Lomography Konstruktor

Remember those snap on model kits you put together as a child? Lomography is bringing that back in camera form with their Konstruktor kit that lets you put together your own 35mm SLR. According to Lomography, its the world's first 35mm plastic SLR camera and has a top-down viewfinder, multiple exposure function, long exposure settings, and a detachable 50mm f/10 lens. $35, Lomography

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Leica X Vario

Slotted below the M and above the X2, Leica presents its newest camera, the X Vario. Packing a 16 megapixel APS-C sensor, the X Vario features a Leica Vario-Elmar 18-46mm lens (28-70mm equiv) with an F/3.5-6.4 aperture, HD Video shooting mode, 3-5 fps continuous shooting, and a shutter speed of 30 s to 1/2000 s. $2,850, Leica

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Luma Labs Cinch 2

A favorite amongst shooters, Luma Labs' Cinch camera strap gets a nice little overhaul with redesigned hardware and an improved slider system. If you haven't seen the Cinch before, its big feature is the Cinch sliders that allow you to smoothly and quickly change up the length of your strap for rapid shooting when you need to grab your camera. This year they've switched up the metal sliders with lower-profile, carbon-ceramic polymer "Lumidum" sliders for smooth adjustments and a secure, tight hold when under tension. They're also offering up a variety of attachment options for your camera whether you use a Mirrorles or a full on SLR. $60, Luma Labs

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Olympus PEN EP-5

Olympus launches their latest and greatest PEN series camera, the PEN EP-5. The new camera touts a 1/8000 high-speed shutter, built-in Wi-Fi for Mirrorless/DSLR Instagrammers, 5-axis image stabilization, tilting 3-inch screen, and a 16 Megapixel Live MOS sensor sourced from the top-of-the-line OM-D. Olympus

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Panasonic Lumix LF1

Panasonic's Lumix LF1 is their new robust point-and-shoot which packs a 12 Megapixel 1/1.7'' sensor and a compact body that even manages to include an Electric Viewfinder just like its pro-caliber siblings. It also features a manual control ring around the lens to quickly adjust the camera's settings, a bright f/2.0 lens, built-in Wi-Fi, and 10 fps continuous shooting. Panasonic

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Ricoh GR

You Ricoh GR fans have a lot to be happy about this morning, they're upgrading the GR and this time they're going big this time equipping the camera with a 16.2 megapixel APS-C sized senor. They've also kept it extra compact, in fact, Ricoh claims that the new GR is the smallest APS-C camera currently on the market. Other features include a new GR V image processing system, improved Auto Focus, an 18mm (28mm equiv) F2.8 lens, 3'' screen, and no AA filter for sharper images. Available May. Photorumors

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Radiant Images Novo

Just when you thought the GoPro was a robust enough in its current form, Radiant Images takes the Hero3 and turns it into a slimmer, more robust cinema-grade tool with an interchangeable lens mount, essentially turning it into the ultimate GoPro. The camera is 20% thinner than the Hero3 and keeps all the standard features including the high resolution 12MP sensor and all of its shooting modes, LCD touchscreen, WiFi, and power backpack capability. Radiant Images

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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

Don't let its diminutive size fool you, you're looking at a cinema-grade tool from Blackmagic in a compact body that touts a Super 16mm size 1080p sensor with 13 stops of dynamic range for studio quality shooting. The camera offers a ton of lens options with the Micro 4/3s lens mount and 3rd party PL mount and Super 16mm cine adapters allow for an even longer list of lens choices. The camera also has all the standard inputs/outputs, ProRes 422 (HQ) and lossless compressed CinemaDNG 12 bit RAW compatibility, and uses SD cards for storage. Available July. $995, Blackmagic

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Superheadz Sun & Cloud Camera

With the crazy arms race that is the digital camera industry, its always good to see smaller brands doing something a little less ordinary. The Sun & Cloud camera wraps a retro camera in a simple box that can take Lo-Fi style photos with a variety of shooting modes and filters, but most impressive is how you power it. It can receive solar power via its built-in panel or you can release the hand crank and manually-wind the camera to get it going. No batteries, ever. $200, AC Gears

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Canon Rebel SL1

Canon reveals the smallest and lightest DSLR on the market, the Rebel SL1. Inside the compact camera features is an 18.0 Megapixel APS-C sensor with an ISO range of 100-12800, 4 fps continuous shooting, a brand new AF system with a wider focus area, and continuous Auto-Focus when recording video. $699 (body only), Canon

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