Magic mirrors that could show the future may exist only in fairy tales, but if they existed today, a question all DSLR users and serious photographers would like to ask is:
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, what is the future of the DSLR?”
Hi all,
My username on mirrorlessrumors.com is sneye (that will have to do). I have been a keen amateur photographer in the last 25 years or so, shooting mostly people in what is nowadays referred to as ‘street photography’. Of course I have been engaged in other genres over the years, occasionally picking up a paid job. I have always been interested in camera gear, but not as much as in the more expressive aspects of photography. Photography and cameras are two, unrelated, hobbies of mine. Some of my recent work can be seen on my Flickr stream.
Image on top shows the current 55mm Otus.
The best lens of th world you can use on any mirrorless camera with an adapter is the Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4. Well, if you have the money and want the best than you will be also happy to learn that Zeiss will launch a new Otus 85mm f/1.4 lens in 2014!
Price should be again around $4000. Start saving the money!
Here is the official message from Zeiss:
Note: The Otus 55mm is the best lens ever made according to DxO testings (Click here).
A big rumor time is ahead of us. And from what I got from my sources manufacturers are defintiely NOT going to wait til the Photokina in September to announce new great cameras. From begin January til mid February we can expect the following announcements:
Sony: New Sony NEX-7 successor is coming. It will likely use an updated new 24MP sensor and a more high-resolution EVF. It will also have on sensor PDAF. What we don’t know yet is if Sony will also announce a new entry level NEX…pardon Alpha E-mount camera :)
Olympus: There will be certainly a new entry-level OMD camera. Not the E-M5 successor! It will be cheaper than the E-M5.
Panasonic: Panasonic is heavily working to launch the new GH 4K camera. I am not sure yet they will announce it in February or April. But it’s coming!
Leica: Leica will launch a new mirrorless system with EVF and AF lenses. Primes will be designed and fabricated in Germany. The zooms are made by Panasonic in Japan. The camera should cost close to $2000 and have a bigger than ASP-C sensor (FF or less big).
Samsung: Samsung will launch a new NXF1. No specs are given yet but the “F” suggests that this could be the first FF camera?
Fuji: Fuji is going to make a digital version fo the glorious Fujica ST. While the X-PRO1s will come too.
Sigma: They are working on a interchangeable DP camera version. The chances stay good this will have an MFT mount.
Canon/Nikon/Ricoh/Pentax: It’s very quiet on that front. There were some rumors about a Pentax LX FF camera but you know…these Pentax FF rumors are floating around the web since the web has been invented :)
So here we are, ready to start a new rumor time with new energy and with the new MirrorlessRumors theme! I kindly invite you to read the presentation of the new site here: https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/welcome-to-the-new-mirrorlessrumors-theme.
Join in masses! :)
Ale
There is a double interview at DC.watch, first with Olympus and the second with Panasonic managers.
What we learn from those are:
– Olympus says they will focus on high end products like the OMD because these are selling better than PEN cameras
– Panasonic confessed that a GH 4K camera is likely to happen next year!
All the rest of the interview is more or less about the past and future strategy and a deep marketing analysis. While the worldwide interchangeable lens camera market is nor more growing the mirrorless cameras are still selling very well and growing in Asian countries and slowly also in Europe too. US market is still the hardest to conquer!
Image on top: Canon Director Mr. Makoto.
Dcwatch (google translation here) posted the content of an interview with Canon director MR. Makoto. Based on what the google translation tool provides us we have the following information:
– New EOS-M with built-in EVF could arrive the second half of 2014 .
– EOS-M focus is on keeping size down
– One key aspect on future mirrorless cameras is the hybrid still+video performance
– There will be new lenses for the EOS-M system
– Canon is also “studying” the possibility to make more semi pro or pro mirrorless cameras (Whatever that means…LOL).
For now Canon didn’t take the mirrorless camera world very seriously. But I am pretty sure this is going to change in 2014. The problems for them is. Will they be able to catch up with the best cameras like the Fuji X-E2, Sony A7r and Olympus E-M1?
After many months of work and lot of issues to solve our first beta of the new MirrorlessRumor theme is online.
The first thing you have to know is that this isn’t just a redesign. We completely rethinked the way a rumor site should work!
What I learned from these years on MirrorlessRumors is that:
1) There are many mirrorless camera owners that have the knowledge and passion to share interesting news. They can finally do that directly without having to contact the administrators!
2) For me (the admin) it is impossible to be online 24h per day. And with your help I can avoid to miss important news or rumors. This will keep the site always up to date.
That’s why:
From now on this becomes a community where everyone can post directly news and rumors! To do so you are kindly invited to become a member of this site. Check out what you can do by clicking on the Member Panel you see on top right of the site (it shows only after your registration and login).
How it works and what you can do:
1) You can submit articles that will be reviewed by our admins (for now this is just…me). If approved they will get online.
2) You can comment articles
3) You will get votes for approved posts (100 points) and 1 point for every like on your posts or comments (or -1 point if someone dislikes)
4) If you want and I can trust you…than you can ask to become an admin. As admin you can write posts without my moderation and review other members articles.
What do you gain by joining the community?
1) You can promote your work, your sites and let the community know who you are! You are free to write post and link back to your Blog and Portfolios. Use MR to get known!
2) Less trolls. Now only approved members can comment and heavy trolls will be first warned and eventually kicked out if they don’t follow the very basic rules of respect.
…and many more “reasons” to join will be online soon!
Remember:
This is just a very early beta. We need to launch the site as it is to check out if everything works fine before we do keep adding features. So please, join the site, try the features and I hope you will like what we have done so far!
Thanks a lot!
Peter, Andrea, Ale, Doug, Patrick, Stefan
P.S.: today there will be problems with signup from facebook and twitter until the domain propagates well.
