Canon 5D Mark IV Rumors

The rumor mill is ramping up again about the much anticipated Canon 5D Mark IV thanks to a post by Northlight.  According to Northlight, the EOS 5D Mark IV is going to be announced until fall 2015 at the earliest.  Furthermore the 5D Mark IV won't be announced until the 5DS and 5DR are shipping in "reasonable numbers".

According to various websites the sources inside Canon have mentioned that sales of the 5D Mark III are still very good.  I suspect 5D Mark III sales were boosted once the 5DS/5DR were announced because many photographers, myself included realized the 5DS/5DR is not a good camera system for general use.  I personally had been holding off on buying a new full frame camera waiting for something new from Canon, but finally bit the bullet and just bought a 5D Mark III.

The sources are also say the 5D Mark IV may not come until after the announcement of the 1DX Mark II.

Rumored specs for the 5D Mark IV:

28 megapixel sensor:

9fps

4K video

Improved external flash control

Sony Announces New FE Lenses

All of us bloggers guessed wrong last month.  We expected Sony to announce a series of FE Lenses at CP+ and it took us by surprise when they didn't.  But Sony came through today announcing four new full-frame lenses for its E-Mount camera's.  Sony now has 11 FE lenses in its lineup.  The new lenses are: the 28mm f/2, 35mm f/1.4, 90mm f/2.8 macro, and 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3.

Sony is fulfill its promise to rapidly expand its lineup.  The main complaint (and a big reason many pros have not endorsed Sony's E-Mount camera system) is a lack of lens selection.  But Sony has promised to continue “the rapid expansion of [its] popular mirrorless camera system.”

So here are the new lenses and a brief description of each:

The 28mm f/2 is a wide angle prime lens that features a bright maximum aperture that’s great for landscape photography and handheld shooting, especially in low light.

Features include a high-grade aluminum finish, a light and compact design, “whisper-quiet” autofocusing, a 9-blade circular aperture, 3 aspherical lens elements, a length that remains constant during focusing, and multi-coating to suppress flare and ghosting.