Olympus working on a new pro body for Four Thirds lenses

Olympus lenses

Olympus made an official statement that they are working on a new pro body for Four Thirds lenses:

Olympus working on new body for top-pro lenses

Akira Watanabe, manager of Olympus Imaging’s SLR planning department, confirmed today that the company is definitely working on a body to deliver the focusing performance expected by users of the Top Pro lens series like the ground breaking 90-250 f2.8 fixed aperture zoom.

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Recap of the latest Canon rumors

There are rumors for a new smaller 22MP Canon EOS 6D full frame DSLR camera that will be announced in October (it is unusual for a major company to make announcements just one month after Photokina).

Lenses: rumors for a new EF 35 f/1.4L II and EF 135 f/1.8L IS (Canon already has a patent for a 135mm f/2.0 lens lens). This is how the new 135mm lens could look:

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Recap of the latest Panasonic rumors

Those are the latest pre-Photokina Panasonic rumors:

  • New Panasonic GH3 camera: it will be similar to the GH2, weather sealed, no global shutter with improved AF speed and better EVF. The rumored sensor is 15.5MP with 160-12800 ISO range (expandable to 80-51200). The rest of the specs: 6.7fps, 3.2″ LCD with 1050k-dots, double SDXC memory card slots, built-in GPS.
  • New Panasonic GX2 camera is expected in November.
  • New Panasonic lenses: 35-100mm X lens, a prime telephoto lens and a wide angle zoom (maybe a 7-28mm).
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Recap of the latest Olympus rumors

  • The Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 60mm F2.8 macro lens is expected to be announced next week together with a new ring flash.
  • Olympus is also rumored to announce a cheap 15mm f/8.0 MFT prime lens with fixed aperture and length of only 9mm.
  • Other new lenses: a cheap prime lens, a 12-60mm zoom and a 25mm f/1.8 macro.
  • Olympus XZ-2 will also probably be announced at Photokina.
  • There is not much info available at this time, but rumors for a new E-PM5 (or E-PM3), E-PL5 with built in EVF and Olympus E-7 are circulating.
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Recap of the latest Sony rumors

  • The Sony 300mm f/2.8 lens is listed as discontinued on the Sony USA store.
  • Sony is rumored to announce the NEX-5R and NEX-6 mirrorlress camera. The NEX-5R will have a new 16MP sensor with phase detection AF pixels and a flip screen. The most interesting rumor is that the new camera will have “full Internet support” where users will be able to download apps just like on a smart phone. The NEX-6 will be a light and cheaper version of the NEX-7. Expect the official announcement on August 28th.
  • New Sony lenses: 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 pancake zoom, 11-18 f/4.0 WA zoom and a 35mm f/1.8 prime.
  • The Sony a99 is rumored to be announced in mid September, right before Photokina.

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Canon PowerShot SX160 IS and SX500 IS compact cameras leaked

  

Two new Canon compact cameras leaked: the PowerShot SX160 IS with 16x zoom and the PowerShot SX500 IS with 30x zoom. Expect the official announcement before the Photokina show next month.

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Pentax K-5 now also discontinued in the US

After the first report from Japan back in January, the Pentax K-5 DSLR is now also discontinued in the US according to this B&H listing (the body only version is still available). Expect the replacement to be announced at Photokina next month.

Via Pentaxforums

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What else is new? [weekend digest]

  • Deal: Join by August 31 and get your first year of Creative Cloud membership for only $29.99/month. Valid for existing CS product owners.

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Samyang announces T1.5 35mm, T1.5 24mm and T3.1 14mm VDSLR lenses

Today Samyang officially announced the T1.5 35mm AS UMC, T1.5 24mm ED AS IF UMC and T3.1 14mm ED AS IF UMC VDSLR lenses:

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Fujifilm discontinues three compact film cameras

 Fuji Natura Classica N film camera

Fuji Natura Classica N film camera

Fujifilm Klasse W film camera

Fujifilm Klasse W film camera

Fujifilm issued a press release that they will discontinue the production of the Natura Classica ($299), Klasse W ($559) and Clear Shot M compact film cameras. I think is about time for Fujifilm to drop the “film” part from their name.

Via Tokyocamerastyle

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