A Xitek forum member translated he key points from the Impress Japan interviews with various camera manufacturers about their future plans - see previous post about Olympus, Pentax and Nikon (Google translation):
Olympus
Olympus Imaging Marketing Division manager Ogawa Haruo topics: attention to the viewfinder of a single preparation of new micro-, E-5's successor is also made (see also this related article):
- is doing with the new Olympus features a single micro-
- lies in the form of the viewfinder
- E-5's successor models are developed
Canon
Canon Imaging Rong Tian Ya manager: 2012 to launch micro-single, but also a powerful and portable digital SLR camera:
- No anti-camera lens you really need to exchange
- can be without the anti-camera SLR and compact cameras
- The last year of high pixels to a high sensitivity
Sigma
Sigma Corporation President: being developed M43 mount lenses, Foveon in the APS-C format:
- DP series lineup will be expanded
- SD series of future development in the APS-C format
- will launch a micro-single-lens
Sony
Sony's Tian Hong: E research and discussion is a small lens mount, there will be a half-mirror camera (see a detailed translation here):
- NEX with a small lens
- Even if there is a million pixels is not surprising
- to manufacturers of electronic shutter will eventually be commercialized
Nikon
Nikon Imaging Marketing manager: D700's successor as the solution for high-pixel high-strength, D3 successor machine for high-speed sense:
- D3, D700's successor
- optimized for "high sense of high-power high-speed as the solution."
- optimize the use of a portable camera
Fujifilm
Fujifilm electronic image business Higuchi Minister Wu Subject: new single will use micro APS-C sensor, the power level will be exceeded as the solution of the whole site:
- the same with the X100 and X10, will take the high road to showdown
- AF speed is quite fast, and future plans are low-end models
- the level of force as the solution will exceed the full-size
Pentax
Pentax Ricoh Imaging Technology: study of 645 full-size and non-anti-air, the vision of the future rate of SLR models will be 100% (see detailed translation here):
- as long as the once high-definition experience will no longer go back
- The entry-level field of view would also like to be around 100%
- no anti-full-frame camera will take into account and 645
Ricoh
Ricoh's Tomohiro Nagano: boot speed, battery, solid and, as a tool of the GR will be more evolution:
- Pentax lens unit can be used
- The zoom lens of the GRD
- black and white photographs a dedicated compact camera
Does anyone have a better translation?
