Few minutes after the Nikon D800 announcement, Canon announced three new lenses and ten PowerShot cameras:
Olympus SZ-31MR
Here are the basic specs of the Olympus SZ-31MR and TG-820 compact cameras that will be announced in the next two days:
Olympus SZ-31MR
You knew that when Nikon released their new underwater Coolpix S30 camera, Canon would follow. And they did – with the Canon PowerShot D20. I don’t believe in conspiracy theories, but Nikon and Canon must schedule their press announcements together.
The Voigtländer Nokton 0.95 / 17.5mm MFT lens is now official:
This is how the new Olympus Tough TG-820 camera will look like. The TG-820 will be the replacement of the previous TG-810 model. Announcement should be either tomorrow or on Wednesday.
Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L II lens
Three new Canon lenses were listed in an online catalog and later removedS refresh of the 24-70mm f/2.8, 24mm and 28mm f/2.8 primes. Here are the images:
The current Olympus SZ-30MR model
The current Olympus TG-810 model
In addition to the OM-D E-m5, Olympus is also expected to announce replacement of the SZ-30MR and TG-810 compact cameras. The new models are rumored to be SZ-31MR and TG-820.
Voigtlander is supposed to announce a new Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras according to this blog post. Shipping date is listed as May, the approximate price is $1100.
Voigtlander already has a 25mm f/0.95 Nokton lens for Micro 4/3 mount.
For the CP+ show in Japan Tamron announced a new SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD lens that will be offered in Canon, Nikon and Sony mounts (Sony’s version is without vibration compensation).
