Fujirumors just posted the first real world images of the new Fuji X-H1. The camera will be announced next week (Feb 15). Looks like a baby made by the GFX and X-T2 :)

This is the year of the first major expensive lenses for the Fuji X and Sony E-mount system:

1) Fuji will announce the new 200mm f/2.0 which is rumored to cost around $6,000 (Fujirumors).

2) Sony’s new 400mm f/2.8 FE will be launched in September (Bhphoto). The price is rumored to be above the magic $10,000 limit.

If you got rich with Bitcoin you might can buy them :)

The NX1 still sells for $2,460 on Amazon

Well it’s years now Samsung NX line is dead. So I was really surprised to get a rumor about a new NX model in my mail box. The rumor comes from an anonymous source. It sounded soo strange that I almost think there is some truth behind this. So read it here:

High-end Samsung APS-C camera based on Exynos 9810 SoC.

I got to play with something insane today. Samsung Mobile (who took over the camera division) retrofitted an NX1 with a new APS-C sensor and Exynos 9810 SoC, which is rumored to launch in the Samsung S9.

30,1 megapixels sensor (6720*4480) which is stacked (3-stack FRS) ISOCELL with Tetracell and dual-pixel AF. Extremely fast readout combined with 4K 120fps h/265 encode capability enable impressive framerates
– Full sensor (6720*4480) @ 30fps
– 5376*3024 @ 60fps
– 3840*2160 @ 120fps
– 2688*1512 @ 240fps
– 1920*1080 @ 480fps
Up to 120fps should be full sensor read-out, 2.7K and 1080p at higher frame-rates is 2×2 pixel binning and then down-sampling (so full width of sensor is used up to 480fps (!).

15fps burst with mechanical shutter, 30fps RAW with electronic shutter. Practically no read-out noise so extremely ISO invariant (thanks to ISOCELL’s deep trench isolation). AF is insane with combination of dual-pixel and ‘Super PD’, which is regular in-sensor phase detection.

All features of Exynos 9810 are enabled (except a small part of GPU), so a huge amount of in-camera processing power, optional LTE-connectivity with eSIM, GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou) for location tagging, SD 3.0 with UHS-II support for memory cards (up to 300 MB/s), Bluetooth 5 for continuous low-power connection and 802.11ac with 2×2 MIMO for fast image- and video transfer. USB 3.1 Type-C with DP enabled for uncompressed output up to 5K 30fps and 4K 60fps. There is a PCIe 3.0 x2 bus left if they decide to add something like a CFexpress card-slot, or Thunderbolt 3 or 10GbE.

Very impressive software feature was accelerometer-based shutter. You press the shutter, and the accelerometer registers the G-forces (acceleration). Then it takes a picture when the X- and Y-acceleration are closest to 0 and the Z-acceleration is closest to 1 (natural gravity). Doesn’t work perfect (you can still move without accelerating), but I was able to double to triple my handheld shutter-speed, so that means at least a stop lower ISO. Delay between pressing and shooting is about half a second, so it’s not for sports. They are working to also implement the gyroscopic data to pick the moment with the least amount of roll. This feature makes is probably to the S9.

Like I said, it’s a prototype, based on a NX1, and they don’t know yet if it will ever hit the market, but if it does it will be at least as ground breaking as the original NX1 (they were thinking about a few extra things (variable ND, IBIS, HBM2-buffer), but hey, research is expensive and upper management).

LIke I said before, I have no clue if this info is real or not. That said I would love to see Samsung coming back  to the mirrorless system camera world!

Both the Bluetooth agency and the russian Eurasian Economic Commission registered the new mid level EOS-M50 camera.

It’s now certain that Canon will not announce a new Full Frame mirrorless camera for the Cp+ show. Instead we will get the new EOS-M50 APS-C camera.

via Nokishita

This is going to be a very busy month with many cameras and lenses to be announced. As next we will get the Olympus E-PL9 on February 7. The Fuji X-H1 will be announced on February 15. Here are the specs:

Olympus E-PL9

Fujifilm X-H1 Faster Autofocus Than Fujifilm X-T2
X-H1 will have IBIS and it will be 5 Axis In Body Stabilization
IBIS will work with all Fujinon X-mount lenses
IBIS Full sensor readout
IBIS and OIS currently do not work together
No sensor shift multishot
There will be design changes over the X-T2, such as a better hand grip
First Sketches of X-H1 – Front + Back + Top side Sketches
The X-H1 will have the 24MP megapixel X-Trans III sensor
Release first half of 2018 – Shipping in March
Will cost around $2,000
New Film simulation Eterna coming with X-H1
No Exp.Comp dial but top LCD screen like GFX
X-Processor Pro of Fujifilm X-T2 & Co
Fujifilm X-H1 same battery of X-T2, the NP-W126S
Fujifilm X-H1 same 3-Way Tilt Screen of X-T2 + Touch Function
Video Specs: 4K, 1.17x crop, 30p, 4:2:0 8 bit 200 Mbps
Internal F-Log
Headphone Jack in Body
“4K Photo” feature is a Timelapse Feature
EVF with 30%+ Higher Resolution than X-T2
Much shorter EVF black out than X-T2, basically black out free

Specs via 43rumors and Fujirumors

The new Fuji X-A5 flyer can be downloaded at Google Drive.

via Nokishita

Tomorrow Fuji will announce all that stuff:

X-A5

• Number of effective pixels: 24.2 million pixels
• Size: 116.9 mm x 67.7 mm x 40.4 mm
• Weight: 311 g (main body only) · 361 g (including battery and memory card)
• ISO: standard ISO 200 – 12800, extended ISO 100/25600/51200
• Video: 4K 3840 x 2160 15P (maximum 5 minutes)
• 4K Burst Shooting
• Wi-Fi · Bluetooth installed
• Other basic specifications are equivalent to X-A3
• Color: Silver / Brown / Pink
• FF 170003

X-A20

• Number of effective pixels: 16.3 million pixels
• Size: 116.9 mm x 67.4 mm x 40.4 mm
• Weight: 299 g (main body only) · 348 g (including battery and memory card)
• Wi-Fi installed
• Touch panel compatible
• Other basic specifications are equivalent to X – A 10
• Color: Silver / Brown / Mint Green
• FF 170004
• There are no plans to announce in Japan

XC 15 – 45 mm F 3.5.5.6 OIS PZ

• Lens construction: 10 groups of 9 groups (3 aspherical lenses and 2 ED lenses included)
• Shortest shooting distance: 13 cm (wide angle), 35 cm (telephoto)
• Maximum magnification: 0.24 times
• Number of diaphragm blades: 7
• Filter diameter: 52 mm
• Size: ? 62.6 mm x 44.2 mm at collapsing, 65.2 mm at wide angle shooting, 62.1 mm at telephoto shooting
• Weight: 135 g
• Color: Black / Silver

via nokishita via digicame-info