New rumors indicate that Fuji may announce a new line of Fujinon lenses for Canon EF mount in March, 2012. Now that’s a shocker. Fujifilm recently mentioned in an interview with Reuters that they may re-enter the interchangeable lens camera market with a product that is fully developed in-house, but my guess was that they are talking about a mirrorless camera and lenses.
Canon will have $100 instant saving in the US on the 5D MARKII camera starting September 25th (till October 29th).
Canon already revealed their plans for a “historic global announcement” on November 3rd, 2011 in Hollywood. RED’s CEO Jim Jannard also wants to announce their RED Scarlet camera on the same date and he was not shy to mention to stir up the RedForum with his comments:
Tomorrow’s Canon announcement will probably be printer related. Check out spectraflow and raykophoto for more details:
“Spectraflow and RayKo Photo Center have partnered with Canon to bring you an event designed to showcase the latest technology from Canon in Digital Photography and Fine Art Printing. At a hands-on stations you can get one-to-one demonstrations of the workflow tools available for use with Canon. This is a great opportunity to test drive the newest cameras, lenses and capture software and see your work printed in beautiful 12-color inkjet. Get your questions answered by industry experts in an informal hands-on environment.”
On September 21st Nikon will present their new mirrorless camera. The next day, on September 22nd, Canon will have their own announcement but it is still not clear what will be introduced.
From the beginning of 2011, the rumors were that Pentax will announce two mirrorless cameras. As the months passed by, the chance of a second mirrorless system diminished, even though rumors continued to flow. My guess three weeks ago was that Ricoh’s purchase of Pentax did put the plans for second mirrorless camera on hold.
Yesterday TMCNet published this unusual press release stating that Ricoh is working on a new mirrorless camera developed by Pentax:
DigitalRev posted on their Facebook page that they are invited to a Canon “pro” event on September 22nd (one day after the Nikon mirrorless camera announcement):
Canon is planning another “historic global announcement” on November 3rd.
Canon is planning a “historic global announcement” on November 3rd, 2011 in Hollywood. What could it be? Maybe a 4k camera? Or a new DSLR with some mind blowing video features? Could it be Canon’s mirrorless solution?
Via Engadget
B&H just opened the pre-orders for the new Ricoh GRD IV camera (see specs): both white and black ($50 cheaper) options are available. If you place an order in the next 24 hours, you will qualify for a random drawing of a $500 gift card from B&H.
In this video Ted Schiowitz from RED camera talks about the future of movie making (3D, 48fps, etc):
Via Photographybay
