Oh yes folks, Canon is really going crazy with the super fast RF lenses. There is a brand newly published japanese patent describing the specs of  new f/1.0 and f/1.2 RF lenses:

18mm f/1.2 lens specs:
Focal length: 18.51 mm
F no: 1.24
ω : 49.45
Image height: 21.64 mm
Lens length: 129.00 mm
Back focus: 16.40 mm

25mm f/1.2 lens specs:
Focal length: 24.59 mm
F no: 1.24
ω : 41.35
Image height: 21.64 mm
Lens length: 129.01 mm
Back focus: 13.57 mm

18mm f/1.0 lens specs:
Focal length: 18.50 mm
F no: 1.03
ω : 49.47
Image height: 21.64 mm
Lens length: 150.00 mm
Back focus: 4.99 mm

Now we all know the patent world  is a parallel universe of possibilities that might not be realized in our simple 11 dimensional universe (according to string theory). And particularly  this 18mm f/1.0 lens really sounds out of this world!  If they make it I will jump for joy naked in front of the  Canon Tokyo headquarters! And  that might be a good reason for them to not make it at all :)

via Hi LowsNote

Digitimes reports that

Samsung Electronics is reportedly set to implement a US$100 billion sensor development project seeking to tap the lucrative worldwide sensor market.

This lead some websites speculate we might see new Samsung sensors for mirrorless system cameras.  But this is spure specualtion and actually not very rationale. Samsung aims at the growing smaller sensor business in the industrial, automotive and smartphone world. That’s where you can make the $$$.

A couple of small rumors:

– The Olympus E-PL10 will be launched in Europe on November 20
– The  Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 FE and L preorders will open in mid November and price is estimated to  be around $1,300-$1,400

This will be the price of the two new Panasonic L lenses that will  be announced within hours. You can find images of the lenses here: drive.google.com

And there are also new leaked Leica SL2 images  you can  download here: drive.google.com

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via Nokishita

This is going to be the last busy announcement week of  the year:

1) November 6: Leica will launch the new SL2
2) November 6: Sigma will announce the development of  the new  24-70mm f/2.8 lens for Sony FE and the L-mount  system
3) This week Panasonic will also launch two L-mount lenses….

While other manufacturers will have a short announcement pause til January-February the L-mount consortium is still busy announcing new products:

1) Next week Leica will announce the new 47MP SL2 camera
2) Within  2 weeks Panasonic will also launch the  new 70-200mm f/2.8 and 16-35mm f/4.0 L lenses

As you can see…all those three new toys aren’t going to be cheap  :)

This week DJI will announce the new Mavic Mini Drone. And here  are the first leaked unboxing pics   :)

via OsitaLV