The image on top shows the new Sony ILCE-5000 listed by the Taiwan NCC (National Communications Commission) Type Approval search page!

I guess the camera is coming in January or February already ;)

Just learned via trusted sources that we can be almost 99% sure Fuji will announce a new weather sealed X camera with built-in (and centered) viewfinder.

Nothing is known yet about specs and price. But I suspect specs will be very close to the one of the current X-E2.

Sony is not making any break after the big A7-A7r announcement. According to multiple trusted sources a High End APS-C E-mount camera is definitely coming DAMN soon. Right after New Year!

Sources didn’t unveil specs but we can be pretty sure this is the long awaited NEX-7 successor. I got no news about possible new APS-C E-mount lenses but I heard that after the NEX-7 successor announcement more E-mount stuff will be announced in Spring already!

Is this again a year of crazy innovative Sony products? Looks like so!

Image on top shows the current E-M5 (not much will change with the new OMD)

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We are going to have a great start in 2014! Fuji and Olympus will be the first companies announcing some great new mirrorless camera. Today we can share that 99% save rumor about the next Olympus camera:

It’s going to be a new entry level OMD camera which will replace the glorious E-M5. The E-M5 will still remain for sale for quite a long time and with some heavy discounts. The new OMD (name E-M10?) will feature the same E-m5 sensor which means it will NOT support PDAF. But it will feature the same new E-M1 imaging processor. What is not known yet is if the new OMD will get rid of the AA filter just like the E-M1 did.

The camera will be announced in January already!

Stay tuned on MR to not miss any rumor about the soon to be announced Olympus, Fuji, Sony and Samsung cameras ;)

Sony manager MR. Kimio is creating a lot of expectations! In an interview with the Japanese site Dc.watch (google translation here) he promised many “surprises” for the year to come. He could not say what exactly will surprises us but he stressed to say that it’s Sony goal to make thing really new. They will also focus on the High End of the Photographic Market and the A7-A7r are just the start of that.

All I can add as a “rumor guy” is that there will be plenty of new Sony E-mount cameras. And some of them are Full Frame and quite different from the current A7-A7r. Zeiss will support this system with the launch of five manual focusing and fully Zeiss branded and designed lenses. And it is also expected to see some nice Olympus tech coming in these cameras too.

But what could be possibly a surprise for you? Foveon sensor? A Full Frame camera for $1,000? What else?

Fuji manager Mr.Kawahara has been interviewed the website 2how. Here are the key info:

1) He is reluctant to create full frame X series because XF lens would NOT be compatible with full frame camera. “If we launch the full frame body we have to launch the full frame lens too. So it is not good for X-series user.” So there are no plans just now to provide a full frame body.

2) Because of the high customers demand, Fujifilm considers to use sensors with more than 16MP in future.

3) Keep the size of XC lens with larger aperture value is almost impossible, because the optic technology is limited and cannot be solved easily, unlike technological limit.

4) Fujfilm will continue to support and improve its cameras via firmware update: “We want you to use our camera longer and longer in your life.”

via Fujirumors.

Image on top shows the current 55mm Otus.

The best lens of th world you can use on any mirrorless camera with an adapter is the Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4. Well, if you have the money and want the best than you will be also happy to learn that Zeiss will launch a new Otus 85mm f/1.4 lens in 2014!

Price should be again around $4000. Start saving the money!

Here is the official message from Zeiss:

Note: The Otus 55mm is the best lens ever made according to DxO testings (Click here).