Sigma filed a patent in Japan for 20mm f/1.8 DG HSM Contemporary lens:
Canon has a patent application for a EF 16-35mm f / 2.8 L USM lens.
In a recent interview with the Japanese website ascii.jp, Canon President of Marketing Sakata Masahiro confirmed that they are planning to “ship a lot of mirrorless products” in the third and fourth quarter of 2016. This means a possible new Canon mirrorless camera announcement for Photokina (September). Canon has ambitions to take the second spot in the mirrorless market (currently they are at #3 after Olympus and Sony). Interestingly enough, Nikon is also rumored to announce a new mirrorless system in late 2016/early 2017.
Canon recently filed a patent in Japan for a 50mm f/3.5 Macro IS lens designed for a full frame mirrorless camera.
B&H recently replaced their Samsung display in their superstore in NYC with handheld video cams. Last week there were Samsung cameras on the same spot. B&H still lists Samsung cameras on their website.
In the past few months there have been multiple reports indicating that Samsung is pulling out of the camera business or at least putting everything on hold.
If you want to get additional coverage and information on everything Fuji, you should follow the new FujiAddict.com website. Major Fuji stories will still be covered here on PhotoRumors.com. Louis (who has done multiple posts on LeicaRumors) will be the driving force behind FujiAddict.com and I will be jumping in every once in a while to fill in any gaps. Louis is already working on several reviews and comparisons (including X-Pro2), so stay tuned.
You can also follow FujiAddict on Facebook and Twitter. The RSS feed can be found here.
Don’t forget there is also a new PentaxRumors blog as well.
→ Check out the Filmtoaster – it lets you digitize your own film archive with a digital camera (available on Amazon).
→ New Plustek OpticFilm 135 film scanner announced (price: $399).
→ PhaseOne and ALPA announced a new A-series IQ3 100MP camera system.
→ Check out the current Olympus and Panasonic rebates.
→ Olympus released new firmware updates for the E-M1 and E-M5 Mark II cameras.
→ New Sony a7 “drop filter” adapter (52mm) announced.
Sony just announced a new a6300 mirrorless camera with 24MP sensor, 4k video and 425 AF points. The price for body only is 998 (pre-orders will open on February 10th, shipping will start in March). The rest of the specs:
Sample photos can be found here.
Sony a6300 demo videos:
Sony introduced a new G master brand of interchangeable lenses and announced the first three models:
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM standard zoom lens (price: $2,198):
Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM telephoto prime lens (price: $1,798):
Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS telephoto zoom lens (US price not yet available):
Sony FE 1.4x & 2.0x teleconverters (check pricing):
Sony Master G promo videos:
Panasonic published some information on their organic CMOS sensor with global shutter that uses organic photoconductive film developed by Fuji:
The Canon EOS-1D X Mark II DSLR camera is now officially announced. Pre-orders are open at Adorama | B&H |Amazon | WEX (UK). Sample photos can be found here. The new flagship Canon model features several firsts for EOS cameras including:
Related EOS-1D X Mark II videos and full press release:
Phottix officially released their Odin II TTL flash trigger. Additional information, including a comparison with the previous version (pre-order & pricing):
