It’s no secret that Nikon is suffering big losses in the camera market. And unlike so many other companies Nikon depends very much from the camera business. Now here come the unexpected rumor posted by Fujirumors:

Japanese government is directly involved in finding a company that can help Nikon. Hatenablog.com says here that Fujifilm is one of the companies that could possibly “help” Nikon.

Previously there were some wild speculations that Sony could be involved too. But the Hatena report does not specifically mention Sony. Sony already once bought a stake into Olympus to help out their financial mess. I guess that the main goal of a Fuji-Nikon partnership would be the same as the one of the Sony-Olympus collaboration: Cost reduction…cost reductiond and again cost reduction.

UPDATE: The Story got written by Sentaku (June issue magazine) which is a highly reputable source in Japan. Already back in April Sentaku they wrote:

Companies from Taiwan, South Korea and China reportedly are considering acquiring Nikon. Experts say if its financial situation further deteriorates

Ten days ago Sony China launched that teaser for a new camera launch. But we still got no news about the camera specs. By the way, this is a legit teaser. They made the same a year ago for the A6300 launch (teaser here).

There was some very wild speculation on the forum that this might be a new A5100 successor rather than an RX camera. But really, I have no info yet on that.

Sony support at the BHphoto Q&A page confirmed the Sony A9 will get S-Log. We should get this soon with the next firmware update.

And CameraJabber had a chat with Sony manager Aoki and added that new information:

Sony would listen to market advice and assess the need for additional touch-control along with ‘other function’ enhancements.

Again CameraJabber:

I strongly suspect (hope) that Sony might also take the opportunity to add Picture Profiles and S-Log mode to make the camera more appealing to videographers.

If SAR readers have more suggestions feel free to add your firmware wishlist on our comment system!

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Sony A9:
Sony A9 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, BestBuy. FocusCamera. Calumet.de. Park UK. Wex UK. Jessops.
Sony A9 with Grip Extension Kit at BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
Sony A9 battery grip at Adorama, Bhphoto, Amazon. Wex UK. Jessops.
Sony A9 Glass screen protector at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.
NP-FZ100 battery for the A9 at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Jessops.
GP-EX1 grip at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Wex UK.
FDA-EP18 eye cup at Adorama, BHphoto.
MQZ1 multi battery charger at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon. Wex UK.
BCQZ1 Z-series Battery Charger at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon.

The new Sony FE lenses preorders:
16-35mm GM at Bhphoto, Adorama, BestBuy, Focus and Amazon. In EU at Calumet DE, WexUK, Jessops.
12-24mm G at Bhphoto, Adorama, BestBuy, Focus and Amazon. In EU at Calumet DE, WexUK, Jessops.
Sony 100-400mm GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy. Calumet.de. Park UK. Wex UK. Jessops.

Back in April Samyang did display that new 35mm f/2.8 autofocus FE lens at the Korean Photography Expo. It has the same specs and similar size of the [shoplink 57619]Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 FE lens[/shoplink]. But it will be cheaper (no exact info yet). The autofocus performance is said to be similar to the Samyang 50mm FE.

Well a trusted source told us the lens will be announced within 2-3 weeks!

Still I wonder why Samyang did choose to make that lens. Would have loved to get something “new”. Maybe a 24mm or 28mm pancake?

Tomorrow at 6 CET time Sony will announce the PMW-F5 successor! This is not an E-mount camera but it wills till be very interesting what new tech will come along the new camcorder.

via Creativeventures.be.

The European store Scandinavianphoto did list the new Voigtländer 65mm f/2,0 Macro FE lens. This is a sign the lens will be available for preorder very soon (Thanks Frode for spotting this).
Image samples shot on this lens can be seen at DSLRmagazine.

The full info abotu the three upcoming FE lenses from Voigtlander:

MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm F2 Aspherical E-mount: It is scheduled to be released in 2017, and the target price is under 150,000 yen (under $1,300).

NOKTON 40mm F1.2 Aspherical E-mount: It aims to release this year under 150,000 yen (under $1,300).

NOKTON classic 35mm F1.4 E-mount: The assumed price range would be “VM mounted version and a little something extra”, and it will be less than 100,000 yen (under $900). It aims to be released in 2017.

And these are the 65mm specs:

Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 and the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 via Camerasize

We got an update on our Sigma FE lens rumors. A trusted sources confirmed the first Sigma Full Frame E-mount lens will be announced this summer. He didn’t share more details yet but we know from previous rumors that…

1. Sigma is preparing the launch of two new lenses
2. The first lens is rumored to be a 35mm f/1.4 (or f/1.2) FE autofocus lens. The size will be somewhere in between the current Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 and the Zeiss 35mm f/2.8
3. The source has yet no info on the second Sigma FE lens but he says it may be a zoom lens

Thanks again to the source for the valuable help. One day I wills end you a bottle of good red wine for this ;)

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