UPDATED -> The future of the “Mirrorless market” (or “Samsung went crazy”?)

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Samsung Electronics said yesterday it aims to capture 50 percent (!!!) of the global market for mirrorless digital cameras with interchangeable lenses this year.

My opinion? Beeing optimistic is one thing but that sounds more they went crazy!

They also said that the “mirrorless” market would expand to 9 million units in 2015 — equivalent to that of DSLR cameras.

The Samsung NX-10 disappointed me. It is not as compact as a GF1-or E-p1/2 and it has neither the video quality nor the features of the Panasonic GH1. It is something in between…and that is not going to appeal most of us.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention the source: The Korean Herald (english!)

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a little bit of everything…

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(FT3) Photorumors has more details about the LX3 successor.

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The rumor is from photorumors. We don’t know his source that’s why we post it with a “FT3” value (which means “could be”).

He says “my sources from Asia can only confirm that at least one more, high end, compact camera will be announced with new Lumix G model, but at that point it is not confirmed that it will be the LX4:

Rumored Specs:

* Full manual control
* New and improved image stabilization system
* No RAW mode (? – LX3 did have RAW mode, another reason why this may not be a LX3 replacement). Panasonic may keep the RAW mode only for their GF line.
* GPS
* 720p HD video
* Stereo microphones
* New digital zoom function: Panasonic will unveil also a new technology that will be related to digital zoom and will make it much more useful

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(FT5) Panasonic ready to launch the LX3 successor and to update the Panasonic G series.

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Reminder: This is a rumor site. We are not affiliated with Olympus or Panasonic. If you want to read REAL and 100% certain news visit their official website!

The Rumor:
According to our sources Panasonic will soon launch the new Panasonic LX3 successor. Not only that, also the Panasonic G series will be updated. Expect an official announcement right in time for the upcoming PMA event (February 21-23)
We do not have any other certain details. We will publish more infos as soon as we receive some reliable infos from our sources. We also don’t know now if the Panasonic G1 or also the Panasonic GH1 will be updated (or both?).

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