What’s up next? Sony, Canon, Panasonic announcements at NAB show in April

The next wave of product announcements is coming in one month at the NAB show. There are no reliable rumors yet but this is what we can hope to get:

Sony:
The easy guess is that Sony will announce the new Sony A7sIII. This is really long due for an announcement. The Panasonic GH5s and Fuji X-H1 might not be Full Frame cameras but it’s time to get an upgraded Sony competitor.

Panasonic:
Don’t think they will announce anything MFT related. Although some folks still hope there will be a new AGF100 styled MFT camcorder.

Canon:
Canon will announce a new EOS Cinema camera.

It’s unlikely Fuji-Nikon-Olympus will announce anything at NAB.

Canon manager confirms: Company shifts focus from SLR to mirrorless cameras!

Asian Review posted an interesting article. Seems like Canon is finally aware the focus must go on mirrorless system cameras. Canon manager Sakata reported:

1) they must “actively roll out products for a growth market even if there is some cannibalization”.

2) Sakata did not say much about the possibility of Canon releasing a high-end mirrorless camera. “We will look at the timing and consider it”

I think that at Photokina both Canon and Nikon will show their FF mirrorless system cameras. It may be just a prototype or roadmap announcement. But still, the war ar Sony will begin soon!

Brace for impact: Sony will announce a new Alpha camera on Monday!

With Nikon and Canon NOT announcing a Full Frame camera at the CP+ show it will be Sony taking once more the lead: They will announce a new Alpha camera on Monday afternoon in Las Vegas. It’s still a secret what could be announced but we know the choice is between the new A7III and a new A6xxx model.

A major announcement will be made next week by Sigma: They will show their first FE lens prototypes at the CP+ show!

Samsung teases a new Galaxy launch as a “reimagined camera”

Samsung posted a new teaser for the new Galaxy launch on February 25. There are two interesting hints they gave us:

1) Their text says “The Camera reimagined”

2) The image on their newsletter shows an NX lens

The message of this teaser is clear: highlight the fact that the new Galaxy may have a new class leading camera module. Still, it’s nice to see them reuse a NX lens image. I still hope the day will come they will revive the NX system (just a tiny tiny tiny hope of mine).

Those are the full Canon EOS-M50 specs!

Google translated from Japanese I present you the EOS-M50 specs:

24.1 Megapixels APS-C CMOS
DIGIC 8
Dual pixel CMOS AF with greatly improved performance
AF area is enlarged by about 38% with corresponding lens (100% vertical × 88% wide in live view image display range)
The selectable AF point is a corresponding lens with a maximum of 143 points (99 points for non-compatible lenses)
Pupil detection AF
Dual Sensing IS
Silent mode
DLO in camera
RAW development in camera
Video: 4K 25p / 24p, FHD 60p, HD 120p
Frame cutout from 4K movie is possible
5 Axis Electronic Image Stabilizer · Combination IS
Standard ISO: 100-25600 (extended ISO: 51200)
Continuous: Up to 10 frames / sec (at servo AF: up to 7.4 frames / sec)
EVF: 0.39 type 2.36 million dot Organic EL
3 type 104 million dots Bali angle touch panel liquid crystal
Wi-Fi · Bluetooth · NFC installed
Wireless remote controller BR-E1 compatible
HDMI HDR output compatible
Supports the next-generation CR3 RAW format and the new C-RAW compression format
The C – RAW format is 40% smaller in file size than conventional RAW, and it corresponds to in – camera RAW development and digital lens optimizer
Battery: LP-E 12
Weight: 387 g black, 390 g white (including battery and memory card)
Color: Black / White

via Nokishita