The X-T10 will be announced on May 18 and those are the 100% bulletproof leaked specs:

– 16.3MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS II sensor
– Ultrasonic sensor cleaning mechanism
– Continuous shooting 8 frames / sec in the AF tracking
– Upper limit of the ISO sensitivity 51200
– Automatic scene recognition auto mode
– Intelligent hybrid AF of AF 0.08 seconds. AF point is 49 points
– EVF is 2.36 million dots. 100% field of view, magnification 0.62 times. Time lag is 0.005 seconds
– Start-up time of 0.5 seconds. Shutter lag is 0.05 seconds
– Quiet and high-speed electronic shutter (60 seconds -1/32000 seconds)
– 3.0 inches 920,000-dot tilting LCD monitor
– Video 1080p 60/50/30/25 / 24fps. Manual possible exposure
– Wi-Fi built-in. Remote control possible from smartphones and tablet
– P / S / A / M exposure modes
– Five types of auto bracket mode. 8 types of advanced filter
– Peaking and digital split image
– Built-in flash. Pop-up
– Interval timer. Time-lapse
– Capable of shooting in RAW + JPEG
– The body is made of metal. Five dial
– Exposure compensation plus or minus 3EV
– The battery is NP-W126. The number of remaining shots is 350 sheets
– Kit lens XC16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OIS II

via Digicameinfo (Translation via Fujirumors).

Let’s start the week with a couple of new mini-rumors:

Fujirumors report:

Thanks to a new source, we now know that, instead of an ISO dial, the Fujifilm X-T10 will feature a function dial! They have basically made a big dial out of the little one under the ISO dial. So you’ll still have a dial to set BKT, CH, CL, Double Exposure, Panorama…

43rumors reports that Panasonic will display the G7 and Olympus the new 7-14mm and 8mm PRO lenses at an event in Berlin on May 29.

I am pretty sure Fujirumors is spot on here: The Fuji X-T10 will be announced on may 18! I got similar rumors from my sources and there is little that can go wrong now.

The X-T10 has no ISO dial, X-E2 EVF and built in flash. The real question is how much you will have to pay for it. I hope it will be really cheap because otherwise I doubt it will sell fine!

I have yet no specs but a Leica source just told me the camera will be announced tomorrow. It will be interesting to see what kind of sensor the new camera will use. I once heard Sony made a monochrome FF sensor. Maybe the new Leica will use it?

Apparently the reason why Samsung delayed the new firmware release for the NX1 is quite…surprising:

A source who shared correct Samsung rumors in the past told me that Samsung has “rewritten” the NX1 code. I don’t know how deep those changes are. We will likely see that new NX1 code with the next firmware update. Let’s hope this means we can expect some great improvements!
 

April is almost over and in May we will get plenty of new cameras and lenses. Here is a roundup of the planned announcements:

Sony will announce the A7rII by mid-end May. The A6100 could be announced on the same event or in June along the new RX cameras

Fuji will announce the X-T10 in mid May.

Panasonic will announce the G7 in mid May.

Olympus will release the pricing info of the new 7-14mm PRO lens that will ship in late June (see BHphoto).

Digicameinfo spotted the name of a new Leica Monochrome camera registered by the Korean RRA agency.

We have yet no info about the possible specs of the camera! All I got is that there may be a new Leica announcement in mid-end May!