#8221; mode, the small sensor picks low numbers and the camera produces lovely landscapes.<br />
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Although known largely as a compact camera of choice for black and white photography, the camera can also handle color well, whether subtle<br />
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or bold.<br />
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It also has an effective macro (and &#8220;super macro&#8221;) mode as you can see above, and below.<br />
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It&#8217;s a handy camera for those &#8220;selfies&#8221; taken from arm&#8217;s length,<br />
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and its images can handle a fair amount of manipulation,<br />
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but this thing really shines as a camera to carry around for those observations made while strolling<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><font size="4">Conclusion</font></b></div><br />
The <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/822129-REG/Ricoh_175723_GR_DIGITAL_IV_Digital.html/BI/1848/KBID/2491" target="_blank">GRD IV</a> is another excellent camera.  I&#8217;m afraid that people are going to think that I am something of a pushover since I always seem to like the cameras I review.  However, all of the cameras have been among their manufacturers&#8217; top compact cameras and I am readily willing to admit that I am a fan of &#8220;serious&#8221; compacts.  I like small cameras and these top line compacts often have better build quality and more accessible controls than entry-level DSLRs.  They just have small sensors, and thus less image quality.  But if you are more interested in a camera that is small enough to take with you everywhere and be there when you need a camera, it is hard to go wrong with any of the top-tier compacts.  However, because this camera has a rather wide prime lens and a rather high price, it is not for everyone.  Obviously, if you need a zoom, or a little more image quality would better suit you than then portability, this is not the camera for you.  It is best suited to those who have some pretty specific ideas about how they would use this tool because while it is quite versatile and capable of lots of tweaking to accommodate the preferences of many photographer (including color photographers), it is still a camera with &#8220;constrictions&#8221; on its usability.  I think those &#8220;constrictions&#8221; can be turned into positives but then I&#8217;m a bit weird and a bit old.  While I think it shines as a compact, even at ISO 3200 when you have to use it and can live with black and white, it is obvious that Ricoh is happy to have this serve a niche audience rather than the masses.  But that niche isn&#8217;t just street photographers - is is anyone who wants a small quality camera to always have on them.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4"><b>Comparisons</b></font></div><br />
Compared to the <a href="!5279!http://www.seriouscompacts.com/f41/fujifilm-x10-field-report-5279/" target="_blank">Fujifilm X10</a>:  the <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/822129-REG/Ricoh_175723_GR_DIGITAL_IV_Digital.html/BI/1848/KBID/2491" target="_blank">GRD IV</a> is smaller and is much more &#8220;pocketable&#8221; and has more customization features and a significantly better, brighter LCD screen.  Also, although the X10 is no slouch in the autofocus department among compacts, the GRD is faster and more certain.  But the bigger sensor of the X10 gives better image quality, particularly at higher ISOs where the EXR sensor and the image processing produces beautiful (if only 6mp) pictures.  While the GRD delivers competent colors, the X10 produces sparkling colors that really grab you.<br />
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Compared to the <a href="!3027!http://www.seriouscompacts.com/f41/olympus-xz-1-review-field-report-3027/" target="_blank">Olympus XZ-1</a>: I am going to say that I think the noise from the comparably sized sensors is about the same.  Both have more noise at higher ISOs than the now discontinued Canon S95 I reviewed, but also seem to have a bit more detail.  I think the Oly has a bit richer color, but the GRD&#8217;s color can be adjusted easily in post-production.  The Canon S series is a little smaller than the GRD, and thus fit a little better in a shirt pocket, and are well-built with more versatile zoom lenses, but the lens is not  quite as fast (and is pretty slow really once you start zooming), but the GRD feels and looks like a more sturdy camera.  I like the look of the lens on the Oly (and the look of the pictures it produces) but it is bigger and is not in the same league with the Canons and the GRD when it comes to fitting in a pocket.  Neither the Oly nor the Canon line are as well made and thought out as the Ricoh (though both are good in that regard as well).<br />
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Compared to the <a href="!3618!http://www.seriouscompacts.com/f41/sigma-dp2x-review-field-report-3618/" target="_blank">Sigma DP2x</a>:  The Sigma image quality belongs in a class unto itself.  Like the Ricoh it features an excellent prime lens, although it has a more useful (to me) 41mm equivalent view.  The GRD is much smaller and its LCD screen blows the rather pitifully dim and reflective and low res one on the Sigma completely out of the water.  Both are more &#8220;niche&#8221; cameras than the Oly and Canon lines, but the niches are slightly different.  If unique image quality that only comes from a Foveon sensor is what you need in a small package, the Sigma may be for you.  But as a tool that produces good results and is easy to use and customize, the GRD is clearly the winner.<br />
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<i><b>Jeff Damron</b> has been photographing since receiving a Minolta SLR and a basic darkroom setup in 1976. His favorite film camera is the Contax G1, which he considers his first "compact" camera. He writes about monochrome photography at his site, <b><a href="http://www.betterinblackandwhite.com/" target="_blank">Better in Black and White</a></b>. -Amin<br />
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