Mirrorless shares in Japan during the last 12 months. Source BCN, Graph Dicahub.
On top you can see the mirrorless share graph of the last 12 months in Japan. I am a bit surprised to see Sony loosing shares the last months. But it still remains the number one in Japan closely followed by Olympus.
The original BCN report also states that Canon wants to become the number one in the mirrorless market by end 2017. I guess Canon will have to launch a mirrorless Full Frame system to achieve that...
On Friday February 6 Canon will announce also a new G3x camera. It's rumored to have those specs:
20.2mp 1 inch back illuminated cmos
Wi-fi
NFC
5 shot/sec
F2.8-f5.6. 25x zoom. 28-600mm zoom (35 equiv.)
3.2 inch touch screen
ISO 12800 expand to 25600
Full HD. 59.94 fps
CanonWatch leaked an info about a possible Canon-Sony partnership to develop a new 50,6 Megapixel sensor. One to be used for the Canon 5Ds and one to be used for the Sony A7rII. And today the image of the 5Ds leaked out via Digicameinfo along the sensor specs:
50.6MP full-size CMOS sensor
5DS R is a low-pass filter has been canceled
The body is magnesium alloy
Dust and water sealed
Dual processor DIGIC6
Regular sensitivity ISO100-6400
Continuous shooting 5 frames / sec.
High precision 61-point AF
EOS iTR AF
150,000 pixel RGB + IR photometry sensor
Added “fine detail” to the Picture Style
1.3x and 1.6x crop shooting mode
Customizable “Quick Control Screen”
Time-lapse movie
Anti-flicker
Interval Timer
Bulb timer
Now we will have to see if the mirrorless Sony A7rII will have similar specs!
Canon will announce the new EOS-M3 next week and those could be the specs according to CanonWatch:
24.2MP sensor
Dual Pixel CMOS AF III
Automatic shooting modes
ISO 100-12,800 range
7 fps
NFC
Optional EVF
US readers can enjoy two great deals on brand new (and not grey imported) full warranty stuff:
Sony A7s sells for $1,999 only at NJaccessory on eBay (Click here).
Olympus E-Pl7 with kit lens sells for $549 at RobertsCamera on eBay (Click here).
Both are limited time/quantity offers!
Digicameinfo and 43rumors spilled out all the info on the announcement date (February 5) and specs of the new E-M5II:
- The body is Magnesium alloy body
- The body is dust and water sealed with resistance to low temperatures (Just like the E-M1
- 16MP sensor (Same E-M5 16MP sensor)
- TruePic VII Image processing engine
- 5-axis camera shake correction (effective 5 stop correction)
- Video 60p full HD
- Video 24fps
- 77Mbps bit rate
- Touch 3 inches 1.04 million dot Vari-angle LCD monitor.
- 2.36 million dot EVF
- Camera in keystone correction
- Live Composite
- Wi-Fi built-in. Remote control from the smartphone
- Hi-Res composite shooting functions of 40MP (eight shots at 0.5 pixel step I to produce an image of 40MP)
Fujirumors is again sure that Fuji is developing a new larger than APS-C sensor camera:
Fuji is working on a bigger sensor camera. The source would like to specify, that the release of this bigger sensor size camera is everything else but imminent (so don’t expect it to come anytime soon). We are just in the early stages of its development. But, always according to this source, Fujifilm is already paving the way for its arrival, since some of the recently announced/released Fujinon XF lenses are already designed to cover the bigger sensor.
Would be nice to have a real Sony FE competitor! But for now even if the rumor is correct it doesn't sound like this will come within 2015 :(
Just like the A7 also the A7r will be replaced soon. At least according to a highly trusted source. The new A7rII will have a new High Resolution sensor of around 50 Megapixels!
I don't know yet if the camera will be announced at Cp+ or 1-2 months later in Spring...
I do not post deals very often but this will matter for USA readers. The world's best autofocus lens got quite a huge $223 off on a special offer from eBay US (Click here).
A no brainer deal for real!
There is no secret anymore about what's coming from the Micro Four Thirds companies at CP+ in February :)
The image on top shows the new Panasonic GF7 which has the following specs:
– 16MP sensor
– ISO 200-25,600
– 1.04 million dot titlting LCD monitor (180 degrees)
– no 4K recording- Come with 12-32mm kit lens.
And than we have new images of the E-M5II with the HLD-6P and HLD-8G grip and a new FL-LM3 flash:
Do you like them? :
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via Digicameinfo, Photorumors, 43rumors.
The yet not officially announced Samsung NX500 can be preordered at BHphoto (Click here). The price is $799 with kit lens included!
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via Dpreview forum.
Photorumors got his hands on these first Samsung NX500 pictures and final NX500 specs:
28MP BSI APS-C sensor
D5s image engine
ISO range: 100-25,600
New hybrid AF with PD
55ms super fast AF
9fps with AF
1/6000s shutter speed
Easy sharing with BT/Wi-Fi/NFC
3: Super AMOLED tilt &flip LCD screen
Dual command dial
Will be available in three different colors: black, brown, white
An anonymous source (Thanks!!!) told us the Panasonic GF7 will be unveiled next week. There are no specs and images yet. All I got so far is that official Panasonic patent image for a GF camera. Not sure the GF7 will look like that...
