Towerjazz: It must not be easy for Nikon and others to solely rely on Sony sensors when Sony also has their own cameras

In this interview with TowerJazz posted by Charbax you can find some interesting info:

Minute 7: He confirms that some Panasonic cameras use TowerJazz sensors

Minute 8: He sees a problem in the fact that Sony is also a camera market. So for example if there is competition on the supply Sony may give themselves the benefit instead of Nikon.

Minute 12:40: He says 8K and speed are definitely coming but the rela challenge is advancaments in High Dynamic Range.

Those are the leaked Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II specs and images

Nokishita leaked the full Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II specs

20,10 million pixels 1.0 type stacked CMOS
DIGIC 8
5x optical zoom (converted 24-120 mm f / 1.8-2.8)
30 frames per second RAW continuous shooting mode
4K video
Full HD 120 fps movie
Self-portable tilt liquid crystal
Pop-up EVF
3.5 mm microphone input terminal
Equipped with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Size: 110.9 x 60.9 x 46 mm
Weight: 340g>

Rumors recap: Fuji X-PRO3, Canon RF lens, Olympus E-M5III, Sigma 35mm f/1.2 FE, Sony cameras and 35mm f/1.8 FE

The next 23 months are going to become very busy with new camera and lens announcements:

July:
Sigma will announce the new 35mm f/1.2 autofocus FE lens
Sony will announce the new affordable 35mm f/1.8 FE lens
Canon will release the new 24-240mm RF lens

August:
Olympus will announce the new E-M5III

September:
Fuji will announce the new X-PRO3
Sony will announce a new A9II and maybe a new RX camera too
Pansonic S1H and new L-mount lenses
Nikon will have mirrorlesss announcements too…

Hasselblad interview at Dpreview: “We have learnt that we should launch products when they are fully developed”

Dpreview interviewed Uwe Moebus of Hasselblad. Some highlights:

1) ‘We have learnt that we should launch products when they are ready and fully developed for the market. We have also learnt a lot from our customers over last three years about what should be improved and we tried to bring this into the new camera.

2) ‘There are fewer professional photographers and it is getting harder for professionals to make money’

3) ‘There are fewer professional photographers and it is getting harder for professionals to make money’

4) Hasselblad was never tempted to use a higher resolution sensor in this model

5) Hasselblad was caught out by the demand for the X1D and really struggled at first to produce enough units to meet its orders. Since then though the company has boosted its production line, its manufacturing processes and assembly to deal with much larger volumes than it had expected. ‘

6) 35-75mm F3.5-4.5 zoom lens. Hasselblad claims it is the best lens the company has ever made

 

Hasselblad X1DII preorder for $5,750 at BHphoto.

Olympus and Panasonic are warming up their engines for the MFT gear late summer announcements!

Olympus had a terrible year. Due the move of the factory from China to Vietnam they weren’t able to announce many new products. And Panasonic was busy pushing their new S Full frame cameras. But everything should go back to normal very soon:

Both companies are rumored to launch new MFT cameras and MFT lenses in late summer.

We have yet no solid rumors but some solid guesses yes: I bet we will get the E-M5III and some fast primes. And from Panasonic the GH6?