Image on top: 7.5mm fisheye for m43

Last week the new Sony NEX announcement, yesterday we had the new Panasonic 12-35mm announcement and soon Olympus will announce the 75mm f/1.8. So, can we have a rest now? No! We are now pretty sure that Samayang will have an announcement too! They will release the first lens (or lenses?) for the Fuji X system. I have no info about the lens specs yet but we will know more about it very soon!

P.S.: There is also a coming Panasonic G5 announcement, probably a Canon mirrrorless system announcement, maybe a Nikon 1 high end camera announcement…You will not get bored in these days!

After Canonwatch also Canonrumors are receiving indications about a possible mirrorless release in June. There are no info about possible specs and lenses. You may have some to share? :)

Rumors are getting stronger and stronger and it looks like we are now getting into very busy weeks! This Thursday (on May 17th) Sony will announce the new NEX-F3 and 18-200mm Black NEX lens. Right after Panasonic will announce the new G5 and very likely release that long awaited 12-35mm and 35-100mm X lens. And it is not finished! Also Olympus will launch the two new m43 lenses (60mm macro and the 75mm f/1.8). What else? The real suprise could come from Canon. Australian rumors said that the biggest and last non mirrorless company will launch two new cameras and three new lenses in June. Is it true? We shall see!

P.S: I expect Nikon to release a “high end” one camera as next, but I am not sure when they will announce it.

The British Journal Of Photography (Click here) talked with Mr. Kaufmann (the Leica Boss):

“When asked if such a new camera could include high-definition video recording features, Kaufmann said that “theoretically, yes,” adding that there are some issues with introducing video in a camera – “the data rate, the heat, and the battery lifecycle, but I think we solved that. No comment until we show it on existing and new models.”He added: “HD video is interesting, and a lot of photographers would love to have it [in an M body].”

Leica already said in the past that they are working on mirrorless cameras with electornic viewfinders. Could also be that they will include the video recording future in such a camera and not in the M10!

CanonWatch (Click here) just released a new rumor saying that “Canon will showcase their mirrorless ILC to selected customers in Australia during PMA Australia at the end of May. The new camera should then be announced in June.”

This would be a huge suprise as most of us expected such a camera to be unveiled in September only!

At 8pm (20:00) London time Leica will announce the X2, the new 50mm Summicron and the very highly expected B&W M-mount camera with 18 Megapixel B&W sensor and 16 bit recording. As you know that camera will cost around 7.000 Euro or 8,000 Dollars. Now, I am pretty sure many here like the idea to have a pure Black and White sensor with no aliasing problems with hygh dynamic range and super per pixel sharpness. But….

Stay tuned on MirrorlessRumors! I will report about the Leica event live on this blog!

According to our top sources Leicas new M-mount Full Frame camera will have a 18 Megapixel Black and White sensor manufactured by Platinum Equity. The exact resolution is 5216 x 3472 pixels. Leica will announce the camera tomorrow at 8pm (20:00) London time!

The sources said the per pixel sharpness is “spectacular” and the dynamic range also higher than anything they have seen before. But also the price will be higher than any other current digital M-mount camera (almost $8,000)! LOL :)

I will be here tomorrow and update you live with all the latest news about the camera. Stay tuned on MirrorlessRumors!!!