At Caltech, engineers have developed a new camera design that replaces the lenses with an ultra-thin optical phased array (OPA). The OPA does computationally what lenses do using large pieces of glass: it manipulates incoming light to capture an image.
Damn, after wathing this video I really want to visit Bhutan :)
It’s summer time and there isn’t of course a lot of rumors now. But so far we know this is going to happen the upcoming months:
Olympus:
In July they will announce the new E-M10III with 20MP sensor and 4K video
By end of the year they will announce new lenses
Panasonic:
They will announce a new entry level MFT camera in autumn
New 50-200mm Leica lens will be announced in autumn too
Sony:
The A7III is coming around November
135mm FE and 400mm FE by late Summer
Zeiss:
Zeiss will announce new FE lenses by end 2017
Samyang:
Samyang will announce a new FE prime lens by end 2017
Nikon:
Nothing new from Nikon. They are likely going to make a new start in 2018 with a large sensor mirrorless system camera
Canon:
One more EOS-M camera should be announced by end 2017
Fuji:
they will finally make a pause on the X camera front :) Some lenses will be released by end 2017 but we will probably have to wait til 2018 too see new X system cameras.
Of all cheap thrid party lenses the Konica Hexanon 40mm f/1.8 is one of the best. And Mathieu Stern just tested it in this new video review.
Get the lens on [shoplink 304449 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
One of our sources sent us these images of the new Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4 lens. It will be announced within 24 hours. This is a manual focusing lens that will come in Nikon F and Canon EF mount. But of course it can be easily used on any mirrorless system camera too.
Nikkei reports:
Ricoh is staring at huge losses as the market for multifunctional printers, Ricoh’s cash cow, evaporates and its global sales network racks up high costs.
Ricoh will have to go through a cost reduction target of 100 billion yen ($912 million) for the three years through March 2020. And this means job cuts. It’s unclear how this will affect the camera business from Ricoh-Pentax.
Imaging Resource made the ultimate A9 stress test and the conclusion is:
It is extremely challenging to overheat the A9. I say that as even though I was actually trying to make the camera overheat, I could not.
From what I read having slow cards is of course going to cause your camera to overheat a bit because the processor needs more time to clear the buffer. So please do use fast cards :)
