Photokina 2018

[swifty]

I remember starting a thread in 2012 about what a year for photographic gear it would be.
It’s 2018 and this year’s Photokina show is shaping up to be the most exciting it’s been in years.

Already announced products:

Nikon Z system
Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF

Canon RF system
Canon 400mm f/2.8
Canon 600mm f/4

Fujifilm XT-3

Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM

Tokina 50mm f/1.4 Opera


Leaked:

For FF DSLRs
Sigma 28mm f/1.4
Sigma 40mm f/1.4
Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8
Sigma 60-600mm

For mirrorless APS-C and m43
56mm f/1.4


Rumoured:

Panasonic FF mirrorless system

Sony A7S3
Sony 135mm f/1.8

Ricoh GR3

Fuji GFX 50R


I’m sure there are many more items I’ve missed but it seems like there’s something for every brand/system buyer although the new products do tend to look a bit high end.

[swifty]

https://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2018/09/21/venus-optics-announces-eight-new-laowa-lenses-ahead-of-photokina-2018
A bit too many to list but Laowa has announced 8 new lenses ahead of Photokina.
4 cine lenses (3 primes and 1 zoom) and 4 m43 primes.

[swifty]

https://www.dpreview.com/news/7912788156/ricoh-announces-development-of-long-awaited-gr-iii
Exciting news for GR fans. Development announcement only and no radical changes but hey, hard to improve on an already excellent formula.

[swifty]

Well.. I think most of the press announcements are done.

Some big news in the L-mount alliance between Panasonic, Leica and Sigma.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/5367559072/leica-panasonic-and-sigma-announce-l-mount-alliance
Panasonic has also announced the development of 2 mirrorless FF cameras and 3 lenses at launch.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/9159684748/panasonic-developing-two-full-frame-mirrorless-cameras-with-leica-l-mount
Sigma will be developing FF Fovean mirrorless cameras using L-mount too. SA mount is the casualty and will be dropped.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/4798649806/sigma-to-take-foveon-full-frame-and-move-to-l-mount
Leica has updated their lens roadmap for the L-mount.

Leica has also announced a 64MP MF S3 model.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/3590172611/leica-s3-with-64-megapixel-medium-format-sensor-announced

Fujifilm came through with their GFX 50R, updated their lens roadmap and development announcement of their 100MP MF model.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/3322718566/fujifilm-introduces-rangefinder-style-gfx-50r-medium-format-camera
https://www.dpreview.com/news/4993360090/fujifilm-developing-100mp-medium-format-with-phase-detection-and-ibis

Panasonic also surprised the m43 crowd with a 10-25mm f/1.7 zoom
https://www.dpreview.com/news/9248867492/panasonic-is-developing-a-10-25mm-f1-7-lens-for-micro-four-thirds

Sony announced there will be 10 more E-mount lenses soon and AI development but the rumoured A7S3 and 135/1.8 wasn't announced.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/6717233861/sony-to-release-12-more-e-mount-lenses-in-two-years-add-ai-to-cameras

[ameerat42]

Interesting about the L-mount...:cool: - And a FF camera from Σ!:eek:

[swifty]

Interesting about the L-mount...:cool: - And a FF camera from Σ!:eek:

Certainly is. Soon there should be bayer and Fovean choices of FF bodies, in a mount which I think people would be far more willing to buy into than SA.
Also consider now that this will be a native mount for Sigma lenses.

[ameerat42]

Yes. There's talk about 1) Free conversion service by Σ - which I think will be cumbersome to manage - or
2) an adapter for SA bodies to take L lenses. Even if the latter involves some optical magnification that'd be
what I'd be interested in. I wouldn't think it would be much, ~1.4-ish, which is close to the 1.5 multiplier.

[swifty]

It seems Photokina’s not done yet.
Zeiss has a new Batis 40mm f/2 and a FF 35mm f/2 fixed lens camera.
Of note, it has an internal 512GB SSD and Lightroom CC preinstalled.