Canon says mirorrless market is “slowing down” (WTF?)


Mr. Mizoguchi and Mr. Tokura interviewed by Dpreview

Dpreview interviewed two Canon managers and that’s what they say about their mirrorless strategy:

  1. “Our intention is to become number one in the overall ILC market: mirrorless and SLR. “
  2. “Compared to two years ago we’re now seeing a slowing down of mirrorless taking over. We were expecting to see more mirrorless taking off, keeping that momentum, but that has not happened.”
  3. When asked about a possible professional EOS-M the answer is “Obviously we think it could be possible, there is a potential, but we do not want to put a time frame on that.“
  4. About professional L lenses for the EOS-M: “The demand for that is still quite limited and so we won’t be able to say. “
  5. “In terms of introducing sensor-based stabilization into our EOS-M series, I think it will add weight, which might deter some of our mirrorless customers. Which is why we think optical IS is the way to go for us.”

So either Canon is hiding their cards or they seriously believe mirrorless is just a Gimmick. That would be disappointing!

E-mount lens news and rumors: Batis 135mm f/2.8 leaked, Sigma FE lenses coming soon and Voigtlander FE pricing.

We got a couple of E-mount lens news and rumors:

  1. The image on top shows the new Batis lens that will be announced soon. it could be a 135mm f/2.8 (Source: SonyAlpharumors).
  2.  Kazuto Yamaki from Sigma confirmed at Dpreview that they are developing new Sigma FE lenses
  3. DC.watch got a price estimation of the three new Voigtlander FE lenses: The 40mm f/1.2 and the 65mm f/2 will cost less than 150,000 yen / $1,300. The 35mm f/1.4 less than 150,000 yen /  $1,300.

There should be also a new Sony announcement in March. And than we will get the new 16-35mm f/2.8 GM!

Hasselblad announces the new XCD 35-75mm Zoom, XCD 65mm, XCD 22mm Wide Angle and XCD 120mm f/3.5 Macro lenses!

Today the Fuji GFX shipment officially started at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. But it looks like Hasselblad wants to steal a bit of the show and just announced four new lenses!

Three lenses will sip in 2018: The XCD 35-75mm Zoom, XCD 65mm and XCD 22mm Wide Angle. And only the new XCD 3,5/120mm Macro lens will be available soon for now and this is the press text:

The XCD 120mm Macro is a compact macro lens for the X1D camera featuring close focusing from infinity to an image scale of 1:2 (43 cm distance setting). The optical design and internal focusing system ensures amazing performance at all distance settings. Mirrorlessrumors
The focal length and high aperture also makes the lens an eminently suitable portrait lens with beautiful bokeh. All XCD lenses contain a lens shutter delivering shutter speeds from 60 minutes to 1/2000 second. Synchronizing with flash at all speeds, allows full creative freedom when mixing flash and daylight. The lens shutter also generates very little vibration providing hand-hold shots with perfect sharpness.

Fuji GFX shipment started today! GFX manual now available for download.

The full Fuji GFX manual is now available for download at fujifilm-dsc.com/en/manual/gfx50s/gfx_50s_omw_en_s_f.pdf

The camera is also finally shipping out from various US stores:

GFX System Camera & Lenses
GFX 50S Medium Format Mirrorless Camera at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm GF 63mm F/2.8 R WR Lens for GFX at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm GF 32-64mm F/4 R LM WR Lens for GFX at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm GF 120mm F/4 R LM OIS WR Macro Lens for GFX at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

GFX 50S Accessories at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm EVF-TL1 EVF Tilt Adapter for GFX 50S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm H Mount Adapter G, for GFX at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm RLCP-002 Rear Lens Cap for GFX Lenses at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm BCP-002 Body Cap for GFX at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm FLCP-62II Front Lens Cap fpr GF 63mm Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm VG-GFX1 Vertical Battery Grip f/GFX 50S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm NP-T125 Rechargeable Battery for GFX 50S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm BC-T125 Battery Charger for NP-T125 Battery at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Fujifilm AC-15V AC Power Adapter for GFX 50S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Nikon finally admits it has to get serious with mirrorless

Nikon finally stated that they will launch “Multiple” mirrorless system camera in the near future. There is no word about the possible specs but it’s surely highly likely that we will see new Full Frame mirrorless cameras rather than APS-C cameras.

What I certainly would not like is Nikon to keep the F-mount on mirrorless cameras. That would be a waste of…space :)