A Canon and Nikon pro mirrorless wishlist discussion (video)

Canon EOS M50

Gordon Laing from CameraLabs discusses with 6 special guests what features Canon’s and Nikon’s upcoming pro-oriented mirrorless camera should have.

If you want to know more about Canon’s mirrorless agenda we got you covered. We expect Canon to announce the Canon EOS M5 Mark II ahead of Photokina 2018. Canon’s full frame mirrorless might take a bit longer.

Four unreleased Canon lenses leak through certification authority

Canon EF-M 32mm F/1.4 STM EF-M 22mm Canon Lenses

Nokishita uncovered four yet-to-release Canon lenses.

These lens have SKUs

  • 3045C005AA
  • 2959C005AA
  • 2963C005AA
  • 2972C005AA

At least some of the lenses show up as manufactured in Canon’s Utsunomiya Factory, where all “L” lenses are made. Hence there may be one or more “L” lenses coming any time within the next 3 to 9 months.

Among the bunch we are sure is the 50mm equivalent (32 or 35mm on APS-C) lens for Canon EOS M system we leaked back in 2016 (its development). It’s one of many of our rumors that get regularly hijacked, and then surface somewhere else on the web. We were always told that it would be a 35mm lens, but others talk about 32mm. This lens may have f/1.4 or f/1.8. let’s hope it’s the former. We were also told this lens will be announced ahead of Photokina 2018, which makes even more sense since we now have reasons to think that most likely Canon will announce the EOS M5 Mark II in September 2018. Canon’s full frame mirrorless may take a bit longer.

So what may the other lenses be? Since a few days a replacement for the EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II is rumored on some spots on the web. For the time being we can neither confirm nor deny this. The EF 24-70mm f/2.8 II was announced in 2012, so it may be a bit early for a replacement.

So far no hints about the remaining two lenses. hey might be “L” lenses. There are some sugestions that Canon may announced professional lenses for Photokina 2018 but so far it’s only buzz.

Stay tuned.

A Canon conspiracy theory: A killer mirrorless camera may be on the horizon

Mirrorless Camera

Tony & Chelsea Northrup discuss a possible conspiracy theory, with Canon at the centre.

Is Canon purposely holding back their engineering skills, and hence a killer MILC, for strategic reasons? In other words: is Canon waiting for the right time to launch the ultimate mirrorless camera?

They say:

Canon has been the #1 camera manufacturer for decades, and they beat Nikon, Sony, Fuji, and all the others with leading-edge innovation. That seems to have changed in the last few years…but Chelsea has a theory that they’re just charging up for the ultimate mirrorless camera. Is it true?

While I’m sure the discussion in the video below wasn’t intended to be serious, there are some solid arguments in the talk. Enjoy, and sound off in the comment section if you want.

If you want to know more about Canon’s mirrorless agenda we got you covered. We expect Canon to announce the Canon EOS M5 Mark II ahead of Photokina 2018. Canon’s full frame mirrorless might take a bit longer.

Canon set to announce the EOS M5 Mark II ahead of Photokina 2018? [CW3]

Canon Eos M5 Mark Ii

More tidbits about Canon’s mirrorless agenda.

We have been told (thanks) that Canon will soon announce the replacement for the Canon EOS M5, so far the companies most advanced mirrorless camera.

The Canon EOS M5 Mark II may feature a new generation sensor with a 24MP resolution, and finally 4K video with Dual Pixel Auto Focus. The EOS M5 Mark II may also sport a top LCD display. Other suggestions point to more advanced video features, better interface, and all the common updates you may expect.

The EOS M5 was announced in September 2016, so a replacement sounds likely.

So far I do not have reliable intel about the specifications, so take the with a grain of salt. However, exciting times are ahead. Stay tuned to grasp every bit we get about Canon’s mirrorless agenda.

You may ask: what about Canon’s full frame mirrorless camera? Well, it may not be announced for Photokina 2018 but for Photokina 2019, see here.

Canon set to announce a new MILC ahead of Photokina 2018 but it may not be a full frame mirrorless

Full Frame Mirrorless

We got a bunch of suggestions that Canon will announce a new, pro-oriented mirrorless camera ahead of Photokina 2018 (September), and it may be another APS-C camera.

Canon’s full frame mirrorless camera has not been put on ice. It will most likely be announced before Photokina 2019 (May). While rumors and rumor outlets have alternatively suggested a September 2018 and Q1 2019 announcement, we start to believe that Canon’s full frame mirrorless camera is indeed a 2019 affair.

While we have always been told by our sources that Canon will announce their full frame MILC ahead Photokina 2018, we have now reasons to think that Canon is set to announce two new MILCS within the next 8 or 9 months. The first one will be announced ahead of Photokina 2018, the second one ahead of Photokina 2019. The former will most likely be another APS-C body, the latter the long awaited full frame mirrorless camera.

For the time being we have no clues about specifications of both cameras. We expect the full frame mirrorless camera to have a sensor resolution around 36MP, the APS-C MILC may go around 28MP. For more tidbits check the four articles below.

Things are hard to get by since Canon started to secure their development plans from leaking. More to come…

A lot of Canon full frame mirrorless talk, but nothing that’s new

Canon’s full frame mirrorless camera to be announced before Photokina?

Worth more than all rumors: Sony exec says Canon and Nikon will launch a FF mirrorless within a year

Nikon Exec confirms: Full Frame Mirrorless by Spring 2019

Stay tuned!

Another suggestion a Canon full frame mirrorless camera may be announced ahead of Photokina 2018

Canon Rumors Canon Full Frame Mirrorless

We got a bunch of mails suggesting that the announcement of the long rumored Canon full frame mirrorless camera may happen ahead of Photokina 2018, i.e. before September 2018.

An announcement around September 2018 has always been what was suggested to us, though sometimes we got some doubts. Shall we now take September 2018 again as a candidate announcement date? I do not know at the time being.

Sincerely, I really hope Canon will announce this thing asap so it’s over. Since I started this site, this is the most stressful rumor I had to deal with. Not only we get a lot of unreliable mails (i.e. absolute bs) but it’s also getting harder to discern the crap from what may indeed have some value. We are more on the conservative side, I guess, so most of the things that are suggested to us are not being published immediately, if ever.

If, and only if, an announcement in September 2018 is to expect, then there will be first serious leaks no later than end of July 2018 or beginning of August 2018. But then, there will be another Photokina in May 2019. So it’s either for the former or for the latter.

That Canon will still not have been announced their full frame mirrorless camera by Photokina 2019 (May 2019) is unrealistic. It will happen within a year at most. Maybe this is the only thing we can be somewhat sure about.

To see the latest bits we got about Canon’s full frame mirrorless camera, please see here.

All our Canon full frame mirrorless rumors are listed here.

Stay tuned.