Fujirumors just leaked the first pictures of the new Fuji X-T2 camera! From the pictures you can see the joystick, a slightly different grip bigger SD card cover (for dual SD slot) and the ISO dial that goes up to 12.800 ISO.
The camera will be announced in late June/early July.
Solid source at Fujirumors confirmed the X-T2 will be launched the last week of June or early July at latest. And here are some specs hints:
EVF refresh: it’s going to be the same or better, possibly with the Pro2 matching it after a firmware update. Bear in mind the T2’s will be larger.
Continuous burst: I’m told the preproduction T2s have a deeper buffer; I’d expect that to be updated on the Pro2, too.
AF: ditto
Touch screen: I’ve been told preproduction units don’t have one, and I’ve been told they do. This is the only aspect of the whole camera that my sources haven’t been consistent on. I’ve not noticed Patrick speak much about a touch screen, or anybody else, so I’m assuming there won’t be one.
Dual cards: obviously it will have two slots.
The Canon FF mirrorless rumor keep coming back again. After being hinted for a possible CP+ release in January (didn’t happen) it’s now rumored to happen at Photokina. This of course sounds a more likely timing. LEt’s hope Canon was just fooling us when saying:
“it would be a little unrealistic to say that we will suddenly start offering a professional mirrorless camera” (article here).
Canonrumors speculates the new FF mirrorless could feature a 24MP sensor. I am not a Megapixel war fan but don’t know if from a pure marketing point of view 24Mp are enough to steal the spotlight from the future Sony A9 70-80Mp camera?
The German company Meyer Optik Görlitz will announce a new mid-range lens on April 14. It will be available for Fuji X, Micro Four Thirds and Sony mirrorless cameras.
We have a couple of product announcements that week:
Zeiss will announce new lens(es?) on April 14 at 11am London time. Expect a new Batis 18mm f/2.8 lens!
Meyer Optik Görlitz will also announce a new lens on April 14
Sony will unveil new camcorders (maybe FF E-mount?) on April 17.
Hasselblad announced a new $32,995 H6Ds medium format camera. What’s more interesting for us is that CEO Perry Oosting clearly hinted that they are working on a new kind of “portable” medium format camera. He told at ePhotozine:
“The new H6Ds we are launching have the best in class ergonomics in terms of handling, but they aren’t the most portable.. Portability will be key – but how and which ways it will be portable is yet to be announced.”
Sounds likely that this will be Hasselblad first mirrorless medium format camera!
A Sony A9 rendering (not the real thing)
In just one week SAR got two rumors about a new Sony high end E-mount camera. This should become the new Sony A9. A bigger and more powerful FF camera. Probably the first camera that could play in the league with the very big Canon and Nikon DSLR cameras. Here are the two rumors:
Rumors One:
“The next generation flagship mirrorless camera from Sony will be a giant leap. It will drop a huge bomb in the imaging industry. It will not be A7III or A7RIII. It will be a new model above A7 series. I would say A9 (let’s name it as the new model). So the new A9 will have dual XQD card slot, no CFast version, only XQD. A9 can do UNLIMITED RAW burst, UNLIMITED. The camera wont pause for buffering.”
Rumor Two:
“a7Riii the new sensor will be between 70 – 80 Megapixels. They are working on improved IBIS as well. Although officially the new lenses per the 24-70 F2.8 GM and the others have been tested for QC at 60+ Megapixels and 6K+ Video they achieve even better results than that.“
Sounds great!