Seeing how the Canon FF mirrorless “no-rumor” went viral I will make up one too:

Nikon is testing a new Full Frame mirrorless system camera in the field :)

Do I have that from a source? Of course not. It’s just obvious they are doing this right now in order to be ready for the late 2018-early 2019 launch. At that point I do welcome real sources to share the possible specs of this new Nikon FF mirrorless camera. My safe bet is that this will have a new 40+ Megapixel sensor with a lot of on sensor phase detection pixels. I am sure both Nikon and Canon understand that autofocus performance is the key. And the autofocus has to be work same on native and adapted F and EF lenses to make it easy for current DSLR owners to make the switch.

In general I doubt Nikon and Canon are after the Sony basis. Their goal is to make their own current DSLR user basis switch over to their own mirrorless system.

There is a no-rumor going wild on the web. It says something every idiot knows by now: Canon is testing a Full Frame mirrorless prototype :)

No specs no release date are known. That’s why I call it a “no-rumor”. Because it’s OBVIOUS Canon is testing a camera like that after having told to everyone that they are officially working on a professional mirrorless camera.

Wake me up when someone has some specs to share. Would love to know how the new mount will be, and what specs the camera has. Have you heard anything about that?

Techcrunch reports:

Multiple sources tell us that Google is acquiring Lytro. One source described the deal as an “asset sale” with Lytro  going for no more than $40 million. Another source said the price was even lower: $25 million.The stage of the deal also is not clear.

I wonder what Google plans to do with Light field cameras….

We got two new lens rumors:

1) Sony will announce a new 24mm f/1.4 FE GM lens soon (probably within 2-3 months) via SAR
2) Olympus will announce a new 14mm f/1.4 MFT lens at Photokina. via 43rumors

And Samsung is back with some big claims: They want to dethrone Sony in the sensor business (Source: etnews.com). Samsung is known for making bold statements. 8 years ago they said they wanted to become number one in the mirrorless world and now they even don’t make cameras anymore :(

The fastest lens available yet is this 22mm f/2.0

The Canon EF-M lens lineup is really lacking of any intersting fast lens option. Well this is about to change soon! Canon will announce the new 32mm F1.4 STM within the next couple of weeks.

via Nokishita

The next wave of product announcements is coming in one month at the NAB show. There are no reliable rumors yet but this is what we can hope to get:

Sony:
The easy guess is that Sony will announce the new Sony A7sIII. This is really long due for an announcement. The Panasonic GH5s and Fuji X-H1 might not be Full Frame cameras but it’s time to get an upgraded Sony competitor.

Panasonic:
Don’t think they will announce anything MFT related. Although some folks still hope there will be a new AGF100 styled MFT camcorder.

Canon:
Canon will announce a new EOS Cinema camera.

It’s unlikely Fuji-Nikon-Olympus will announce anything at NAB.

Asian Review posted an interesting article. Seems like Canon is finally aware the focus must go on mirrorless system cameras. Canon manager Sakata reported:

1) they must “actively roll out products for a growth market even if there is some cannibalization”.

2) Sakata did not say much about the possibility of Canon releasing a high-end mirrorless camera. “We will look at the timing and consider it”

I think that at Photokina both Canon and Nikon will show their FF mirrorless system cameras. It may be just a prototype or roadmap announcement. But still, the war ar Sony will begin soon!