What else is new

→ The Fuji X100s camera is already listed as discontinued at B&H. Few pieces are still available for sale on Amazon at discounted prices.

→ B&H now carries Yongnuo products.

→ Sigma announced that their LCD viewfinder LVF-01 will start shipping in January, 2015. B&H is already taking pre-orders.

→ Toshiba launched the world’s first SDHC memory card with built-in NFC.

Kodak announced their new IM5 Android-based smartphone.

Nauticam announced underwater housing for the Canon G7X camera.

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Incoming: new Fuji XQ2 camera

Fuji XQ2 camera
In addition to the compact cameras I mentioned yesterday, Fuji will also announce a new XQ2 model according to a recent filing with the Chinese government MIIT website (see above screenshot). The new XQ2 will be a replacement for the current XQ1 camera.

Via Digicame-info

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Sony showed (again) prototypes of their upcoming FE full frame lenses at CES

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During the 2015 CES Sony again showed prototypes of their upcoming FE full frame lenses that were announced during Photokina (see this and this post for more information). Here are few additional pictures of the prototype lenses:

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Samyang/Rokinon 135mm f/2.0 ED Aspherical full frame lens leaked

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The new Samyang/Rokinon 135mm f/2.0 ED Aspherical full frame lens leaked on this eBay listing which contains several pictures and some basic specifications:

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New Fuji FinePix cameras coming for CP+: XP80, S9800, S9900W, XP81, XP85, S9950W, S9850 and S9750

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The Russian website novocert.ru has several listings for the new Fuji point and shoot cameras that will be announced at the CP+ show in Japan next month:

There are no listings for any mirrorless models.

Via Digicame-info

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Canon planing to move camera manufacturing back to Japan

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With the falling yen, Canon is planning to move copier, camera and printer manufacturing back to Japan:

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New Rokinon teaser shows a blurry image of the upcoming 135mm lens

Rokinon 135mm lens teaser
Few days ago I already mentioned on Facebook about the new Rokinon teaser for their upcoming 135mm lens (probably f/1.8) – you can now clearly see the dimensions of the new lens.

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Sony A7II DxOMark test results are out

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DxOMark released their test results for the Sony a7 II camera:

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Panasonic to announce a new GF7 camera at the CP+ show next month

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The Korean Radio Research Agency has a new entry for a Panasonic GF7 camera that will most likely be announced during the CP+ show in Japan next month. I already reported that the Panasonic GX7 body is already listed as discontinued at B&H.

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Nissin to launch new Di700 AIR flash and Air Commander

Nissin Di700 AIR flash
Update: more information on the new flash is available here.

I received some information that Nissin will soon launch a new flash model called Di700 AIR (similar to the current Di700) and a new Air Commander for Nikon, Canon and Sony cameras. Here are the model number:

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