Fuji filed a patent in Japan for a sensor with enlarged sized green pixels: "The human eye is sensitive to luminance noise than the color noise and it is possible to improve the high sensitivity performance and practical to increase the pixel size of the white and green pixels".
Canon filed a patent for automated AF micro-adjustment (maybe something similar to the Sigma USB dock).
Ricoh filed a patent for a 16mm f/2.8 lens (24mm equivalent) designed for APS-C based mirrorless camera.
Samsung is rumored to announce two more NX cameras and two new NX lenses this year. The new lenses will be a weather sealed 50-135mm f/1.8-2 S ED OIS and a 24mm f/1.4 S ED prime. Samsung is also working on a new 300mm f/2.8 lens, but it will probably be announced in 2015. The new NX camera models for 2014 will be an entry level NX version and a new NX3000 with an AMOLED display (see the diagram displayed above). For 2015 Samsung is also planning to introduce a new high-end NX camera (positioned at the top of the diagram above).
The curent Canon PowerShot G1 X model
Those are rumored specifications for the Canon G1 X Mark II camera that will replace the current model which was announced in January two years ago:
The Fuji X-T1 camera is probably going to be announced on January 28th. Here are the rumored specifications:
The X-T1 model is already listed on Fujifilm's support website:
Next is the first blurry picture of the X-T1 camera (Google translated, courtesy of Ray Ohara, the picture is already removed):
Here are some teasers from Fujifilm Middle East Facebook's page:
During CES Imaging-Resource talked to Sigma about their new 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens and reported some interesting bits of information - the lens is not just a refresh of the previous version, but has a completely new design, with more glass elements inside and the performance should be very close to the $4,000 Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus Distagon T* lens:
Amazon is currently selling the Sony NEX-3N camera kit for $289.99 ($210/42% off) with free shipping.
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