But shipments of mirrorless cameras are projected to increase 60% to 6.43 million units.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
He considered buying an advanced SLR model from Nikon but opted for a mirrorless model from Sony.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
Samsung's main camera plant in China is being converted to produce high-end mirrorless cameras instead of cheaper compacts.
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In an otherwise stagnant camera market hurt by the growing competition from smartphones, the mirrorless models are booming.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
The LUMIX G5 demonstrates the true potential of Mirrorless System Camera image quality.
Mirrorless cameras accounted for 16.4% and 18.7% in North America and Europe, respectively.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
He said Canon has been testing a variety of ways to make cameras smaller and that mirrorless technology is an option.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
Panasonic said typically about 75% of SLR customers are male, but nearly 70% of the buyers of its mirrorless cameras are female.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
Many industry watchers expect Canon to release a mirrorless model this year.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
Nikon joined the mirrorless fray with its Nikon 1 series in October.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
Canon spokesman Hirotomo Fujimori declined to comment on product plans but said the company has the technological capability of releasing a mirrorless camera now.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
And certainly the camera feels a bit sturdier than the more plastickey model, with a black body and protruding lens that resemble higher-end mirrorless models.
It also focused on selling the mirrorless cameras in stores frequented more often by women, rather than the male-dominated battleground of camera or electronics shops.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
If you've been torn between Samsung's NX300 and NX1000 mirrorless cameras, you should know the company has officially split the difference with its new NX2000.
Apparently, no mere agency can confine it: photography workshop director Vincent Kang has posted a photo of the pre-release mirrorless camera on Weibo for all to see.
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Panasonic, which introduced the market's first mirrorless compact system camera four years ago, said it took lessons it learned then to the U.S. to sell its Lumix cameras.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
But, within the category, sales of mirrorless cameras rose 67%.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
"The AR1011HS image sensor is a great match for the performance-oriented bridge and mirrorless camera market, " said Sandor Barna, Vice President and General Manager of Aptina's Consumer Camera business.
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SECAUCUS, NJ (April 16, 2013) - Panasonic is proud to introduce the DMC-GF6 (GF6), a new Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Camera which is the most compact of the LUMIX G family.
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That said, this is hardly a compact mirrorless -- the X-E1's still got a bit of girth and weight to it, compared to some of the smaller entries in the field.
For most amateurs, however, mirrorless models are sophisticated enough.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
Specifically designed to take advantage of the camera's mirrorless design, the X-Mount has a short flange back distance of just 17.7mm made possible by designing the mount ring as thin as 2.5mm.
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The camera apparently tries to straddle the gap between compact point-and-shoots and the more technical world of mirrorless and DSLR shooters with a new mode dial on top and a more responsive touchscreen.
There have been plenty of false alarms in recent months, but Canon's first mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (ILC) is finally here -- in fact, we're holding it in our hands.
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With a 16.1-megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor, the NEX-3N picks up the banner as the outfit's entry level mirrorless camera and packs a 3-inch LCD screen that can tilt up to 180 degrees.
For beginners with Digital Single Lens Mirrorless cameras, iA (Intelligent Auto) mode supports capturing images with a variety of shooting-assist functions including AF Tracking, Intelligent D-range Control, Intelligent Scene Selector, Face Recognition and Intelligent ISO Control.
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Fujifilm introduced the X-Pro1 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, Canon showed off the PowerShot G1X with a 1.5-inch sensor, Samsung boosted its SMART line of point-and-shoots, while Polaroid delivered the SC1630 Android hybrid.
We'd be surprised if pixel oversampling doesn't make its way into point-and-shoots and eventually even mirrorless and reflex interchangeable lens cameras -- just imagine this technology being combined with a full-size sensor and ultra-fast prime lens.
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While the quality of mirrorless cameras can be close to that of low-end SLR cameras, premium model SLRs still offer greater photo quality because they have larger image sensors and have features that are important to professional photographers.
WSJ: Camera Makers Enter New Mirrorless Arena for Serious Photographers
It's tough to express just how much Pentax's new Q10 mirrorless looks like a toy camera until you see it in-person, so unless you're in Cologne this week, you're going to have to take our word for it.
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