A short heads up to remind you that next week is going to be quite interesting. On Monday Panasonic and Fuji will announce their small brothers of the X-T1 and GH4 flagship cameras.
And by end of the week Sony will introduce a new A6xxx camera and hopefully also the long time rumored A7rII.
Let’s see if the A7rII will become a real Canon 50MP cam competitor.
Also Nikon is suffering the digital camera market collapsing. Bloomberg reports:
Nikon plunged 11 percent, the most since August 2013 and the biggest drop on the Nikkei 225. The camera maker forecast 30 billion yen in operating profit for the year ending March, missing the 49.8 billion yen estimate of analysts. The company also slashed its 2017 operating-profit target to 38 billion yen, down from 110 billion yen in June.
Full data can be read at Nikon.
The Fuji X-T10 and Panasonic G7 do have something in common. Both have a sort of “cubic” style! Both cameras will be announced the next Monday (May 18).
Digicameinfo just leaked the G7 images and specs:
– 4K video. 4K Photo
– 4K 30p / 24p
– Contrast AF employing the DFD technology
– 16MP Digital Live MOS sensor
– New Venus engine
– 360-degree panorama function
– Shutter speed 1/16000
– 2.36 million dot organic EL EVF
– 1.04 million dot free-angle monitor
Digicameinfo leaked more images of the X-T10. And this are the Fujirumors translated specs:
– 16.3MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS II sensor
– Ultrasonic sensor cleaning mechanism
– Continuous shooting 8 frames / sec in the AF tracking
– Upper limit of the ISO sensitivity 51200
– Automatic scene recognition auto mode
– Intelligent hybrid AF of AF 0.08 seconds. AF point is 49 points
– EVF is 2.36 million dots. 100% field of view, magnification 0.62 times. Time lag is 0.005 seconds
– Start-up time of 0.5 seconds. Shutter lag is 0.05 seconds
– Quiet and high-speed electronic shutter (60 seconds -1/32000 seconds)
– 3.0 inches 920,000-dot tilting LCD monitor
– Video 1080p 60/50/30/25 / 24fps. Manual possible exposure
– Wi-Fi built-in. Remote control possible from smartphones and tablet
– P / S / A / M exposure modes
– Five types of auto bracket mode. 8 types of advanced filter
– Peaking and digital split image
– Built-in flash. Pop-up
– Interval timer. Time-lapse
– Capable of shooting in RAW + JPEG
– The body is made of metal. Five dial
– Exposure compensation plus or minus 3EV
– The battery is NP-W126. The number of remaining shots is 350 sheets
– Kit lens XC16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OIS II
The 90mm f/2.0 lens will be announced along the Fuji X-T10 on May 18. Here are the specs:
– 62mm Filter size
– Dust and Splash resistant.
– Lens construction: 11 elements in 8 groups
– Three ED glass elements
– Circular aperture diaphragm
via Digicameinfo.
Fuji did it again…make current X-T1 owner very happy again :)
They announced the new 4.0 firmware update that will be released by end of June (Source: Fujifilm).
Here is the list of improvements:
(1) New AF system with Zone and Wide/Tracking modes for effortless capture of moving subjects
(2) Improvement of AF accuracy (The built-in phase detection pixels have the detection range of 0.5EV, an improvement from the previous 2.5EV, delivering phase detection AF performance that enables fast focusing in low-light conditions and on low-contrast subjects.)
(3) Eye Detection AF
(4) Auto Macro mode
(5) AF improvement in the Movie mode
Other Improvements
(1) Improved Shutter Speed Dial operation
(2) Exposure Compensation control in Manual.
(3) Finer lines on the framing grid enhances visibility
(4) Name of Silent mode changed to avoid confusion
