Nikon will soon announce three new compact with 1 inch sensor:

Nikon DL24-85
– Sensor: 1 inch BSI CMOS sensor
– Lens: 24-85mm F1.8-2.8
– Size: 105.4 x 61.5 x 50.0 mm
– Weight: 350g
Nikon DL18-50
– Sensor: 1 inch BSI CMOS sensor
– Lens: 18-50mm F1.8-2.8
– Size: 105.5 x 62.5 x 56.6 mm
– Weight: 350g
Nikon DL24-500
– Sensor: 1 inch BSI CMOS sensor
– Lens: 24-500mm F2.8-5.6
– Size: 122.5 x 89.9 x 139.4 mm
– Weight: 830g

via Digicameinfo.

That’s good news for Sony E-mount and MFT mount folk: Sigma is launching a $450 30mm f/1.4 lens on Feb. 23! We long worried if Sigma would continued to develop DN APS-C lenses for mirrorless system And that’s really the positive answer we hoped to get. The only drawback is that the lens will not be available for Fuji and Canon camera owners yet. But Sigma could fix this in the near future…

via Digicameinfo

Fujirumors got the possible specs of the X200 that will be announced the second half of this year:

– the 24MP sensor of the X-Pro2 (and therefore also faster AF)
– A new bright 28mm lens (also the Fujifilm X70 features a 28mm lens)
– and enhanced hybrid VF with better EVF refresh rate
– Digital converter 35/50
– Tiltscreen

Overall Fuji is going to bring us some major surprise by end 2016. X200, X-T2 and maybe the first medium format interchangeable system! That would be a big WOW!

Digicameinfo leaked the first pictures of the G7xII and Sx720 cameras. The G7xII has the same Sony RX100m4 sensor.

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Ricoh will announced a special Silver edition of the GRII and a new macro conversion lens. Full specs and images:

RICOH GR II Silver Edition
– 3200 limited edition
– Release Date: March 18, 2016
RICOH GR II / GR for macro conversion lens GM-1
– Shooting distance range: 3.5-8.5cm
– Maximum magnification: 0.35 times
– Release Date: March 18, 2016

via Digicameinfo

Image on top shows the current G7X

There is one more Canon announcement coming next week. They will announce a new G7XII and SX720 compact camera (and a new 80D DSLR).  These are the specs leaked by Digicameinfo:

G7X II specs
– 1 inch 20MP CMOS sensor
– DIGIC7
– Lens is 24-100mm F1.8-2.8. Image Stabilizer (IS) equipped. Aperture blades are nine
– Control ring mounted
– Continuous shooting up to 8 frames / sec (even JPEG even RAW)
– 3.0 inches 1.04 million dot tilting LCD monitor. Touch panel
– Tilt 180 degrees upward, 45 degrees below
– Video is full HD
– Time-lapse movie
– Wi-FI built-in. NFC
– Picture Style
– In the camera RAW development

SX720 HS specs
– 20.3 MP CMOS sensor
– DIGIC6
– 40 times optical zoom. Image Stabilizer (IS)
– Wi-Fi built-in. NFC
– Video is full HD
– 3.0 inches 922,000-dot LCD monitor

Nikon is likely going to try to compete against the Sony RX series by launching new high-end compact can fixed lens cameras at the CP+ show (End of February). Nikonrumors reports there will be three versions of such cameras (unclear what the sensor size will be). These will be the equivalent focal lengths:

• Wide angle: 18-50mm f/1.8-2.8
• Normal range: 24-80mm f/1.8-2.8
• Superzoom: 24-500mm f/2.8-5.6

I am pretty sure the 24-500mm version has a 1 inch sensor. If it’s APS-C I will become a priest :)