→ Canon EOS 6D camera is listed as discontinued at Amazon UK. → Sony RX1 camera is listed as discontinued at DigitalRev. → Nikon D800E (and D800) cameras are listed as discontinued at B&H. → Fuji X100s camera is listed as discontinued. → Leica X2 camera is also listed as discontinued.
→ Starting today till October 18th, the Fuji X100s camera will be $200 off at Adorama and B&H (with some extra freebies). Also, the price of the Fuji X-E2 kit with 18-55mm lens will drop to $1,099 at Adorama and B&H (with some extra freebies). → The Sony a7 and a7r are currently $200 off at B&H and Adorama. […]
Dpreview published their Photokina interview with Canon. Here are some interesting quotes (see also the main points from their interview with Nikon): New high-MP sensor and mirrrorless product(s) are coming soon: Q: Currently no Canon camera offers more than 22MP. Do your DSLR customers ask for higher resolution? A: Yes. We know that many of our customers […]
The Fuji X-Pro2 or a new Fuji medium format digital cameras were not announced at Photokina as some websites suggested (I never believed those rumor which is why I did not reported them here). Here is some Fuji X-Pro2 info from admiringlight.com who interviewed Torben Hondong from Fujifilm Germany at Photokina:
Fujifilm remind us again that they do not have any plans for a full frame camera for now: Oishi said Fuji plans to launch further X-series cameras, and that there is no current plan for a full-frame model. But he pointed out that Fuji is a camera developer, so it may be a possibility at […]
Some additional coverage from the Fuji booth at Photokina:
Fujifilm will announce a new firmware update for the X-T1 mirrorless camera in December. Here is a list of the new functionality that will be added (the new Fuji X-T1GS model already has some of the new features):
At the 2014 Photokina show Fujifilm has a new XF 140-400mm f/4-5.6 R LM OIS WR super telephoto zoom lens on display. The lens will be announced in 2015 and was already mentioned on Fuji’s XF lens roadmap:
Few other Photokina announcements that went under the radar: → Fujifilm also announced a new Instax Wide 300 instant film camera and different colors for the Instax Mini 8 (raspberry and grape) and Instax Mini 90 (in brown). → Sony announced the world’s first 35mm full frame lens with power zoom capability: FE PZ 28-135mm f/4 […]
Fuji X-T1 Pre-order options: Adorama (18-135 lens kit) | B&H (18-135 lens kit) | Amazon | WEX UK. Fuji X-T1 graphite silver new features and controls: AF Area direct selection – Users can select the focus area with the 4-way controller, without pressing the Fn Key. Function replacement for the AE-L/AF-L buttons – The currently locked […]
