Some Hong Kong seller already listed the new Sony FE lenses. I don’t know if it’s bogus or not but Digicameinfo heard the 24-240mm FE lens is definitely going to be announced next week on March 4. Here are the links to the eBay auctions of the new lenses:

Zeiss FE 35mm f/1.4 for $1,729 (Click here to see it).
Sony FE 24-240mm lens for $1,099 (Click here to see it).
Sony FE 28mm f/2.0 lens for $459 (Click here to see it).
Sony 16mm Fisheye Converter for $319 (Click here to see it).

A source just sent me this:

One of the incoming fw for nx1 will have a new algorithm for af tracking of moving subjects. They claim a 100% (or even more) improvement in accuracy with c-af and multi point focus. They told me the camera will easily beat any pro dslr on the market after the update.

Fujirumors reports the Fuji X-T10 camera will have a smaller EVF comapred to the big borther X-T1. And it also will not be weather sealed. No other info are given yet.

An official Nikon 1 design patent

Nikonrumors reports that the Nikon 1 J5 announcement may be coming in few weeks already. And this could be also the first Nikon camera capable of recording 4K video. Although I don’t expect Nikon to deliver a high quality 4K video as delivered by Panasonic or Sony.

Image on top shows the E-M5II titanium edition prototype.

There are some rumors/news coming out of the CP+ show:

Ricoh-Pentax said that they do not plan to make a new compact APS-C mirrorles ssytem. Because that would mean they would have to get rid of the K-mount. And they want to keep the full compatibility (Source: Digicameinfo)

Olympus said they would like to make a special 80y anniversary camera. And also fast lenses are high on their priority list.

Sony said the FE lenses can resolve future 50+ Megapixel FF sensor (Source: DSLRmagazine).

One of our long time Samsung sources shared some great info about the NX1:

1) Samsung will apply the Fuji Kaizen philosophy on the NX1, It means they plan to constantly upgrade the camera via firmware updates. The next couple of months you should expect to great firmware update almost…monthly! Samsung is collecting feedback from owners to tweak and improve the cam.

2) The NX1 is now selling very very well. In some markets the demand is higher than the supply. Hence the price will stay unchanged for months, possibly many months, differently from the original plans. Even in USA the NX1 is now selling better according to Amazon mirrorless camera ranking (Click here).

Ok, good to hear the NX1 sells well but they could please us with a small price drop anyway…don’t you Samsung? :)

Image of a Kowa f/1.0 lens on a MFT camera.

Fotosidan had a small talk with Olympus manager Setsuya Kataoka. And he confirmed that they plan to launch super fast Micro Four Thirds lenses in the near future.

Olympus lately filed patents for a couple of f/1.0 and f/1.2 fast primes. Like the 12mm, 13mm and 14mm f/1.0 you see on their official patent description table below: