Nokishita spotted some evidence suggesting the new Fuji 50mm f/1.0 lens will be announced soon. Recently Fujirumors even spotted a beta tester :)
Fuji seems to think a f/1.0 lens lineup is necessary as they also patented 30-33-35mm f/1.0 versions.
You can now preorder the new Meike 50mm f/1.2 lens at BHphoto.
And this is the lens tested on the Sony:
Say goodby to the LX100 line :(
In an interview released by Imaging Resource Panasonic admitted the fixed lens camera business is no more:
“this category is affected by the smartphone’s expansion. But still, there are people who continue to use this model. But we have to admit that this category will be going down. And so as a camera business, we have to decide the priority of the development resources, which category is the most important. We have to study for the future.”
They also said this about their system cameras:
It ain’t going to be easy. Canon and Sony are pushing hard in the video orld too!
Just published:
Now this is impressive!
On weibo a “dream concept” is going viral. A Nikon Z8 with 61MP sensor and 8K video recording feature. Now, this is just a dream and wild guess. But I think Nikon has to do something “Big” because right now it’s suffering from the big Sony vs Canon tech and marketing battle.
43rumors got the following info from an Olympus source:
I have recently been told by a Olympus representative that JIP is most likely to continue developing the PRO segment of their MFT system, and possibly there will be a re-branding without the Olympus name. It is also likely that they will discontinue the volume cameras, such as the E-PL series. Non of this is officially confirmed, but it is said that they are working on a press release that will be released within approximately one month from today.
to me it makes sense to focus on high end only. There is no way to make money with uninteresting $500 PEN cameras.
