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:

Sony will keep a rather low profile at CP+ this year and not announce any new camera…at least if they don’t surprise us :)

On Friday February 13 at 11.30 Tokyo time they will “only” introduce the new four FE lenses.

Fujirumors got very reliable info about a new lens roadmap that Fuji will announce next week. The future new XF lenses will be:
– 120mmF2.8 1:1 Macro
– 35mm f/2
– New 1.4x Teleconverter.
– 100-400mm

And according to 43rumors also Panasonic has some lens surprise:
– 30mm f/2.8 macro lens
– a second (fast?) prime lens prototype

And of course we still have Sony left with their new FE lenses…

Last minute leaks with the EOS-M3! The camera will be announced tomorrow (Friday 6) at 5-6 am London time. New images and specs got posted at CanonWatch and Digicameinfo:

– 24.2MP CMOS sensor (22.3 x 14.9mm)
– AF is 49 points. Hybrid CMOS AF
– ISO100-12800
– Media SD / SDHC / SDXC (UHS-I compatible)
– DIGIC6 processor
– Wi-Fi
– Continuous shooting 4.2 frames / sec.
– 384 zone metering
– Battery LP-E17
– The shutter speed is 30 seconds -1/4000 seconds
– Video full HD
– Built-in flash
– LCD monitor tilting 3 inches 1.04 million dots. Touch panel
– GPS is not equipped
– EVF option (EVF-DC1)
– The body is stainless steel, magnesium alloy, polycarbonate
– The size 110.9 x 68.0 x 44.4mm
– Weight 366g

The image on top shows the final production version Sony FE lenses that will be released next week at CP+. The rumored lens price and launch date is:
Zeiss 35mm f/1.4: to ship in March 2015. 1399 Euro?
Sony 28mm f/2.0: to ship in February 2015. 499 Euro?
90mm f/2.8 G OSS macro: to ship in March 2015. 999 Euro?
24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS: to ship in March 2015. 1099 Euro?
converters for 229 Euro each?

Source: SonyAlphaRumors.

And there is new info about the new Olympus 8mm PRO, 7-14mm PRO, 300mm PRO and 14-150mm lenses via 43rumors.com:

8mm f/1.8 fisheye PRO lens:
– It’s watherproof
– made with high quality material
– will ship in Summer. Pricing to be announced in Spring
– very fast and silent autofocus system
– comes in Black only like any other PRO lenses in the range

14-150mm f/4.0-5.6 II ED lens:
– splashproof
– optical performance is improved over it’s predecessor
– costs 649 Euro
– 285g weight

7-14mm f/2.8 PRO lens pricing will be announced in Spring.
300mm f/4.0 PRO lens pricing also to be announced later (mid 2015 likely).

Image below shows the 14-150mmII lens: