Watch this video showing you how the future lenses will be (Spoiler: small!)
The day may not be far away when lenses will become as thin as hair!
Olympus and Sony could announce new mirrorless products next week!
Well, we may get the chance to see some new products long before Photokina. And if we are lucky next week Olympus and Sony will announce new products:
- Olympus
They will announce the E-PL8 and the 30mm f/3.5 macro lens (Source: 43rumors). - Sony:
It’s very unclear what could come from Sony. But they are rumored to announce “something” by end of the next week. This could be for a new RX100m5 and A5300 camera. (Source: SAR).
What else can we hope to get before Photokina? Well the Fuji X-T2 for sure (sometimes in July I guess). And maybe the Panasonic GH5?
Tony Northrup says Nikon 1 and Canon EOS-M are dead systems just like the Samsung NX
Tony & Chelsea Northrup tried to predict the future of photography. And if you watch the video from 21.30min you will hear quite a statement from Tony. He believes the Nikon 1 and Canon EOS-M system are de facto just as dead as the Samsung NX system. He believes Fuji X, MFT and Sony E-mount will be the only mirrorless systems to survive within the current shrinking digital camera market.
For Tony and Chelsea the future of photography lies in Instagram, AI, Wearables and other “non classical” platforms and technologies.
New Fuji Rumors: X-T2 coming before Photokina and new 20mm f/1.8 lens patent
There are many Fuji rumors and news:
X-T2:
The earthquake damages in Kumamoto did not change Fuji’s plan to launch the new X-T2 launch before the Photokina event. The camera is likely to be announced within the next 4-6 weeks (Source: Fujirumors).
20mm f/1.8:
Egami spotted a new 20mm f/1.8 Fuji lens patent.
Nissin i60:
The launch got delayed til late July (info via BHphoto).
EF-X500 Flash :
The EF-X500 Flash launch got postponed to September (Source: Fujirumors).
Nikon registered a new “N1514” model. Is this the first “serious” mirrorless system camera?
Nikon registered a new camera in Indonesia. The new camera has the code “N1514”. We don’t know what this camera is. But once registered it doesn’t take long to see the camera announced (usually 1-2 months).
This could be the first “serious” mirrorless system camera from Nikon. This means FF sensor and maybe even F-mount(???).
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via Nikonrumors
Nikon DL compacts are delayed till September-October!
The Official Nikon word is that the Nikon DL compact will ship on June 30. But according to info we got from dealers it’s more likely that those cameras will start shipping in late September or early October at best!
The bad news goes one because we also heard:
- No major Sony E-mount or RX camera announcement in June
- Olympus E-PL8 launch delayed til late Summer
- Shipment shortage of current models will hit us soon
The Sony Kumamoto sensor facility damage will have sever consequences for almost all companies.
Also Ricoh confirms some delay on their products
Ricoh Japan confirmed that they also got affected by the Kumamoto earthquake. Because of supply (aka Sony) issues there will be some shortage of Ricoh/Pentax cameras.