Fujirumors spotted and interesting info inside the latest Fujifilmxmagazine issue. The 16-55mm f/2.8 zoom lens will arrive early 2015 and the lens will have OIS!
Sounds like X camera owners will get a perfect normal zoom!
Current NX300 vs A6000 (CameraSize).
Redcrow and SamsungCameraRumors are spilling out info about the next Samsung NX400 camera that should be announced in January/February.
– Same 28MP NX1 sensor
– Same NX1 autofous system
– Built-in EVF
– smaller buffer than nx1 but triple than nx300.
– 4K recording (although not 100% sure yet)
– no weather sealed body
– Price around $900 with kit lens.
Those features would push the NX400 in direct competition with the Sony A6000. But if the price gets confirmed it’s quite above the $798 you spend now for the A6000 double lens kit!
I got more confirmations from sources that Samsung will launch the NX400 next month already. It has indeed the same NX1 sensor and AF system. But the NX400 will not be weather sealed and…(update) have 4K?
UPDATE: Redcrow says it has 4K (very good news if true)
Image of the E-M5 sensor by Engadget
Olympus is going the Canon route and will keep “re-using” the same sensor on the newer generation cameras. The E-M5II will get the same E-M5 sensor without PDAF.
But still, Olympus will add the sensor shift shooting feature that will allow you to take 40 megapixel pictures by combining 8 pictures shot in rapid succession.
This rumor is confirmed by best sources. So do not take it with a grain of salt but as an almost 99% certain fact. The first week of February Olympus will announce the new E-M5 MarkII which will have one new unique feature in the OMD range:
The camera has a 16 Megapixel sensor that can shoot up to 40 Megapixel by shifting the sensor (in up to 8 frames of single shots).
So just like HDR shoots get combined to increase the dynamic range the new Olympus sensor will shift of 1 pixel for every shot and than combine the pictures to increase the resolution. This will work perfectly for landscape pictures a bit less perfectly on fast moving subjects.
For the rest the E-M5II will use the same E-M5 sensor so there is no improvement there :(
The X-Pro2 is slowly becoming a myth on the web. It’s rumored for release since early 2014 but its’ still not here for real :)
But the day may comes soon when it will be released if we trust in latest rumors posted by Fujirumors. They report it will be announced in mid 2015 and feature the new sensor we already heard about and also a very useful Dual SD card slot.
And this is the X-PRO2 rumor recap from Fujirumors:
Fujifilm X-PRO2 rumored specs list
(TS= trusted source / NeS =New Source / AS = Anonymous Source / AswN = anonymous source with nick-name / SRP = source who was right in the past, but not yet trusted / ORS = other rumor sites)
– APS-C sensor (TS + ASwN + AS)
– 24MP sensor (ASwN) – More than 16MP (AswN)
– dual SD card slot
– available early/first half of 2015/second quarter 2015 (NeS)
– tilt screen (AS)
– WiFi (AS)
– Non organic ASP-C X-Trans sensor (ORS)
– Price about 20% to 30% more expensive than the X-T1 (AS)
A Full Frame mirrorless camera designed by David Riesenberg,
Well, I am sure Canon will release first “advanced” mirrorless system cameras in 2015. And Canon itself hinted the possibility to launch a completely new mirrorless mount system.
CanonWatch now reports that the launch of a 50 Megapixel Mirrorless Full frame camera is likely to happen in 2015.
I am yet not sure if that rumor is likely to become true or not. But we know Sony has a new A9 with high Megapixel sensor coming soon and I guess Canon knows that too…
From EOS-M to EOS-Madness? LOL :)
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