It’s hard to write an article about a google translated Japanese interview :) But if I got it right DC.watch reports that Canon is investigating the possibility to launch a new kind of system camera with new mount. I guess they are talking about a mirrorless Full Frame mount. Canon says they recognize the value of having a compact system camera.

Translated form Japanese culture to Western culture: They are finally recgnizing that they did a mistake not taking mirrorless seriously :)

The Leica D-Lux LX100 clone

Panasonic and Leica announced the extension of their partnership within the digital camera market:

Panasonic Corporation and Leica Camera AG today announced they have extended their partnership agreement and agreed to expand and strengthen their technological cooperation in the digital camera field.

The agreement includes the extension of license agreement for use of Leica’s trademark on Panasonic’s digital camera products as well as expansion and strengthening of technological cooperation between the two companies. Based on this agreement, Panasonic will be able to commercialize digital camera products with Leica lenses over the next five years, from October 2014 to September 2019 while Leica will be able through the expansion and strengthening of technological cooperation to utilize Panasonic’s digital technology in its own product development. The agreement will allow both companies to boost product competitiveness by combining Leica’s optical technology and Panasonic’s digital technology. The companies had signed a cooperative agreement for digital audiovisual equipment lenses in August 2000 and agreed to cooperate in the digital camera sector in July 2001. Since then, the companies have built up a cooperative relationship in optical technology and quality control, and brought high-performance and high-quality digital cameras to the market by fusing Leica’s superior optical technology with Panasonic’s digital technologies such as image processing. The technological cooperation newly agreed upon in this agreement will reinforce the partnership between the two companies, enabling them to accelerate the development of excellent digital camera products with enhanced appeal to the global camera market. Yoshiyuki Miyabe, President of AVC Networks Company, an internal company of Panasonic, stated: “It is a great honor to be able to strengthen our bonds with Leica as a strategic partner. Panasonic will continue to incorporate Leica’s century-worth of optical technologies and camera traditions into the DNA of Panasonic’s digital cameras to further expand our business.” Alfred Schopf, Chief Executive Officer of Leica Camera, said: “The signing of this agreement is significant for Leica as we seek further growth in the digital imaging sector. Strengthening our cooperative relationship with Panasonic is essential to Leica’s continued growth.”

Source Panasonic Japan. Found via Dicahub.

This may just be a cat and mouse game from Fuji but that’s what they told to AP:

Oishi said Fuji plans to launch further X-series cameras, and that there is no current plan for a full-frame model. But he pointed out that Fuji is a camera developer, so it may be a possibility at some future date. For now at least, the company line is that there is no full-frame plan.

I am sure Fuji will go Full frame one day. The question is only when this will happen…

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found via Digicameinfo

Image courtesy: ePhotozine.

They kept it hidden for a couple of days but finally they are out! Schneider is showing their two new MFT lenses today. A new 14mm f/2.0 and 30mm f/2.4 fully autofocusing lens!

The price is “rumored” to be around 1000 Euro.

If you want to know what’s going on at Photokina here are images and videos showing you all new mirrorless cameras, lenses and prototypes!

Sony:
First image samples taken with the Zeiss 16-35mm by Mark Gale and Sony Japan.
The two new 16-35mm and 28-135mm FE lenses in real size comparison at Camerasize.
Sony booth report by Photoclubalpha.
Hands-on by Admiringlight.
Hands-on by VeryBigLobo.
New FE prototype lenses in a hand of a lady (dpreview forum).

Fuji:
Hands-on by Admiringlight.
140-400mm mockup pics (Fujirumors)
16-55mm f/2.8 protoype hands-on at ePhotozine.

Olympus:
Lens camera prototype (43rumors)
Hands-on by Admiringlight.
First pictures of the Olympus 300mm f/4.0 and 7-14mm prototype lens (43rumors)

Panasonic:
Hands-on by Admiringlight.
Hands-on with the ultra-compact Panasonic 35-100mm f/4-5.6 telephoto zoom lens (Imaging Resource).
Panasonic stand report by Dpreview.
CM1 hands-on in Spanish (Youtube)
Panasonic presentation at Photokina (Youtube) (it’s part one and more parts will follow)
GM5 hands-on pics at ePhotozine.
LX100 hands-on pics at ePhotozine.

Samsung:
Hands-on by Admiringlight.
First look video on Youtube.
50-150mm hands-on at ePhotozine.
300mm protoype at ePhotozine.
stand report by dpreview.

Voigtlander:
Real world images of the Nokton 10,5mm (43rumors).
Hands-on pics at SystemKameraForum.

Leica:
Hands-on by dpreview.

The Polish site Optyczne posted the list of features that will be added/updated/fixed with the scheduled December Fuji X-T1 firmware update:

1) New Electronic Shutter
2) New Film Simulation “Classic Chrome”
3) LCD Brightness / EVF / LCD Color Control
4) Normal Live View Mode
5) Direct Focus area selection
6) AE-L/AF-L Button Setting
7) Video mode (60p/50p/30p/25p/24p)
8) Manual video control (ISO, Aperture, S.S., AF mode)
9) Phase detection AF on instant AF
10) PC Shooting

What a nice list!

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found via Photorumors.