Dpreview interviews the L-mount alliance members: Panasonic harsh on Olympus?

Dpreview interviewed the companies involved in the new L-mount project.

And there are many takeways

Panasonic said “This alliance is like marriage. The previous arrangement [with Olympus] was more like we were just living together. So the obligation [now] is a little more high-level.”

D’oh!

Sigma confirmed they will make APS-C L-mount lenses too while Panasonic said they will not do this (probably to protect their MFT market)

Leica is the real owner of the L-mount protocol. They license it to Sigma and Panasonic but would not confirm that both companies are paying for the rights.

via L-rumors.com

Canon EOS-R with 75 megapixel to be announced in late 2019? Unlikely…

Canonrumors reports that Canon might announce a new 75 Megapixel EOS-R camera in late 2019. From what I heard (and CanonWatch heard the same) this seems to be unlikely to happen in 2019. Yes there will be a High Resolution camera but it’s going to have a lower resolution.

What we heard is that Canon is in heavy process evaluating the EOS-R hits and misses. While they nailed it with the RF lenses the camera lags seriously behind the competition and has some usability issues too. That is something Canon will work on before to launch a new EOS-R Pro Level camera.

DPReview TV: Nikon Z6, Sony a7 III, and Canon EOS R compared

For several years Sony had the full frame mirrorless camera market all to itself, but recent introductions from Canon and Nikon have changed the landscape. This week, Chris and Jordan compare the current generation entry-level full frame mirrorless models from each company: the Nikon Z6, Sony a7 III, and Canon EOS R. Watch their analysis to find out where they think each model excels or has room to grow.

Links:
Nikon Z7 at BHphoto, BestBuy, Amazon, Adorama, Calumet Germany. WexUk. Jessops. CameraPro.
Nikon Z6 at BHphoto, BestBuy, Amazon, Adorama, Calumet Germany. WexUk. Jessops. CameraPro.
Canon EOS-R at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
Sony A7III at Amazon.

Nikon says that “In theory” they could make f/0,65 Z-mount lenses!

The french website Mizuwari interviewed Nicolas Gillet from Nikon France. Here are some key info:

1) Nikon wants to beat Sony in the European Full Frame market (Currently Sony leads it).
2) With the Noct-Nikkor 58mm f / 0.95, they just want to show what we are capable of doing when they detach ourselves from all the F-mount limits.
3) Nikon’s optical engineers have calculated that the Z mount can accept lenses up to f/0.65!

I am pretty sure Nikon has no plan to make a f/0,65 lens. It would be terribly expensive and terribly big. But good to know they can do it :)

via Nikoneye.com

These are the two next Sony FF sensors that will be sold to all camera manufacturers

SonyAlphaRumors got realiable info about the next two Full Frame sensors that will go on market in 2019:
Sensor 1:
60MP
16 channels (which is crazy, normally it should be 8),
4.6FPS@16bit
12FPS@14bit
8k30P@12bit
8K60p@10bit
4k60p@12bit
FHD300P@10bit
–
Sensor 2:
36MP
10FPS@16bit
60FPS@10bit
on-chip PDAF
These sensors can be bought by any company. I guess Pentax will use them first and maybe Nikon later. I doubt Canon will use them as this would mean they would have to give up their whole sensor department :)

Black Friday deals on SD cards, software and mirrorless gear

We got two big SD card deals today:
1) Huge savings on the world’s fastest Sony SFG cards at Amazon US (Click here).
2) Big savings on Sandisk storage products at Amazon US (Click here).

The full list of Black Friday deals can be found on those pages at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and eBay.

Sony deals at BHphoto, Amazon, FocusCamera and Adorama.
Panasonic rebates on those pages at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
Olympus rebates on those pages at GetOlympus, BHphoto and Amazon.
Fuji rebates on Adorama and Bhphoto.

At BHphoto DealZone (Click here) you get a discounted Manfrotto Tripod and Spyder5 calibrator:

 

New Photolemur Black Friday Offer (Click here).
Photolemur Family license + 3 Styles + Picaboo Book
$141 total worth – $25 only during Black Friday | 83% OFF
Photolemur Family license – 55$ worse
3 Styles – 12$ worth each
Picaboo Book – 50$ worth
141$ worth for 25$

From today and til Nov 29 You get Luminar 2018 (Click here) and Aurora 2019 (Click here) for $49 + free Bonuses. I know the banner on top says $59 but you get $10 off if you use our code “SAR“. Note that you will get the new Libraries software for free on December 18!