CanonWatch reports that Canon is likely to launch a new EF 200-600mm f/4.5-5.6 L in 2018. This might be interesting news for EOS-M owners or Sony E-mount camera owners too. Particularly if the new Canon will beat the IQ performance of the Tamron 150-600mm lens (picture on top).

Today we got new info about the next announcements:

1. Nokishita leaked that image of the new Olympus TG-5 compact camera. It will be announced within the next few days
2. Ricoh will announce the “WG-50” waterproof digital camera soon
3. Sony will announce a new 16-35mm GM and a new “unexpected” FE lens within the next 3-4 weeks (SAR)

Just for fun: faked EXIF data seen as seen on Flickr

We got few more info on the new Sony 135mm FE lens (via SAR):

1. We are pretty sure we will have to wait AT LEAST 3 months before the lens gets announced
   
2. no lens stabilization
3. weather sealed
4. 80% chance aperture is f/1.8

There is still no info about the new camera that Sony will announce in June. But my guess is that it’s a new RX camera

Yosuke Yamane from Panasonic had a chat with Dpreview. He gave many insights on the GH5 and future firmware updates. They confirmed their commitment to 8K for 2020. A Bold statement is that they also want to double the camera business in USA through the focus on High End Products.

And he confirmed there will be a LX100 successor but shared no details on that.

Sony A9 will ship by end of May at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, Calumet.de. Park UK. Wex UK. Jessops.

The A9 rumble is still ongoing on the web. But it seems like Sony is not done yet and we are receiving hints about another announcement coming soon. Probably within the next 4-6 weeks Sony will announce some new E-mount lenses and probably one new camera too. We got no solid info about possible specs but so more in general some of this stuff might be announced soon:

16-35mm f/2.8 GM (very likely)
new RX camera
new 135mm FE lens

What’s definitely NOT coming yet is a new A9r or a new A7III.

So what’s coming next for the MFT folks?

1. Olympus will announce a new E-M10III camera sometimes this summer.
2. Olympus will also announce one or two new f/1.2 PRO MFT lenses this year
3. Panasonic will announce a new MFT camera this fall (maybe a new GX or GM)
4. Panasonic will also release the new 50-200mm f/2.8-4.0 Leica lens this fall (see lens in the middle on the image on top)

So far that’s all we know!

We got two new Fuji rumors:

1. Fujrumors reports there will be a new 200mm lens in 2018.
2. New X80 APS-C fixed lens camera will be announced by end 2017.

One more Fuji rumors: Do you know that Fuji has one more BIG camera announcement by end of this year or early 2018 at max? it’s the High End X-T camera trimmed for speed and video. Well this camera will also feature a new X-Trans sensor!