Dpreview interviewed three Fuji managers. There are many topics in this interview but I am going to highlight too

Fuji GFX:
– Overall, GFX sales have exceeded our predictions.
– 80% of users are non-professional, and 20% are professional. That was a surprise.

Fuji and video:
– Fuji wants to move more into the high-end video world

I am really surprised to hear 80% of the current GFX owners are amateurs. This is an expensive camera and I didn’t think so many non-professionals would buy that camera. And we know from previous rumors that they will launch two new GFX cameras within the next 12 months:

1) A new rangefinder styled GFX camera with he same 50MP sensor will be announced at Photokina. It should be priced just below $5,000
2) A new 100 megapixel GFX camera will be announced at Photokina in may 2019. This one should cost around $10,000.

Let’s see how those two new cameras will sell. That 100 megapixel camera sounds promising also because it has a BSI sensor and on sensor phase detection pixels.

Hi Lows Note spotted a patent from Nittoh describing the exact lens design of the current Hasselblad XCD 30mm lens. It’s common from companies to use designs from other companies. Zeiss used Tamron patent designs, Olympus used Sigma patent designs and so on.

More info about Nittoh Optics at nittohkogaku.co.jp/en/business/optoelectronics.html

Recently Nikon patented plenty of on sensor phase detection systems. And they seem to work pretty much like the Canon Dual Pixel autofocus system. Today Nikoneye spotted another new United States Patent Application. I suspect this is the kind of tech that will be used on their future Full Frame mirrorless system camera.

via Nikoneye

Chinese companies released two new lenses:

The Kamlan 55mm f/1.2 For Full Frame Sony cameras is now available at Amazon US and Amazon DE.
The Zonlai 22mm f/1.8 APS-C lens for Sony E, Canon EOS-M, Fuji-X and MFT is now available at Amazon US, Amazon DE and Amazon UK.

Nikoneye spotted a new US patent application from Nikon for “A portable telephone equipped with a camera.” Of course this is only a patent application which means we are far away from a real product or we might never see this in real world at all.

But the idea is quiet simple and something that in my opinion should have been done earlier. This camera would be fully connected to internet. In this specific patent Nikon shows how you can directly send images per email. Such a camera might be also able to directly post your pictures on social networks like Instagram.

Physically the camera has a “send and receive button” plus LAN status LEd’s.

To me it’s obvious that any camera maker should make cameras with built-in social network connection. Why do we always have to transfer the images to our phone or laptops to be able to share them?

Dpreview interviewed a bunch of Canon managers and here are some info:

There are actually no technical reason why the EOS-M50 couldn’t have Dual Pixel AF in 4k mode:
“With the EOS 5D Mark IV, we do offer 4K video and Dual Pixel CMOS autofocus, so technically it is feasible. But given the position of the M50 in the lineup, we can’t include all of the features available in a product like the 5D IV. Given the position of the product, we wanted to achieve the optimal balance [of features] in a camera in that range. We’ve optimized the M50 as best we can [for its market position], and within those parameters, the combination of 4K video and Dual Pixel CMOS autofocus was not possible.”

About the future High End Mirorless:
“The new M50 is an entry-level model, because that’s where the high-volume sales are. We want to establish ourselves in this market, and then move forward [from there]. In accordance with the full lineup strategy, we will be tackling [the mid-range and high-end mirrorless market] going forward.”
…and..
“We still believe there’s work to be done before we can achieve the level of satisfaction that our users are looking for before they could confidently move from DSLR to mirrorless”