This is going to be a busy month. We have multiple announcements ahead of us. Here is the recap:
Panasonic on Feb 1: S cameras and lenses
Sony in mid February: E-mount lenses (135mm f/1.8 GM?) and maybe a new RX0II
Canon in mid February: RF f/2.8 zooms and a new EOS-RP camera?
Fuji on February 14: X-T30
Nikon in mid February: 58mm f/0,95 Z
Here comes the next info leaked by L-rumors.com:
The Panasonic S1R will take 187 megapixel high Resolution images (on a tripod).
The image you see on top shows an 8x crop of the large sample image.
The new Panasonic S cameras and lenses will be unveiled on Jan 31 with first preorders and reviews going online on February 1.
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Damn so close Pana! We were hoping this lens would be f/2.8 but instead L-rumors just leaked this image to prove it’s a f/4.0 lens :(
A bit surprising if you consider the Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM lens has exactly the same 77mm filter thread as the new Panasonic.
Let’s see the glas half full….this will probably make the lens cheaper than it would have been as a f/2.8 lens.
Panasonic S1-S1R cameras and S lens preorders will open this Friday (Feb 1) at 11:00 London time!!!
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First image of the production ready Panasonic S1 with the 24-105mm f/4.0 lens
According to L-rumors.com European stores will open their Panasonic S1-S1R preorders on February 1 (it might be Jan 31 in the USA). Reviews of the new cameras and lenses will be online at around 11:30 London time.
Here are some russian teasers and an Instagram picture:
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Here is a roundup of the confirmed and rumored specs:
Panasonic S1
24MP
L-mount
4k60p
Dual IS (in body stabilization and in lens stabilization)
Contrast AF (DFD technology)
Industry highest resolution EVF (Rumor: Could be 5.6 milion dot)
Deep learning AI
1 XQD and 1 SD slot
3-axis tiltable LCD L-rumors.com
100% weather sealing
High Resolution mode (eight consecutive images are captured while shifting the sensor)
HLG Photo
Ships in March
Rumor: Price around $2,000
Panasonic S1R
47MP
L-mount
4k60p
Dual IS (in body stabilization and in lens stabilization)
Contrast AF (DFD technology)
Industry highest resolution EVF (Rumor: Could be 5.6 milion dot)
Deep learning AI
1 XQD and 1 SD slot
3-axis tiltable LCD
100% weather sealing
High Resolution mode (eight consecutive images are captured while shifting the sensor)
HLG Photo
Ships in March
Rumor: Price around $4,000
Panasonic S lenses:
50mm f/1.4
24-105mm f/4.0
70-200mm (Rumor: f/2.8)
Nikoneye.com reports that there will be a new Nikon Z related announcement in mid February. There will be no new Z camera but definitely new Z lens related announcements. I guess Nikon will finally unveil the pricing of the 58mm f/0,95 Z lens. Let’s hope the rumors about it being priced at $6,000 are widely exaggerated :)
Canon CEO Fujio Mitarai released some interesting info in a recent interview with Nikkei:
1) Canon will shift the camera business’s focus to corporate customers
2) The market for digital cameras could shrink to about half in the next two years.
3) n our company cameras have declined at around 10% a year (sales volume) in the past few years (combined with single lens reflex and mirrorless) The world market for interchangeable lens cameras is around 10 million, but decreased
4) The mirrorless product is growing, but it is a replacement with a single lens reflex, it is not adding to the market as a whole “
5) People usually shoot with smartphones.The digital camera market will keep falling for about 2 years, but professional and high amateur (advanced) amateurs use about 5 to 6 million units. Finally there I will hit the bottom.
I believe Canon is right on this: The camera market will still shrink the upcoming years and probably their DSLR line will slowly fade out too with less and less DSLR cameras being released.
Highly reliable source at CanonWatch told that Canon will have an EOS-R related announcement in mid February. It’sm unclear WHAT is going to be announced. Here are some rumors:
The EOS-RP camera:
I guess the RP will be a new professional model. No specs are rumored yet…
The RF lenses:
Back at Photokina Canon Japan gave us some more info about the future Canon RF lens roadmap. There will be three f/2.8 zooms in 2019-2021. This is just my guess but I think these will be the 16-35mm, 24-70mm and 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses.
