If you thought that after Photokina you could sit back and relax your boring no rumor time…well watch out! Sony is preparing one big announcement soon. Sometimes between late October and late November they will announce a new E-mount camera and probably the new 16-35mm f/2.8 FE GM lens too.

There is no info nor specs about the possible camera. it could be the A7III or A5300 or the long time rumored first camera of a new A9 E-mount camera series. Anyway, it’s going to be exciting!

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via SonyAlphaRumors.

Canon keeps patenting crazy long zoom lenses: The newest patent discloses the design of a 60-800mm APS-C (Super 35mm) lens! The lens is 46cm long! That’s exactly the length of the Canon EF 800mm f/5.6 lens:

Image via CameraSize. Patent via Egami

Ricoh confirmed at DPreview:

Ricoh GR is one of our most important premium cameras. We want to reassure our GR lovers that the series will continue.

Two new rumors:

1. Fujirumors reports that Fuji will launch a graphite X-PRO2 in 2017
2. The A5100 got marked as discontinued. Sony could launch the new A5300 soon…(via SAR).

Focus Numerique interviewed the Samyang managers at Photokina. There are two interesting points:

1. Samyang said doing MFT and X-mount autofocus lenses is possible. But the market for those kind of lenses is small so they still don’t know if they will do it
2. Samyang said they will start to make zoom lenses too. First for the XEEN cine lens line. And after that for the “normal” photography world.