Zeiss folks ain’t going to have a summer break. These are the leaked images of the new Batis 40mm f/2.0 Full Frame E-mount lens. It’s expected to be announced next week. Here are the full specs:

Distagon optical design
The shortest shooting distance is 0.24 m
With focus limiter (Full / ? ~ 0.4 m / 0.5 m to 0.24 m)
Filter diameter is 67 mm
Batis Size close to 85mm (40mm is slightly smaller)

via Nokishita

For over a year now we keep seeing specs of Canon Full Frame coming and going and changing all the time. The latest one from Canonrumors says there are two cameras in the works:

Camera 1 has a 30.4mp sensor and Camera 2 has a 24 or 26MP sensor.

But my guess is that once these rumored specs will change. So take it with a grain of salt. Hopefully Nokishita will soon leak the final and real Canon (and Nikon) FF mirrorless specs!

There is one last piece missing in Sony’s puzzle: We got the A7rIII and A7III and by end 2018 we shall get the A7sIII. According to SonyAlphaRumors the camera will have:

4K HDR 60P
The sensor is Exmor RS with new stacked CMOS sensor with integral memory
The number of pixels is unknown.
Sony is nervous about information leakage, it is difficult to obtain detailed specifications.
But according to sources, the A7S III is amazing, it is really amazing.
The sensor is technically superior to a9/fs sensor.

It’s likely this camera will also have the new Sony EVF with 5.76M dots of resolution.

Modern Nikon FF mirrorless design #nikonmirrorless #nikon #nikontop #nikonphoto

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Back in May we reported the Z-mount specs rumor was probably wrong. Well, today Nikonrumors indeed admtted that the mount specs might be wrong (or their sources did measure the mount differently). He also added some new Nikon mirrorless specs. And I guess we can expect some (or most of it?) to NOT be correct as this is yet unconfirmed by reliable sources:

• Two mirrorless cameras: one with 24-25MP and one with 45MP (48MP is also a possibility). I assume both cameras are full frame (I did not get a specific confirmation on that).
• Similar body size to the Sony a7 camera but with better ergonomics and a better grip.
• 5-axis in-body stabilization
• 9fps
• New mirrorless mount. We already knew that,  but the number I was given this time is 55mm. The Z-mount dimensions I reported a few months ago were 49mm for the actual opening and 65.4mm for the entire mount diameter.
• The new mirrorless mount will allow for f/0.95 lenses – remember the NOCT trademark and f/0.9 lens patents?
• Memory cards: XQD and CF Express – now this is a surprise for me, but it is what I have heard (ProGrade is coming with a CF Express card).
• EVF resolution: 3.6MP
• Initially, three lenses will be announced: 24-70mm, 35mm and 50mm (I think the 35 and 50mm will be f/1.4). There is also talk about a 24mm, but it may come later.
•  Pricing:
  • The 45MP model will be around $4,000/€4,000 in a kit with the 24-70mm lens.
  • The 25MP model will be under $3,000/€3,000 (also with a lens).
• The official announcement is rumored for the end of July (on or around July 23rd) and shipping shortly after (August 23rd). This is the part I am not sure about because previous tips suggested a Photokina announcement. Maybe we will see the development announcement at the end of July and the official announcement before Photokina. I will try to get a confirmation on the exact announcement date.

Nokishita spoiled some info about the three registered Canon mirrorless system cameras. According to their knowledge two of them are Full Frame and will be announced in very late 2018 at earliest:

• K424
  • Mirror-less camera
  • Full size
  • Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed
  • Not compatible with smartphone’s Bluetooth remote control function
  • Maximum size of test image: 6720 × 4480
  • (Judging from the progress of the test) Release in late 2018 to early 2019
• K433
  • Mirror-less camera
  • Probably full size (not APS-C)
  • Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed
  • Compatible with smartphone’s Bluetooth remote control function
  • Probably released in 2019

• EC 811
  • Mirror-less camera
  • APS-C
  • Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed
  • Compatible with smartphone’s Bluetooth remote control function

I guess it’s pretty safe to assume that Canon’s new FF cameras will ship during the first half of 2019. We are probably going to see 1 or 2 prototypes at Photokina in late September.

Like Morpheus I know the big question that is swirling in your mind: Is Nikon going to take the blue pill (conservative route) and make a boring entry level FF mirrorless and DSLR surrogate? Or will they go bold take the red pill and make something that will take down Sony’s pants?

Nobody knows it yet but at least on a “Patent-level” I can assure you Nikon is thinking boldly: In January of this year they submitted a patent for a new sensor made for Nikon mirrorless cameras. It has two cutting edge techs current Sony cameras do not have yet:

1) The patent describes a CMOS global shutter
2) The Sensor also has a Canon Dual focus alike tracking system

Nikoneye.com who spotted the patent shares this official Nikon patent description:

In order to realize a global shutter in a CMOS image sensor, there is known an imaging apparatus in which a storage section is provided to a pixel.

Now, patents are ephemeral like clouds, we don’t know if that patent will disappear in Nikon’s deep dungeons or if it will translate into a real storm!

Here are the patents images:

Olympus will keep a low profile at this years Photokina and they will definitely NOT announce the new OMD E-M5III. This camera will be launched in early 2019 only. We still have no news if the PEN-F will be announced this year or also in 2019.

What’s 99,999% sure is that Olympus will launch a new 12mm f/1.2 PRO lens.

What about Panasonic? No news yet…but the LX200 is a hot candidate for a Photokina presentation…