(High credibility rumor):
Fujirumors reports the X-PRO 2 will be announced on January 15th! And I am 100% sure he is right on the date info. The reliable specs according to FR are:
– APS-C sensor)
– 1/8000 of a second mechanical shutter speed
– weather sealed
– 4K video
– Faster Processor EXR III
So if the X-PRO 2 is coming in January…what will Fuji announced at the big Photokina event? X-T2 with organic sensor? Me dreaming I know :)
Reuters reports about the new quarterly financial report from Canon:
Japan’s Canon Inc said quarterly operating profit fell by a fifth as demand for digital cameras slumped and it spent more on developing new businesses, but it nudged up its full-year earnings estimates on a sharply weaker yen.
The consumer shift to smartphones for casual photo taking has pummelled demand for compact cameras, while the growing popularity of lighter mirrorless cameras has taken away market share from higher margin single-lens reflex cameras.
Time to get serious on mirrorless Canon! Where are our new EOS-M lenses?
via CanonWatch.
43rumors reports two news about future Olympus products:
What else can we expect from Olympus in 2016? Well, Olympus managers said fast prime lenses are high on the priority list. And it’s also easy to guess the new E-M1markII will be launched at Photokina in September!
The very first Leica SL owners appears to be Formula 1 star Sebastian Vettel. Of course for him it’s no problem to buy the SL but I highly suspect he even got is a free present from Leica to promote their new camera. When you are rich you always get richer :)
Source BBC via SonyAlphaForum.
Note: A new Leica SL test has been posted by German site Photoscala.
We can’t have enough of megapixel and High ISO race. So why not get excited about super fast lenses too? Well here you have a super rare Canon 50mm f/0.75 on action at eBay US (Click here). Good luck for the auction and once you own it…good luck trying to get things in focus :)
The Sony marketing machine is warming up. The PhotoPlus show is over and as we have seen lately from Sony their product announcements are now made off the big shows. I have been told Sony product announcement(s) are going to be made in November. So maybe we will finally get a glimpse into the new FE lens roadmap. Back in September Sony stated eight new FE lenses would be announced between now and Spring 2016. Time to see those!
Sony will buy the Toshiba sensor business for $165 million. They get one step closer to the total domination fo the sensor market. Toshiba also makes the sensors of some Fuji camera models and it’s pity we have one player less on the market.
