The Nabshow unveiled that Panasonic and Sony will have a press conference on April 23 (at 2pm and 3pm). We can expect both companies to announce new camcorder. And it may be that some of those will have a MFT or Sony E-mount.

What’s a bit striking is that Canon will not have any public conference this year. Not sure if it means there will be no new product announcement…

Quick update for E-mount followers:

1) Zeiss will announce a new Batis lens on April 5th (135mm f/2.8….I guess)
2) Sony will have a major announcement at the NAB show (April 23)

Panasonic and Canon could have a camcorder announcement too but nothing strictly related to their mirrorless system…

It looks like we are finally getting some reliable rumors about the upcoming Sony April announcement. Sony plans to launch the following new E-mount stuff:

1. 16.-35mm f/2.8 GM
2. 100-400mm FE G
3. New Sony High End E-mount camera

The High End E-mount camera is rumored to be displayed at the NAB show. This is probably going to be an ultimate “hybrid” camera with serious video performance and no overheating issue…LOL :)

I don’t think this is going to be a purely sort of Canon C100 cinema oriented DSLR styled camera. I heard the camera is good for sports photographers too as it has about 20fps and the best autofocus system of all mirrorless system cameras (at least that’s what Sony marketing claims).

Nikon registered a new camera model with the cose “N16D3” in Indonesia (Postel). Nokishita speculates that this might be a new AW130 or P900 Coolpix successor.

Trusted sources at Fujirumors confirmed that Fuji is developing a new Very High End X camera that will be placed above the X-Pro2 and X-T2. Those are the key aspects of the camera:

• Correct: Fujifilm is working on the ultimate X-series X-Trans APS-C camera
• Design based on X-T line (We don’t know the name yet, but it’s should not be “X-T3“)
• The camera is still under development, hence the camera price has not yet been set
• The only sure thing is that the camera will be more expensive than any other X-series camera currently on the market
• Best Fuji APS-C camera for video work

This sounds like a sort of X-T camera on steroids with all the best stills and video tech Fuji has to offer. I like it! But I am not surethat at $4,000-$5,000 this will really sell…or am I wrong?

Hi everyone! This is Irwin Wong @irwinwongphoto continuing the #tuesdaytakeover for the ZEISS insta account! Now, I know I mentioned I was using an unannounced Batis lens for E mount, but I can’t tell you too much about it except that it is a telelens. What’s something that we all use telelenses for? That’s right, sweet, sweet bokeh. I think this lens will not disappoint in that regard, as you can probably see from this photo of some plum blossoms. #zeissambassador #adayinthelifeof #zeisscameralenses #japanphotographer

Ein Beitrag geteilt von ZEISS Camera Lenses (@zeisscameralenses) am 14. Mär 2017 um 1:30 Uhr

Zeiss keeps posting images shot on the yet to be released new Batis telephoto portrait prime lens for the Sony E-mount system. There are no official specs yet although we bet this to be a new 135mm lens (F/2.8 or slightly faster).

One the image you can see on top of this article you can evaluate the Bokeh performance which seems to be rather excellent in my view!

I really don’t know how much sense it makes but according Fuji seems to be working on a new $5,000!!! High End APS-C X-Trans camera. This would be Fuji’s first camera for professional sports and action photographers. The key on that camera seems to achieve maximum autofocus speed. But I really wonder if someone will spend $5,000 on an APS-C mirrorless camera yet. It will be hard for anyone to compete against the well established Nikon/Canon sport photography dominance.

via Fujirumors