In February we will have plenty of new gear announcements. Here is what we will get:

• Panasonic will have a press event on February 23 at 17:30 Tokyo time (GH6 specs?)
• Olympus will have a press event on February 24 at 15:00 Tokyo time (New OMD camera)
• Sony will announce the new 85mm f/1.2 GM at the CP+ show.

Still don’t know what’s coming from Canon-Nikon-Fuji yet…

Following the three existing DG DN primes Sigma will very soon launch their new 20mm f/2.0 DG DN E+L mount lens. Here are the specs:

• 13 lenses in 11 groups
• minimum shooting distance 22cm
• maximum shooting magnification 1: 6.7
• filter diameter 62mm
• size φ70 × 72.4mm
• weight 370g
• Suggested retail price the same as the 65mm F2

via Nokishita

Nokishita leaked this new 50mm F1 Aspherical VM lens from Cosina.

Nokishita leaked the image of the upcoming new Leica M11.

According to SonyAlphaRumors we will get three new E-mount cameras in 2022:

1. The Sony A9II
2. The Sony A7RV
3. A new “unknown” model

Any idea what this “unknown” model might be?

For sure we will get the new new LUMIX S 35mm f/1.8 lens on this day. It’s unclear if there will be more stuff…like for example some GH6 related news.

PetaPixel reports about the nw R1 coming in 2022. Specs might be something like this:

45+ megapixels, 8K video recording at various framerates, and a price somewhere north of the R3’s $5,999

CanonWatch writes the camera might be releases in Q3 2022 and that the Canon EOS R1 will incorporate technology that will “let all competitors behind“.

This would mean it’s better than the new Nikon Z9. Nice if true…but one year is still a long time to go before we see it in real!