The Fuji X-H1 is the only Fuji APS-C camera with on sensor stabilization yet and it’s now officially marked as discontinued. Fujirumors reports that Fuji will definitely not announce anew X-H2 in 2020 and at this point my guess is that there won’t be a successor at all.
Make it simple Fuji and just give us the perfect X-T4 with ons ensor stabilization :)
A couple of lens rumors today!
1) Olympus will launch a new roadmap tomorrow at 14:00 London time. This includes the already known 150-400mm lens, a new 12-45mm f/4.0 lens and new tele lenses.
2) Sony will announce a new fast wide angle GM lens in very early 2020
No info yet about their new cameras. I am pretty sure tough that Sony will give us the A7sIII and A7IV in 2020 and Olympus the new E-M1III.
UPDATE: Announced today! this is the newly announced roadmap:
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One camera to rule them all? This is what the Fuji X-T4 might will become! According to latest (and yet to be verified) rumors the specs will be:
via Fujirumors
In the race of rumors about which camera manufacturer will fail first Olympus seems to be on the first place within the “rumor world”. Like I said many times some websites fail to understand that Olympus will not easily let go the camera business for multiple reasons:
1) It’s part of their history
2) It’s a Japanese company, they fight for their business (unlike Samsung did with the NX system)
3) The MFT user basis is still among the largest communities
4) Olympus just made the big one time investment to move their manufacturing out of China. They will now be able to produce gear for less cost.
Here is the official Olympus statement published by Photofocus answering the Bloomberg article:
“As announced in our Corporate Strategy, Olympus is further focusing on our Medical business and follows the strong ambition for all of our businesses to be profitable and contribute to our overall business objectives. In that regard, we are continuously evaluating our overall portfolio, as announced in our Corporate Strategy on November 6, 2019.
“For Imaging, however, we currently have no plans to sell the business. The task is therefore to stabilize and strengthen its market position. To achieve that, we are actively running marketing activities, and have already established a clear and exciting product roadmap for the coming months and years. We are actively pursuing future technology developments that will enhance photography and video for creators. Furthermore, Imaging is and will continue to be an important technology and innovation driver for our other businesses.
“Our Imaging business features a unique product portfolio. Olympus products are compact and lightweight, feature market leading image stabilization and autofocus. Many of our high-end products are also splash-proof. No other product offers customers this level of optical excellence paired with the highest mobility.
“Just last month we launched our new OM-D E-M5 Mark III – a light yet feature packed addition to our semi-pro camera portfolio, inheriting pro-features like a high precision AF from our OM-D E-M1 Mark II model. Furthermore, we have announced the development of M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO earlier this year to be launched by next year. Customers can follow our break-free campaign on various channels and worldwide.”
Photofocus writes:
After reading both the Bloomberg article as well as Olympus’ statement, it’s pretty clear that Olympus is in this for the long haul. Without a direct quote from Takeuchi in the Bloomberg article, the article at best creates another rumor, and lacks the journalistic integrity necessary in these types of situations.
Like I said, big claims need big prove. And so far we got nothing else than rumors and a Bloomberg article not quoting directly any statement. If you ask me…other camera companies are potentially in a much worse shape than Olympus…
Oh yes folks, Canon is really going crazy with the super fast RF lenses. There is a brand newly published japanese patent describing the specs of new f/1.0 and f/1.2 RF lenses:
18mm f/1.2 lens specs:
Focal length: 18.51 mm
F no: 1.24
ω : 49.45
Image height: 21.64 mm
Lens length: 129.00 mm
Back focus: 16.40 mm
25mm f/1.2 lens specs:
Focal length: 24.59 mm
F no: 1.24
ω : 41.35
Image height: 21.64 mm
Lens length: 129.01 mm
Back focus: 13.57 mm
18mm f/1.0 lens specs:
Focal length: 18.50 mm
F no: 1.03
ω : 49.47
Image height: 21.64 mm
Lens length: 150.00 mm
Back focus: 4.99 mm
Now we all know the patent world is a parallel universe of possibilities that might not be realized in our simple 11 dimensional universe (according to string theory). And particularly this 18mm f/1.0 lens really sounds out of this world! If they make it I will jump for joy naked in front of the Canon Tokyo headquarters! And that might be a good reason for them to not make it at all :)
via Hi LowsNote
Digitimes reports that
Samsung Electronics is reportedly set to implement a US$100 billion sensor development project seeking to tap the lucrative worldwide sensor market.
This lead some websites speculate we might see new Samsung sensors for mirrorless system cameras. But this is spure specualtion and actually not very rationale. Samsung aims at the growing smaller sensor business in the industrial, automotive and smartphone world. That’s where you can make the $$$.
A couple of small rumors:
– The Olympus E-PL10 will be launched in Europe on November 20
– The Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 FE and L preorders will open in mid November and price is estimated to be around $1,300-$1,400
