NAB Show interviewed MR. Tim Smith, Senior Advisor, Film and TV Production at Canon. And he said:

We will be showing not only our existing product line, with a few surprises, but we will also be showing working 8K cameras and 8K displays that look into the future of production.

Not certainly THE mirrorless system camera we are waiting to get from Canon. this will be a camcorder and not a photo-centered device. But still exciting to hear Canon is now pushing to become innovative again!

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via CanonWatch.

We already got the new PEN-F and GF8 this year. And now the MFT fellow will get two more new cameras within the next few weeks:

1. Olympus E-PL8 with 16MP sensor
2. Panasonic entry level camera (20MP sensor?)

The High End stuff is expected to be announced at Photokina in September. Probably a new GH5 and E-M1II will be shown at the show!

Olympus has one more PEN coming soon! Those are the first images of the entry-level E-PL8 camera. It will be announced soon along the first Olympus Action Camera. Specs are yet unknown but I guess it will use the same 16MP sensor used by the E-M10II.

Images via Digicameinfo.

To recap what you can expect to be announced as next here is the list:

1. Early April: New Panasonic entry level MFt camera (no G nor GH)
2. Early-Mid April: New Olympus Action Camera compatible with all Go PRO accessories. New E-PL8.
3. May-June: New Sony A5300 entry level E-mount camera
4. June: Fuj X-T2

Both Canon and Nikon are expected to announce some more “advanced” mirrorless system camera during the second half of the year.

We got that invitation from a new company: Irix Lens. They are teasing a lens announcement for March 19. And as far as I heard those lenses will certainly be available for Sony E-mount and MFT too. Not sure about other mounts yet…

Just recently Canon stated that they would finally increase their speed in development of new products. And they also said mirrorless system camera development is a main focus of their efforts. We can expect more “premium” cameras to be announced in 2016. According to recent rumors there could be at least three new such cameras launched in 2016! There is yet absolutely no info on the possible specs yet (a part of some obvious good guess like 4K video).

The more important question is: Will Canon push the current EOS-M system or launch a completely new Full Frame mirrorless line? What’s your bet?

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via Canonrumors via CanonWatch.

An update on rumors about future lenses:

1. Fujirumors reports the XF 120mm f/2.8 release got postponed til end 2016
2. 43rumors reports Olympus will launch the 25mm f/1.2 PRO lens this summer