On April 23 Sony could announce the following new stuff:
Sony also registered another new camera code in Asia. We don’t know yet if this is a new RX camera or maybe a new A5300….
Nokishita spotted a list of new camera registrations. The cameras are registered in Asia with certain codes to hide the camera name. But in some cases we already know what these are going to be. The probably biggest news for us is that Sony will announce a new Sony FF E-mount camera in April which I guess will be a new A7sIII:
? One side is more likely to be a compact camera
Image on top shows the new Laowa 7.5mm MFT lens
Let me catch up with a long list of rumors I didn’t post (or only partially reported) here on MR:
Profoto and Quadralite studio lamps for Olympus to be announced in April (43rumors).
There may be a new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera on April 24 (43rumors).
Laowa 7.5mm MFT lens will cost a bit less than $500 (43rumors).
Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 lens to be announced on April 5 (SAR).
Sony camcorder and camera announcements coming in April (SAR).
New $50 fisheye MFT lens from a chinese company (SAR).
Sony will announce a new 100-400mm FE G lens (SAR).
First FF E-mount High Speed camera spotting report (SAR).
Dujifilm X80 Coming Second Half of 2017 (Fujirumors).
Fujifilm Developing Ultimate APS-C X-camera. Based on X-T Design. Price Not Yet Set, but Most Expensive X (Fujirumors).
IFujifilm INSTAX Square SQ10 Will have a Micro SD Card Slot (Fujirumors).
First LEAKED Image of the Fujifilm Instax SQ (not SQ10). Film Only (Fujirumors).
Instax Square SQ10 with USB-Charging (Fujirumors).
So far no new rumors from Nikon and Canon. I think Nikon will take some time to develop their new FF mirrorless system. While Canon will stick doing boring and slow EOS-M announcements :(
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:
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).
