Sony will announce the new 24mm f/1.4 lens this week. Probably no new camera :(

Well, seems like Sony will hide their cards for a while longer. Sony will announce two new lenses on September 20…and that’s it. The new high End APS-C camera and the new A7sIII might be announced in one of the two next events taking place on September 25 and in mid October.

Still, some of you will be happy to know that Sony will fill the latest few gaps in their FF E-mount lens lineup by announcing the 24mm f/1.4 GM on Sept 20.

Canon managers interviewed by IR

Imaging Resource interviewed a bunch of Canon managers and engeneers:

About the 20mm flange distance: They said that their first consideration in choosing the flange structure was the physical ruggedness of the system, and they felt that 20mm was what they needed to meet their goals for overall strength.

RF lenses superior to EF lenses: They talked a lot about how much having a large element close to the sensor helped when it comes to correcting aberrations.

Overall the focus of this system was on autofocus performance and optical lens quality.

via CanonWatch.

Korean forums going nuts on rumors: Samsung partnership with Fuji and Ricoh/Pentax???

Seems like Korean forums like Clien.net and SLRclub are going nuts on Samsung rumors. I don’t know if this is a collective illusionary thinking or if is there something real behind it. Anyway, the main rumor here is that Samsung made agreements with Japanese companies to sell APS-C and FF sensors to them. A Korean readers sent me this summary to explain what’s going on (Thanks!):

Samsung is going to make FF and APSC sensor for Japanese companies. FF might be manufactured soon for one company and it might be Panasonic.

APSC sensors were already developed and sent to Fuji and Pentax. The sensor is similar to NX1 but improved version. Fuji will get only sensors and Pentax will get ISP package too. Also, both Samsung and Fuji developed a new sensor together(There is an article)

For APSC samsung sensor, it has…
– 28,2mp
– 6k video
– 10 bit 120fps
– H. 265 codec

The price will be 70% of Sony sensor.

Be aware that nobody still didn’t beat Samsung NX1’s video performance and at that time, it can shoot 15 FPS and 4k video with H. 265 codec. In South Korea, it is well-known that Samsung is going to manufacture camera sensors. Sony considered them as a biggest rival. Does Sony support H. 265 codec? Nope. That was 4 years ago.

There is a rumor that Fuji X-T3 used Samsung sensor because it supports DCI 4K 60p 10bit 4:4:2 400Mbps H.265 like NX1 and it is very plausible since Fuji joined and developed a new Samsung sensor.

Sony will face the biggest rival ever.

https://www.clien.net/service/board/park/12582399
https://www.clien.net/service/board/park/11753895?po=0&od=T31&sk=title&sv=nx&category=&groupCd=&articlePeriod=default&pt=0
https://www.clien.net/service/board/park/12597328?po=0&od=T31&sk=&sv=&category=&groupCd=&articlePeriod=default&pt=0
http://www.slrclub.com/bbs/vx2.php?id=samsung_forum&no=331609
http://www.slrclub.com/bbs/vx2.php?id=newproduct_pentax&no=5026

I repeat it, I have no rumor from my own sources to back it up. But I thought it’s interesting to report what people in Korea is thinking about the future Samsung sensor strategy…

UPDATE: The only FACT is that indeed Samsung and Fuji are working together on sensor tech. Read here: news.samsung.com (Thanks Mistral!).

Sony-Canon-Nikon step aside…the Big guys are coming: Fuji to announce the GFX-50r and GFX-100s at Photokina!

On the Internet you keep reading Full Frame lovers beating hard on the smaller size APS-C and MFT cameras. Well now we can pay them back and hit them where it hurts most…sensor size! That small FF sensor never had a real future :)

Fuji is not only going to announce the cheapest medium format ever…the GFX-50R for $4,500. But they will also announce the development of the new GFX-100s. The latter camera will be use the new BSI Sony sensor that has much better autofocus performance and dynamic range. This should be a killer camera. I just hope it will not be too expensive!

Both new medium format cameras will be announced on September 25 according to Fujirumors.