I really believe that this is time all rumors about the the X-PRO2 are true. It will be announced the second half of the year and be also the first Fuji with 4K recording. Don’t know if that’s something Fuji lovers really were waiting for (4K) but hey…that’s the hype of the moment.

The new X-PRO2 will also feature a new X-Trans sensor (24MP?) and the new faster EXR III processor. There is yet no more to share but I am sure more info will leak out the next months….

via Fujirumors.

I got some tidbits about two more features that Samsung plans to add on the NX1 via future firmware upgrades:

1) raw lossy compressed files (ala sony) selectable to increase buffer size and reduce file size in general. The compression has been studied to retain 95-99% of sensible information, while reducing of 15 to 30% the file size.

2) cropped 4k (along with the already existing downscaled 4k).

I have no detail about when exactly the next firmware will be released but I have been told it’s “very soon”.

The “mini X-T1” could arrive sooner than expected. Trusted sources at Fujirumors report the X-T10 will be announced around June already!

The full rumored specs list so far is: (SRP = source right in the past / NeS = New Source)
– Name: X-T10 (SRP + NeS)
– cheaper version of the X-T1 (SPR + NeS)
– no weather sealing (SRP)
– smaller EVF (SRP)
– same sensor of X-T1 (NeS)
– coming late spring/early summer (SRP

4K is one of the new Big words camera manufacturers cannot ignore. So it will not surprise anyone here that both next Panasonic and Fuji cameras will have 4K video recording:

1) The Panasonic GX7 successor (GX8?) will be announced in May and certainly feature 4K recording

2) The Fuji X-PRO 2 scheduled for a late 2015 release should become Fuji’s first camera with 4K recording (says Fujirumors). It will be interesting to see how Fuji will fix the X-trans weakness on the video front…

P.S.: Also Sony should announce a new E-mount 4K camera soon…

It was and is inevitable. You have to run the Megapixel race too if you want to survive in the digital camera business. Fuji Manager Toshihisa Iida confirmed in a Dpreview Interview that they will launch a higher MP sensor camera. The good news is that all current X lenses can resolve future high resolution sensors.

The new Sony FE lens images and specs got leaked ahead of the announcement scheduled for Wednesday March 4:

Zeiss FE 35mm f/1.4 lens:
– Focal length: 35mm
– Dealing Aperture: f / 1.4
– Minimum aperture: f / 16
– Filter size: 72mm
– Number of diaphragm blades: 9
– Focus on APS-C: 52.5mm
– Minimum focus distance: 30centimeter
– Weight: 630gram
– 1699 Euro

Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 OSS macro:
– Lens Mount: E-Mount
– Focal length: 90mm
– Maximum Aperture: f / 2.8
– APS-C distance: 135mm
– Minimum aperture: f / 22
– Filter size: 62mm
– Image stabilization: Yes
– Minimum focusing distance: 28 cm.
– Number of diaphragm blades: 9
– Weight: 602gram
– Price 1149 Euro

Sony FE 24-240mm OSS lens:
– Focal length: 24-240mm
– Aperture: f/3.5-6.3
– Minimum aperture: f / 22
– Filter size: 72mm
– Number of diaphragm blades: 9
– Focus on APS-C: 36mm to 360mm
– Minimum focus distance: 50centimeter
– Optica Steady Shot
– Weight: 780gram
– Price 999 Euro

Sony FE 28mm f/2.0 lens:
– Focal length: 28mm
– Max Aperture: f/2.0
– Minimum aperture: f / 22
– Filter size: 49mm
– Number of diaphragm blades: 9
– Focus on APS-C: 42mm
– Minimum focus distance: 29centimeter
– Weight: 200gram
– Price 449 Euro

via CameraTools.

If you click over at Adobe Belgium you can see the full video of the new HDR Merge feature. There are also yet non working links to other new features descriptions….but they may go online within the next few hours :)

And Amazon Japan now has the new LR6 already available for preorder!