Panasonic has not intention (or cannot) make a MFT to L-mount adapter. This is what’s reported on L-rumors.com. My feeling is that in 5 years from now Panasonic will only do L-mount cameras and MFT will slowly fade out like the Nikon 1 system :(
Dpreview posted the content of their interview with Nikon managers:
1) Nikon said “Our goal is to become number one in the full-frame market. We believe that we can achieve the number one position maybe quite soon”
2) At the moment NIkon is not thinking about making an APS-C Z-mount camera. But they will not rule out the possibility to make such a camera in the future.
3) Smartphone competition: “Maybe smartphones will be be able to produce images that are as good as interchangeable lens cameras. If this happens, it will be a real challenge.”
So Nikon wants to become Number One. Last week Canon forecasted in their financial strategies that they will increase their share in this market. And Sony keeps pushing to become number one too. Who will be the leade in 2020? What’s your guess?
The new Leica D-LUX 7 will be announced soon. The camera got registered in Asian agencies with the code “3952”.
Source: Nokishita
This is a Google Trend comparison between the new EOS-R, Z7 and A7III. Of course you have to keep in mind that this isn’t a very accurate tool. People for example also do search for “Nikon Z” or “Canon EOS-R”. But I did compare the terms that were the most used. Maybe the only trend we can learn from this is that there is no clear winner yet…
I repeat, this is not a scientific comparison. Still, interesting to look at!
CanonWatch reports that the next EOS-R High Resolution camera might be announced at Photokina 2019 in May. There are no rumored specs yet but I hope this model will finally record 4K with no crop and have 2 card slots.
L-rumors.com got the info about the aperture of the new Panasonic S Full Frame zoom lenses:
24-105mm f/4.0
70-200mm f/4.0
Not surprised to hear that. They surely didn’t look like f/2.8 lenses.
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You can join the new L Full Frame Facebook group if you plan to buy this camera. There you can discuss all features and tests once it’s released!
Sony did NOT announce any new camera at Photokina and PhotoPlus (and this is weird). But to make up for this they are offering some super deals on current gear:
Sony A7II with 28-70mm FE and ton of free extras for $998 at Adorama, Amazon, BHphoto, FocusCamera and BuyDig.
Sony A6000 with two E-mount lenses and free extras for $598 at FocusCamera, Amazon, Adorama, BuyDig and Bhphoto.
The big news here is that the A7II basically cost less than $500 if you subtract the single value of the lens and extras you get in the superkit. How Sony can still make money with this remains a mystery to me :)
