We got that invitation from a new company: Irix Lens. They are teasing a lens announcement for March 19. And as far as I heard those lenses will certainly be available for Sony E-mount and MFT too. Not sure about other mounts yet…
Fujirumors reports that Fuji will release a new firmware udpate this week to fix some of the current X-PRO 2 bugs.
In the meantime Sony released a firmware update for most E-mount cameras to add the new GM lens support:
A7rII at eusupport.sony.com.
A7r at eusupport.sony.com.
A7II at eusupport.sony.com.
A7s at eusupport.sony.com.
A7 at eusupport.sony.com.
A6000 esupport.sony.com.
A5100 esupport.sony.com.
Sony, it’s all nice and good what you are doing now with your camera and lens tech. It’s exciting and finally also a real serious competition to the Canon-Nikon dominated PRO world. But there is one annoying and very major obstacle to Sony’s success and it’s their very poor PRO service. As Matt Granger explains you in that video the issue is so big that no PRO photographer can seriously think to use Sony gear. Let’s hope Sony will finally recognize that photography is not just about tech, but also about supporting photographers!
David McDonald spotted that Nikon ad at Camera/Opticians in Belfast. Nikon marketing must have some bipolar disorder to show a Fuji camera on their ad with the text “I see our heritage”. Or maybe that’s just a classic Freudian slip. Indeed Fuji took your heritage while you gave us the Nikon 1 series :(
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$350 off and 3 year US seller warranty on the [shoplink 301877 ebay]Leica Q by ElectronicsValley on eBay[/shoplink].
And if you need new cards watch out those new deals at Amazon US:
Up to 70% off on Sandisk cards (Click here).
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Just recently Canon stated that they would finally increase their speed in development of new products. And they also said mirrorless system camera development is a main focus of their efforts. We can expect more “premium” cameras to be announced in 2016. According to recent rumors there could be at least three new such cameras launched in 2016! There is yet absolutely no info on the possible specs yet (a part of some obvious good guess like 4K video).
The more important question is: Will Canon push the current EOS-M system or launch a completely new Full Frame mirrorless line? What’s your bet?
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via Canonrumors via CanonWatch.
An update on rumors about future lenses:
