Fuji X-E2 and Sony NEX-9 (Full Frame) to be announced around October 20.

Quite unusual to see that many announcements in October! Today we have more reliable info about the next Fuji and Sony announcements:

1) Fujirumors reports that a new Fuji X-E2 camera will be announced on October 20.

2) SonyAlphaRumors reports that the Full Frame NEX-9 will be announced right before the PDN show in New York (around October 20).

 

We still have no specs to share but I am pretty sure these will leak out soon. For now let’s focus on the new Canon EOS-M announcement while Olympus will follow soon with a High End Compact Camera release.

New Canon EOS-M stuff to be announced this week?

After many many months of waiting and rumors we are finally close to the new Canon EOS-M cameras and lens announcement. According to muliple sources Canon has scheduled a press announcement for this week. And the chance is high that they will unveil the new Canon EOS-M camera(s) and lenses.

Latest rumor said that two new EOS-M camera will be announced. A cheaper model direct successor of the current model and a more high end camera with built-in EVF. And a telezoom could be announced too.

Fuji X-A1 “cheap” X-mount camera to be unveiled on September 17.

On September 17, at 5am London time Fuji will finally unveil the cheapest of all X-mount cameras, the X-A1! And I really don’t think we will have to wait much longer for a more “serious” new X-mount camera. Fuji has set one more announcement for late October. It’s going to be a nice time for Fuji lovers :)

 

Plenty of new Mirrorless cameras coming in October!

According to multiple trusted sources a whole bunch of companies is going to launch new products in October. We are talking about Sony, Canon, Fuji, Panasonic and Olympus. All announcements will be made right before or at the Photoplus Expo in New York.

I am working on a full list of camera and lenses that we could see by then. Stay tuned!

 

Yes, the NEX-FF is going to be announced in October. Priced at around $3000.

SonyAlphaRumors and Photoclubalpha, both got confirmation from their sources that the NEX-FF is going to announced soon (in October). The first camera will cost around $3000. There will be also a “cheaper” camera coming a couple of months later. Both cameras feature the same sensor and both are very NEX-7 alike (but they will NOT replace the NEX-7). The camera has an E-mount and current lenses will work in crop mode.

At start there will be two zooms, a 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss and a 55mm f/1.8 Zeiss. There is also a rumor about a 85mm f/1.8 Zeiss but it’s unconfirmed yet.

Overall it looks like Sony pushed very hard on the accelerator to be the first company (after Leica) launching a full frame compact camera with interchangeable lenses. Sounds like the RX1 success convinced them to put all their resources and knowledge on a sort of interchangeable mount version. Sounds great!

First Olympus E-M1 PRO MFT camera announced!


Image courtesy: Ming Thein.

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Preorders in US and Europe (Click on the store name to read price and specs):
Dedicated page at Amazon.
Olympus E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, AmazonDE (viaDL),
Olympus EP-13 Eyecup for E-M1 at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus HLD-7 Battery Grip for E-M1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LC-62D Metal Front Lens Cap for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LH-66 Lens Hood for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.

Previews:
Dpreview, Pekka Potka preview, BH In-Depth Article, TVsmith preview, SmallCameraBigPicture, Adorama, ThePhoBlographer, Photoscala (German), systemkamerablog (German), Quesabesde (Spanish), Photographyblog hands-on (E-M1, 12-40mm Lens),

Reviews:
Robin Wong (part one), Ming Thein on Flicr (part one and part two), DSLRmagazine (Spanish: part one and part two).

Lens (p-)Review:
Ming Thein, ThePhoBlographer,
Image of the 40-150mm f/2.8 lens at Dpreview, ePhotozine.

Image samples:
Ming Thein on Flicr (part one and part two), SmallCameraBgPicture, Rock photographer Ross Halfins Facebook has E-M1 portraits, DSLRmagazine (Spanish),

Video:
video sample by Oly Malaysia, systemkamerablog (German), TheCameraStoreTV, Gordon Laing, Olympus PROMO (Product movie, EVF, Dual AF), First Look by InTech, Overview by Adorama,

Hot info and curiosity:
No more Four Thirds camera or lenses will be produced. Olympus officially merges MFT and FT into one system (DC.watch). But Ming Thein says: “I’ve been assured this isn’t dead, and an E-7 is in the works“
Olympus plans to release a wideangle zoom and super-telephoto prime in this nascent Micro Four Thirds ‘PRO’ range (Dpreview / ePhotozine).
Image of the 40-150mm f/2.8 at Dpreview.
Rockstar Ross Halfins E-M1 portraits
Annoying: No special 12-40mm kit price in USA!

Press Text:
E-M1: Dpreview, ThePhoBlographer, Photoscala (German), systemkamerablog (German), Quesabesde (Spanish), Photographyblog, DC.watch (Japanese), Techradar, LeMondeDeLaPhoto (French), ePhotozine, DSLRmagazine (Spanish),
12-40mm: Dpreview, systemkamerablog (German), Photographyblog, OpenPN (French), ePhotozine, DSLRmagazine (Spanish),
40-150mm f/2.8 and Lens roadmap: ePhotozine,

Poll:
First read all specs and reviews. Than take time and think…and after that you may vote :)

Everything is “s”. Iphone 5s tomorrow and Fuji X-E1s in late 2013 :)

It’s “s” mania! Not only Apple but also Fuji is about to launch an update X-E1 by adding an “s” suffix :)

Fujirumors reports that the X-E1 successor will be announced before the X-PRO1. And according to the Chinese site xjrumor it will be called “X-E1S”. It will feature the same sensor and viewfinder as the current X100s.

And just for fun…watch the iPhone 5S parody video on top. I am sure the Fuji “S” suffix will be more appealing than the iPhone 5S that will be launched tomorrow :)