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
There is a rumor battle between Fuji and Olympus in these days :)
Now we have the images of the soon to be announced three new MFT lenses from Olympus! And Digicameinfo also shared the specs:
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
Announcement in late January just like Fuji :)
Not only Fuji but also Olympus will soon launch new mirrrorless products. This is what we will see soon:
1) New Olympus OMD E-M10 camera. Specs:
– 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
2) 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ ED
As small as the superb Panasonic 12-32m lens but with 10mm more at the tele end and 2mm less wide open. The compact zoom will come in Black and Silver and cost 35,000 Yen ($335 or 250 Euro). And it has a smart protection cap.
3) 25mm f/1.8
Also the 25mm Olympus will come in Black and Silver and cost 35,000 Yen.
4) New accessories:
There will be also a new lens cap (BCL-0980) in Black or White (10,000 Yen= and a new macro converter (MCON-PO2).
Announcement will take place the coming days…
Raf007 at Dpreview forum got some interesting info about the current and future Samsung strategy. He writes:
“Ive found some interesting info from Samsung’s last week conference in Beijing. At first some more or less known facts:
NX30 AF speed up to 30% faster than NX300, better focusing in low lights, shorter shutter lag
16-50mm has four stops stabilisation
faster focusing than 45mm 1.8
ED-SEF580A is based on Metz 58 AF-2
Now come some more interesting facts/rumours from the conference
Samsung is going to release entry level NX3000
New flagship model is going to be released probably next year
50-150mm 2.8 water and dust resistant is going to be released probably next year too
300mm 2.8 is it the works. Apparently Samsung had a prototype of the lens already in 2011″
Fuji itself doesn’t make any mistery anymore and listed the Fuji X-T1 under their support page.
