In case you have missed our posts from over a month ago, Fujifilm will soon introduce a new Fujinon XC 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. There is a Fuji announcement coming in February before the CP+ show (mid-February most likely) but I am not sure yet if this lens will be one of the products that will be introduced. Stay tuned for updates.
Next is some additional information on what is coming next from Fuji:
Since I broke the news about the Panasonic GH5s a few months ago I never realized that all the camera specifications I received from sources did not mention IBIS anywhere. I assumed that this was just given and there was no need to include it. When the GH5s was announced I was surprised to find out that the latest MFT camera doesn’t have IBIS - one of the most marketed feature of mirrorless cameras in the past 10 years. After our initial discussion here on the blog, I did some more Googling and found that IBIS indeed could be a problem for filmmakers (which is what the GH5 is mainly used for) - the sensor can vibrate even with IBIS turned off when the camera is attached to a car or when close to a subwoofer for example. Here is what Dpreview has to say:
The camera's sensor-based stabilization is gone, which may on the surface sound like an odd decision, but makes a lot of sense for pro video shooters who are often working with their own stabilized rigs and gimbals. The floating sensor design used by the GH5's stabilization system can interact with gimbals even when it's turned off, so removing it entirely solves the problem.
We've seen a degree of scepticism about Panasonic's reasoning but, if you assume there's some heat dissipation benefit for bonding the sensor to a solid object and you recognize that the camera is already shooting out to the edges of the Micro Four Thirds image circle, there may be no way of doing what the GH5S does and providing stabilization.
Here is some video footage showing the difference between the GH5 camera with IBIS turned off and the new GH5s:
Imaging Resource did an ISO comparison between the Panasonic GH5s ($2,500) and Sony A7SII ($2,700) cameras:
The 2018 CES has been pretty weak on actual camera and lens announcements - in addition to the new Sony lens and Panasonic GH5s camera, we got one new super tele-photo lens from Nikon and that's about it. Here are some additional interesting photography related products announced at CES this year:
A quick GoPro update: GoPro announced the previously rumored Fusion 360-degree camera while putting themselves up for sale after they killed their Karma drone division. That's all for GoPro for now.
KODAK and WENN Digital Partner to launch a new blockchain initiative and cryptocurrency:
"The KODAKOne image rights management platform will create an encrypted, digital ledger of rights ownership for photographers to register both new and archive work that they can then license within the platform. KODAKCoin allows participating photographers to take part in a new economy for photography, receive payment for licensing their work immediately upon sale, and sell their work confidently on a secure blockchain platform."
The website kodakcoin.com is coming soon.
Full press release:
Watch the Sony CES 2018 press event live at 8pm EST:
As usual, SonyAddict will be live-blogging the event - follow them if you are interested in a more detailed coverage. As I already reported earlier, I do not expect any camera related announcements today, but with Sony you never know.
The new Panasonic GH5s MFT mirrorless camera is now officially announced. If you have missed our previous reports, you can find all the details on Panasonic's website. The price of the new camera is $2,497.99 (pre-order: B&H | Adorama).
Here are the basic camera specs:
Related videos and full press release:
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