It’s confirmed via Nokishita: Canon will announce the new EOS-M100 entry level mirrorless system camera within the next couple of days. It will sell in nine(!) different colors. And you can have it as body only, with 15-45mm kit lens or as a double zoom kit.
Pictures are expected to be leaked within the next hours…
Fujirumors reports that Fuji will release a major X-PRO2 firmware that will add 4K video recording capability. This is the first time a mirrorless system camera gets 4K via a simple update. I wonder why 4K wasn’t there in the first place…
Nokishita spotted a new jacket (code EH31-FJ) for a new unannounced entry level EOS-M camera. This confirms previous rumors the EOS-M100 will be announced very soon!
Insta360 will announce a new camera on August 28. This is a camera you have to spin around yourself to take this kind of impressive videos:
360rumors reports:
It has a high-fps mode (at least 240fps or higher). When the camera is attached to a string and spun around with high fps video, you get the effect that you see here. It appears that this is a fully spherical high fps mode (not just a front lens mode).
Cool!
Fuji published the full Q1 financial results. There are three key info:
1) Instax sales are very strong in Europe and US. And particularly well for the Instax SQ10.
2) Fuji reported “strong sales” of the GFX camera
3) Lens sales are steady
The good news for Fuji is that the Instax business has ZERO competition and increasingly popular. This is probably an area were near dead filmmaker companies like Kodak could actually create something similar…
This is the new K & F Concept Pentax K to Sony E, MFT and Fuji X mount adapter. it’s priced at ¥ 4,000 (excluding tax). Don’t know when it will go on sale outside Japan. More info at Stkb.co.jp
A newly released Nikon patent discloses their plans to make Nikon F lenses work on their future professional (Full Frame?) mirrorless system camera. A special adapter with pellicle and PDAF module could allow to use Nikon F system with the best possible focus system.
Basically this works like the current Sony LAEA4 adapter.That adapter has a semitransparent pellicle mirror that reflects a bit of light to the PDAF sensor. The downside is that you loose about 1/3 of a stop of light. But that’s negligible in most situation.
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