The usually very accurate Japanese Impress magazine published Canon and Nikon camera predictions. Above the scanned page for the Canon gear, below the page for the Nikon gear. The pages showed up on the Chinese Xitek forum. The figures near the images are the probability percentage chance estimates.
Canon: a new mirrorless camera named EOS M2 will be released in 2013, 80% probability to be a real prediction
Nikon: The V3 will be released during 2013, 75% probability
The rest, not mirrorless related, for those who are interested:
- Canon
- EOS 7D Mark II will have a newly developed sensor, 10fps burst rate, and ISO up to 25600
- EOS 70D will have same sensor as 7D Mark II, burst rate limited to 3fps, ISO 25600
- EOS 1DSx, that’s the name of Canon’s high megapixel DSLR.
- Nikon
- D7200 with 39 points AF, ISO up to 25600
- D9000 with newly developed sensor, 10fps bust rate, 51 points AF
- D4x set to be released in 2013
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If Canon M2 has a build in view finder, I might consider it to use my other canon lenses. otherwise, I will just keep m4/3 gears for light weight
Although they should, and should have done so already, I highly doubt Canon or Nikon will introduce any high quality mirrorless cameras in the near future. Both the Nikon V1 and the Canon EOS M have too small of sensors, and the Canon EOS M – unsurprisingly – is perhaps the least interesting mirrorless camera ever introduced. It looks like a point-and-shoot, it has terrible feel and performance, and the image quality – like most sub FF Canons – is inferior to Fuji and Sony.
In my opinion, it is a waste of time, effort, and money to introduce anything like the EOS M, and I was highly disappointed to see it. Canon should have introduced a mirrorless camera that at least competes if not beats the competition. A sexy, retro mirrorless camera, with descent AF, some fast primes, and at least an APS-C sized sensor. Although they have some great lenses and full frame cameras, I don’t think Canon is innovative enough or has any intention of introducing anything ground breaking (or worth buying) in the mirrorless market in the near future.
By the way, I am a Canon user, but have been very disappointed with their give-the-bare-minimum approach to anything below the 5D mkIII. And, this is just my opinion…
If it’s true , it’s because Canon and Nikon are fed up with all the dilusional wishful thinkers on this site who think m4 and nex is the god of cameras. If they decide to get serious you can bet itll be just like what they do to any other dslr rival, which is to make it hard for any logical non fanboy to chose anything other than a Canikon product…in which case, you can say goodbye to m43 and nex as they have had alot of time for the market to themselves, but only seem to be able to churn out overpriced equipment with missing viewfinders and overpriced camera with evf’s.
You’d have sex with your Canikon products, wouldn’t you, Fants? I’m pretty sure you would.
Well for canon/nikon is most important their dslr world and no matter the world is demanding mirrorless high quality system. But camera makers just don’t want to ruin their dslr either apsc or ff world just yet.
These are some incredibly bold predictions by said magazine.
Canon / Nikon in Year 201X will release a new model with model.name + 1.
Similar to what George said, Canon/Nikon are too concerned about protecting their DSLR market. However, ignoring the rising demand for mirrorless cameras could be a big mistake.
Until recently, they perhaps were not concerned, as the mirrorless market consisted mainly of M4/3 sized sensor cameras, which I believe are too much of a compromise for many people (a two-stop disadvantage in depth of field control), including me, and do not produce images in quality comparable to a full frame DSLR. However, with the introduction of the Fuji X-Series cameras, though they are APS-C sized sensor cameras, the image quality has improved considerably and the sharpness of the images without the AA filter is exceptional. If Fuji can improve the AF and EVF performance considerably in future models, and the RAW conversion issues are resolved (perhaps very soon with Capture One, but who knows), there will be no need for a DSLR for a recreational photographer like me, especially since I travel a lot (a smaller camera with excellent image quality would be perfect). And, if they introduce a FF X-Series camera (likely within a year or two, if they are smart) with high quality interchangeable lenses, and the AF and EVF performance is much better, there will definitely be no need for a DSLR for me.
The next few years are going to be exciting, and I believe Canon and Nikon should come out with mirrorless cameras that compete with or better the Fuji X-Series cameras (with respect to design and image quality, but with better AF), not M4/3 cameras (except for in-body image stabilization and weather sealing), and definitely nothing like the silly EOS-M. If they do, the camera market will become very interesting – competition is always good – and they will likely profit considerably from doing so. If they continue to ignore this opportunity, perhaps they will fall behind, particularly with those other than professional photographers…Who knows, time will tell!