At the last day of PhotoPlus Expo in New York Zeiss showed mockups of their new lenses for mirrorless compact system cameras. Shipping is expected to start in Spring (previous reports indicated shipping in Summer) starting with the 2.8/12mm, 1.8/32mm and 2.8/50mm macro lenses for Sony NEX and Fujifilm X-Pro cameras. All new Zeiss mirrorless lenses will have autofocus.
Via Zeiss @Facebook
The new Canon EOS M mirrorless camera is now shipping in the US and is currently in stock at Amazon/OneCall. Here are some of the main features of camera:
The Sony SLT-A99 and Pentax K-5 II/s cameras are currently shipping in the US and are in stock at B&H:
Tamron filed patent 2012-208434 in Japan for a 150-600mm f/5-6.3 lens. Two different lens designs were described. Patent details:
At the 2012 PhotoPlus Expo Samsung announced again their 12-24mm f/4-5.6 and 45mm f/1.8 NX lenses that were initially introduced at Photokina. The only real news is the actual lens pricing:
The BIG 15mm f/4.5 shift lens for Micro Four Thirds that was announced at the 2012 Photokina show has been put on hold because the manufacturer found that the 15mm Voigtländer, which the lens is based on, didn’t work as expected.
Panasonic Japan announced that the Lumix DMC-GH3 Micro Four Thirds camera will start shipping on December 13, 2012:
B&H has the listed the Panasonic GH3 with a shipping date of December 5th:
In few hours Nikon is rumored to announce a new Nikon 1 V2 camera and a Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens with improved VR technology. Nikon will also reveal future plans for the development of three new lenses for their Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras. The new products will be on display at the PDN Photo Plus Expo in New York later this week.
