Sony and Canon both have an announcement on April 20

Now that’s unusual to see. A couple of weeks ago Sony announced that it will have a product launch on April 20. Weird enough today Canon announced it will have a product launch event on April 20 too.

Now before you get too excited know that this is stuff that was supposed to be unveiled at the NAB show: Which means expect new camcorder and Cine lenses. I hope Sony will at leats tease us something about the future A7sIII…but my hopes may be misplaced :(

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Ted Forbes: New Canon Mirrorless HIGH MEGAPIXEL camera in the works?

Ted Forbes writes:

There are reports that a new high megapixel Canon speculated to be either an 80 megapixel or 150 megapixel (very unlikely) is currently being tested. I think there’s a strong possibility we will see something like this. Between the R5 and R6 cameras that are coming, it makes sense that Canon would offer a camera for high resolution shooting.

Hear Hear folks: Olympus promises to launch many new MFT cameras and lenses in 2020

Well it doesn’t sound like Olympus is going to kill his camera business folks!

Masanori Sako from Olympus clearly stated at Photorend that the rumors about them shutting down the camera business are wrong:

Some people thought that Olympus was planning to reduce or even close its imaging business, but that is not the case. Imagery continues to play an important role in the business, by being at the forefront of technologies or innovations. We will therefore certainly maintain the imaging activity as an important part of Olympus society. The rapid pace of technological development could help accelerate certain developments in medical devices or life sciences. The photo division is also our public face, and contributes to the fact that many people know about Olympus, which should promote the presence of the brand.

And for 2020 they have big plans:

Our objective in 2020 is to stabilize and strengthen our position on the market. To achieve this objective, we are actively carrying out marketing activities and have also set up a roadmap of interesting products. We will continue to develop future technologies for photographers and videographers, such as new cameras and new lenses in 2020.