Canon: “it would be a little unrealistic to say that we will suddenly start offering a professional mirrorless camera”

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Dpreview posted an interview they made with Canon Manager Tokura. I will quote the part regarding the mirrorless future:

There are some features, such as AF, which have not yet caught up with DSLRs, so given the current state of affairs it would be a little unrealistic to say that we will suddenly start offering a professional mirrorless camera. There’s still a performance gap that needs to be addressed.
This is just my personal opinion. In my view there are two key features that have to be addressed. The first is autofocus, particularly tracking of moving subjects. The other is the viewfinder. The electronic viewfinder would have to offer a certain standard. If those two functions were to match the performance of EOS DSLR camera performance, we might make the switch.

Well of course Tokura is probably just hiding his cards form the eyes of the competition…

The future of Micro Four Thirds told by Olympus and Panasonic managers…

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Mr. Uematsu explaining the limits of displacement sensor for stabilization in the body

The spanish site DSLRmagazine interviewed both Panasonic and Olympus managers. And they gave us some hint of what to expect from them in future:

Panasonic:
They are considering to make a more “classic” MFT camera similar to the Olympus PEN-F
Panasonic will keep focusing on the Dual IS technology and add in lens stabilization on all lenses above 25mm focal length

Olympus:
Olympus has no plan to release proper “video-oriented” cameras
Olympus also said they have no plan to make any Tilt Shift lens

Rumors: Olympus is rumored to launch a new series of f/1.2 primes in early Summer. There is also a new camera launch event planned within the next 4-6 weeks. Panasonic will launch a 6K GH camera around Photokina

Fuji Rumors: X-T2 will have 4K (says Fuji). First 2.0x Teleconverter images. And 1-2 “unexpected” XF lenses to come.

We got a bunch of new Fuji rumors via Fujirumors (LOL). Here they are:

  1. The German video above shows for the very first time the new 2.0x Teleconverter (min 3:40)
  2. In that video the journalist says Fujilm told him that there will be still 1 or 2 lenses in 2016 that are non listed on the official roadmap
  3. Fuji managers Shugo Kiryu and Shusuke Kozaki got interviewed by Focus Numerique. They confirm that the X-Pro2 is actually 4K capable, but they do not plan to add this feature via Firmware. But the X-T2 will definitely have 4K!
  4. They also say there will be no monochrome Fuji camera and probably also no X30 successor camera

New info about the SD Quattro cameras: 39MP version to ship before summer. 51Mp before end of the year.

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Image via DSLRmagazine

At a CP+ speech Sigma CEO Yamaki shared some more info about the new SD Quattro mirrorless system cameras:

1) Compactness was not a goal when designing those cameras
2) The real benefits of mirrorless cameras are AF accuracy, AE accuracy, lack of mechanical shock
3) The new Foveon sensor has 1 stop ISO imrpovement over the sensor used in [shoplink 301816 ebay]their DP cameras[/shoplink] 4) 40% faster EVF than the EVF used by DP cameras
5) The DP Quattro is likely to ship before summer. The SD Quattro H will launch before the end of the year

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