In an interview at Photokina, SanDisk representative confirmed that the company has no plans to produce XQD memory cards, instead they will concentrate on developing memory cards based on the CFast 2.0 standard, which promises interface speed up to 600MB/sec.
Fujifilm X-Pro1 sensor
In a recent interview Fujifilm's operations manager Hiroshi Kawahara said that the company is looking into the possibility of a full frame mirrorless camera. With the exception of some wide angle models, the current XF lenses are designed to cover a full frame sensor.
Hasselblad will probably also market a small compact camera based on the Sony RX100 ($648) - one of the best compact cameras today. Digifotopro overlaid one of Hasselblad's drawings and it matches perfectly with the RX100 design:
This is how the Sony RX100 looks from the front and the top:
After being ridiculed on the Internet (somebody even came up with the term "Hasselbling" Hasselblad came out and try to defend their new Lunar mirrorless camera. In an interview with BJP, company's representatives tried to explain their position and idea behind the Lunar:
Back in May I reported a rumor that Pentax is working on a new 360 degree digital camera. Quesabesde spotted a prototype of the camera at Photokina:
"It is a device consisting of two circular chambers, presumably with a coverage of 180 degree each, capable of generating a spherical image with a single shot."
At Photokina Lexar announced the industry’s first 256GB SDXC UHS-I memory card (MSRP: $899.99).
Lexar 256GB SDXC UHS-I memory card features:
The company Brenner Import und Großhandels (BIG) announced at Photokina a new 15mm f/4.5 shift lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. Here are the specs:
Few months ago Fuji published their Fujinon XF lenses roadmap. The 14mm f/2.8 and 18-55mm f/2.8-4 lenses were already released two weeks ago. Yesterday at Photokina Fujifilm showed prototypes of all lenses that will be released in 2013 (only the 56mm f/1.4 lens is missing):
Fujinon Super EBC XF 10–24 mm f/4 R LM OIS
Fujinon Super EBC XF 27 mm f/2.8 R
