Tamron is fully committed to the E-mount system. And that’s certainly a good news for Alpha shooters and not so good news for the expensive Sony made lenses :)

Here are  two rumors:

1) SAR confirmed the Tamron 70-180mm FE lens will ship out in Spring.
2) Tamron will announce up to six more FE lenses in  2020. Most of them will be pancake f/2.8 lenses and zooms. All affordable but still high quality glass!

And I bet Sigma will release a large number of new E-mount lenses too..

Sooner or later that long rumored High Resolution EOS-R camera will be released. We still got no solid info but here is the next bunch of specs floating on the web today:

• 75mp full-frame CMOS
• Sensor “focused on the dynamic range”
• Frames per second “… Sounded similar to the EOS R”
• DIGIC 9
• Dual Card Slots
• Joystick the same as the EOS-1D X Mark III
• Larger and higher resolution EVF than the EOS R
• Fully articulating LCD screen
• Fully weather-sealed
• Similar ergonomics as the EOS R (No touch bar)

Source CR via CanonWatch

Here are the first leaked images of the new Leica 90mm f/1.5 ASPH M-mount lens. No info about the pricing and release date yet…

via Nokishita

The Fuji X-H1 is the only Fuji APS-C camera with on sensor stabilization yet and it’s now officially marked as discontinued. Fujirumors reports that Fuji will definitely not announce anew X-H2 in 2020 and at this  point my  guess is that there won’t be a successor at all.

Make it simple Fuji and just give us the perfect X-T4 with ons ensor stabilization  :)

A couple of lens rumors today!

1) Olympus will launch a new roadmap tomorrow at 14:00 London time. This includes the already known 150-400mm lens, a new 12-45mm f/4.0 lens and new tele lenses.
2) Sony will announce a new fast wide angle GM lens in very early 2020

No info yet about their new cameras. I am pretty sure tough that Sony will give us the A7sIII and A7IV in 2020 and Olympus the new E-M1III.

UPDATE: Announced today! this is the newly announced roadmap:

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One camera to rule them all? This is what the Fuji X-T4 might will become! According to latest (and yet to be verified) rumors the specs will be:

• X-T4 with IBIS
• expect a T4 about 1/3 of an inch thicker, and about 5-6oz heavier
• On a good note expect 6k60 and 10bit internal
• anamorphic ratio
• fully articulating flippy…essentially an S1H but APSc with Fuji color and obviously much smaller
• release end of 2020

via Fujirumors

In the race of rumors about which camera manufacturer will fail first Olympus seems to be on the first place within the “rumor world”. Like I said many times some websites fail to understand that Olympus will not easily let go the camera business for multiple reasons:

1) It’s part of their history
2) It’s a Japanese company, they fight for their business (unlike Samsung did with the NX system)
3) The MFT user basis is still among the largest  communities
4) Olympus just made the big one time investment to move their manufacturing out of China. They will now be able to produce gear for less cost.

Here is the official Olympus statement published by Photofocus answering the Bloomberg article:

“As announced in our Corporate Strategy, Olympus is further focusing on our Medical business and follows the strong ambition for all of our businesses to be profitable and contribute to our overall business objectives. In that regard, we are continuously evaluating our overall portfolio, as announced in our Corporate Strategy on November 6, 2019.

“For Imaging, however, we currently have no plans to sell the business. The task is therefore to stabilize and strengthen its market position. To achieve that, we are actively running marketing activities, and have already established a clear and exciting product roadmap for the coming months and years. We are actively pursuing future technology developments that will enhance photography and video for creators. Furthermore, Imaging is and will continue to be an important technology and innovation driver for our other businesses.

“Our Imaging business features a unique product portfolio. Olympus products are compact and lightweight, feature market leading image stabilization and autofocus. Many of our high-end products are also splash-proof. No other product offers customers this level of optical excellence paired with the highest mobility.

“Just last month we launched our new OM-D E-M5 Mark III – a light yet feature packed addition to our semi-pro camera portfolio, inheriting pro-features like a high precision AF from our OM-D E-M1 Mark II model. Furthermore, we have announced the development of M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO earlier this year to be launched by next year. Customers can follow our break-free campaign on various channels and worldwide.”

Photofocus writes:

After reading both the Bloomberg article as well as Olympus’ statement, it’s pretty clear that Olympus is in this for the long haul. Without a direct quote from Takeuchi in the Bloomberg article, the article at best creates another rumor, and lacks the journalistic integrity necessary in these types of situations.

Like I said, big claims need big prove. And so far we got nothing else than rumors and a Bloomberg article not quoting directly any statement. If you ask me…other camera companies are potentially  in a much worse shape than Olympus…