Super compact zoom lenses are trendy and Olympus will announce an amazing 14-42mm lens next week. It will be as small as their 17mmf /2.8 pancake! 

Well, it look like Canon is working on such a lens too! Egami (via CanonWatch) spotted a patent filed by Canon that appears to refer to new pancake lenses for the EOS M system: 18-40mm f/3.5-5.6, 18-55mm f/4-8, 10-20mm f/4-5.6, and 9-18mm f/4-5.6. Here are the detailed specs:

Example 1

Zoom ratio 2.28
Focal length f = 18.10-29.78-41.20mm
Fno. 3.60-4.70-5.88
Half angle ? = 36.92-24.55-18.27 °
Image height Y = 13.60mm
54.22-49.85-51.81mm lens length
BF 0.50mm

Example 7

Zoom ratio 3.00
Focal length f = 18.10-37.01-54.30mm
Fno. 4.20-6.20-8.20
Half angle ? = 36.92-20.17-14.06 °
Image height Y = 13.60mm
64.74-56.63-62.13mm lens length
BF 0.50mm

Example 8

Zoom ratio 1.91
Focal length f = 10.30-15.00-19.70mm
Fno. 3.90-4.83-5.76
Half angle ? = 52.98-42.31-34.74 °
Image height Y = 13.66mm
58.84-53.45-52.25mm lens length
BF 0.50mm

Example 10

Zoom ratio 1.91
Focal length f = 9.27-13.49-17.71mm
Fno. 4.12-4.93-5.76
Half angle ? = 55.84-45.36-37.65 °
Image height Y = 13.66mm
60.98-55.27-53.91mm lens length
BF 0.50mm

Fujirumors leaked the images of the X-T1 seen from all the possible angles! Here they are:

Some more info via FR:

– tilt screen / ISO  up to 51200 / magnestum body / EVF: 2.36 million OLED, 0.005s lag  <- this is EVF spec, the world highest / 0.08s AF speed (world fastest) / with optional battery grip / WIFI

Here is the updated specs list

announcement January 28th (trusted source)
bigger (x77 magnification) and better (high performance) EVF / (trusted +  anonymous sources)
APS-C X-Trans sensor II (16MP) / (trusted +  anonymous sources)
support for the UHS-II SD-card for super-fast writing speed / (trusted sources)
dual SD-Card slot (trusted source)
8fps with AF tracking / (trusted source)
weather sealed body / (trusted sources)
tilt screen (source who was right in the past, but not yet upgraded to trusted source + new source)
SLR-type (Fujica) design / (source who was right in the past, but not yet upgraded to trusted source)
name: X-T1 / (anonymous source + Fujifilm)
WiFi
ISO  up to 51200 (new source)
smaller than the X-E2 (anonymous source)
18-55 kit lens (anonymous source + other rumor sites)
18-135 will be weather sealed (other rumor sites)
in stores mid-February (other rumor sites + anonymous source)
price range between X-E and X-PRO line / (new and anonymous sources)
priced at 180,000 yen (other rumor sites) or $1,8000 (anonymous source)
additional battery grip / (anonymous source)
faster AF then X-E2 / (new source) [I think that this source confused faster writing speed with faster AF-speed]

As reported before Fuji will announce the new weather sealed X-mount X-T1 camera on January 28. And today Fuji launched that teaser site at http://fujifilm-x.com/teaser140128/en/. It shows the first real picture of the camera!

These are some rumored specs/characteristics of the camera:

bigger (extra-large) and better (high performance) EVF / (trusted +  anonymous sources)
APS-C X-Trans sensor II (16MP) / (trusted +  anonymous sources)
support for the UHS-II SD-card for super-fast writing speed / (trusted sources)
8fps with AF tracking / (trusted source)
weather sealed body / (trusted sources)
tilt screen (source who was right in the past, but not yet upgraded to trusted source)
FujicaST-like (SLR-type) design / (source who was right in the past, but not yet upgraded to trusted source)
name: X-T1 / (anonymous source + Fujifilm)
price range between X-E and X-PRO line / (new and anonymous sources)
additional battery grip / (anonymous source)
faster AF then X-E2 / (new source)

Mark those dates:

Fuji will announce the new X-T1 on January 28 at 5-6am London time.

Olympus will announce the new E-M10 on January 29 at 5-6am London time.

As usual I will cover the announcement live here on MirrorlessRumors. With live I mean I will continually update this site with news, reviews, image samples and so on!

There is no secret anymore about the next Olympus announcement. The camera and the three new lenses got fully leaked! On top you can see the Silver and Black E-M10.

And these are the full specs:

Olympus OMD E-M10
– 16MP sensor (same as E-M5 and with no PDAF)
– True Pic VII processor (same as E-M1)
– Very small body
– integrated flash
– 3 axis stabilization
– comes with new compact zoom as kit lens

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ
– 37mm filter diameter
– Comes in black and silver
– Estimated retail price of around 35,000 yen (250 Euro or around $335)
– Has a lens cap (correction, it’s not built in. You can remove it!)

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 25mm F1.8
– 46mm filter diameter
– Minimum focusing distance is 0.25m
– Comes in black and silver
– Estimated retail price of around 35,000 yen (250 Euro or around $335)

BCL-0980
– Fish-eye lens of 9mm f/8.0
– Minimum focusing distance 0.2m

A bit pity to see the E-M10 has not that amazing 5 axis stabilization!

Image on top shows the current G1X camera.

Someone over at Xitek (found via Photorumors) posted details about the soon to be announced Canon G1 X Mark II camera. According to the source it be unveiled right before the CP+ show in February.

Rumored specs are:
DIGIC 6 image processor
24-120mm f/2.8-5.8 lens (fixed obviously)
20.2MP 1.5″ CMOS sensor
New “real image” optical zoom viewfinder
3.0″ LCD touch screen with 922,000 dots