(K4) UPDATED: A new Samsung camcorder is going to be announced soon (with NXmount?)

Samsung will announce a new camcorder in few hours. There were rumors about a NX-mount camcorder so maybe this will be the first NX-camcorder…

UPDATE: No NX camcorder. Samsung just unveiled the HMX-T10 HD Camcorder

Life-Changing Samsung NX Camera

The NX100 will make its debut on September 20th!
Source: Photographyblog

Samsung 18-55 vs 20-50mm lens comparicon

One of our sources and readers made a low reolution size comparison of the two lenses based on the 20-50mm size he knows. The 20-50mm is very compact compared to the actual 18-55mm lens!

FAKE: Samsung Alpa Schneider medium format deal

Finally Photoscala revealed the truth. The Samsung-Alpa-Schneider medium format deal is FAKE. Nobody knows who created the fake rumor and why…(would be interesting to know it!)

Source: http://photoscala.de/Artikel/Eine-japanische-Ente-die-koreanisch-schweizer-deutsche-Mittelformatkamera

Samsung announces the white NX10!

Samsung announced a white NX10 model which will be available in Korea only

Source: Akihabaranews

New images of the NX100 and new lenses

• The two lenses to the right of the NX10 are: in the back the 20-50mm f/3.5-5.6 compact kit zoom and in the front is it the new 20mm pancake (see the full 2010 Samsung NX lens line-up)
• The white camera has the new compact zoom kit.
• The new cameras has the same design as the Samsung HZ30W.

The image above is a screenshot from that video:

Source: Photorumors

(k2) Samsung-Schneider-Alpa Medium format agreement???

This is a very “unexpected” (and we don’t know how reliable) rumor! This news comes form Japan (google translation):

“A kind of noise caused by many large companies the agreement between the three incoming. The agreement will create a high-end photographers, photo artists and creators to create the new system.
Samsung, Schneider – Kreuznach finishing and Alpa is a big deal to create a photographic Association (SSA) to create the first fully digital, medium format camera system.
Samsung Electronics, Mr. President, Secretary Department of Justice Park said: “Each company in each of the consortium of professional and high quality system for the medium format of the sensitive components of the professional, we have completed the first medium-format CMOS sensor, and the first model electronic components. ”
Schneider Optics CEO Dwight Lindsey said: “To our actual Alpa lens system will fit with the new system, we have taken the same mount, but we are working on a new formula for the optical system and fully electronic oriented. ”
In fact, we do not have information, or in this new system will be published.

They are talking about a new system, MF cmos sensor and schneider lenses.”

Source: Photofan.jp

Links to Alpa

(K5) Samyang 35mm f/1.4 for NX mount to be announced in September

According to our sources (+ sources from mirrorlessforums.com) Samyang is going to launch the first lens designed for mirrorless cameras in September. And yes, it will be a NX mount lens!

The 35mm f/1.4 lens will be a cheap but good quality manual focusing lens.

Check out the photozone revies if you need to see how good those lenses are!

(K3) Is that the new (white) Samsung NX100?

A forum user from SLRclub has spotted a mysterious white camera. he says it is the new Samsung NX100!

Source: SLRclub forum

There is no way to check if it is really a Samsung camera or somehting else…

(k5) New Samsung Wi-Fi ST80 and HMX-E10 leaked

The ST80 has Wi-Fi Connectivity, 14 MPX and a 3x optical zoom. It has also a new Touch.display and can record HD video. The cool thing is that you can directly upload photos (facebook, flickr and other websites)

The HMX-E10 records 1920×1080 Full-HD Video in H.264 format. It has a new 8MPX sensor and a cool 270° Swiveling Lens. And with one touch you can upload the video on youtube.

Samsung is really pushing the “social connectivity” of their cameras!!!