What should the crew check at Photokina?

[Jan Anne]

As mentioned elsewhere the crew will be at Photokina on Friday the 21st.

So what should we check and report on here at NG??

Of course we will visit the Nikon booth and check the new 105/1.4 and whatever will be introduced in the coming week or so. Personally I'm hoping for a Df MKII and a Nikon FX mirrorless camera with some nice small but fast primes (preferably in the Sony FE mount  ).

Besides the lack of rumours or announcements from Nikon self there plenty of lenses to check out.
- Samyang 14/2.4
http://nikonrumors.com/2016/09/12/samyang-starts-a-new-line-of-premium-lenses-with-the-14mm-f2-4-and-85mm-f1-2.aspx/
- Zeiss Milvus 2.8/15, 2.8/18 and 2/135 lenses
http://nikonrumors.com/2016/09/08/zeiss-milvus-2-815-2-818-and-2135-lenses-for-nikon-f-mount-announced.aspx/
- Irex 15/2.4 and 11/4

For my Sony a7 platform I'll check on these announcements / rumours
- Venus Optics 15/2, because I like ultra wide and fast:
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/venus-optics-unveil-worlds-fastest-15mm-lens-sony-full-frame-e-mount-camera/
- The Voigtlander 10mm and 12mm E lenses
- Rumored new Zeiss Loxia or Batis lens
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/zeiss-teases-new-fe-lens-launch/
- The Tokina 20/2
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/tokina-officially-announced-new-firin-20mm-f2-0-full-frame-e-mount-lens/
- New Sony GM 85/1.4
- Sony Zeiss 50/1.4
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/lensrentals-tests-new-zeiss-50mm-fe-lens-sharper-center-zeiss-otus/
- Samyang AF 14/2.8 FE
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/samyang-will-ship-new-14mm-f2-8-fe-autofocus-lens-september-699-euro/
- Sony 70-300

And when all goes to plan Sony should cinroduce the new a7MKIII and a9 but a certain earthquake might hav delayed those plans 

So, what is missing on this besides a visit to the Nikon, Sony, Zeiss, Tokina, Samyang and Voigtlander booths??

Maybe the new Canon M5 mirrorless APSC camera?
http://www.canonwatch.com/canon-eos-m5-specifications-images-leaked-24mp-dpaf-7fps/

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I'll also plan to be there on Friday, but the 23rd ...

The Key Mission cameras from Nikon have not garnered a lot of press, perhaps not remarkable as few if any has seen them. However, PK 2016 will rectify that lack of information, I hope.

Will visit Foolography to have a look at their latest GPS products.

[chris dees]

I'll take my 105/1.4E with me, so there's more time to check on that one.

[Mike G]

Please don't forget us mirrorless types please, Fuji and Olympus!

[Bjørn Rørslett]

We'll do our best to cater for everyone's needs and curiosity, Mike.

I'm going to have a look at the XT2 at least.

[stenrasmussen]

Especially the new medium format system from Fujifilm...if it has surfaced.

[Hugh_3170]

The rumour mills suggest that there may be an Olympus OMD E-M1 Mk II released, plus a 12-100mm f/4.0 PRO lens, a 25mm f/1.2 PRO lens, and a 30mm f/3.5 Macro lens.

Great to get your impressions of any of these (that is if any of these materialise!).

Ditto for any goodies from Nikon.

TIA

Either way folks, have an enjoyable visit and don't drink more beers/red than I would!   

Please don't forget us mirrorless types please, Fuji and Olympus!

[Jan Anne]

I'll also plan to be there on Friday, but the 23rd ...

It was one of those days yesterday, also dropped my precious Norway coffee mug I bought on the Lofoten airport the last time we were there 

[Mike G]

Thank you Bjorn, having only had my X-T2 for a few days, I'm very impressed, the speed of it is quite amazing!

Anthony and I went to  Fujifilm event in a very small camera shop, the Fuji event turned out to be the man in the Fujifilm polo shirt!

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Mike: perhaps you should join force with Anthony and the two of you make a write-up of the experiences with this system?

[Mike G]

Bjorn, I would but I am notoriously bad at writing write ups! But give me a few days and you can see some of my ramblings.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Lean ever so slightly on Anthony .... he should have the required writing experience ....

Am sure many would appreciate a heads-up report on this new model.

[Olivier]

Mike: perhaps you should join force with Anthony and the two of you make a write-up of the experiences with this system?

Vade retro!
I am almost quite more or less perfectly satisfied with my X-T1, why in the world tempt me?

[Jan Anne]

The Zeiss teaser was for the Loxia 85/2.4 FE for the a7 series:
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr5-first-images-new-loxia-85mm-f2-4-lens/

Interesting little lens with smooth manual focus, click or clickless aperture ring, CPU, all metal, etc.

The cool thing about this recent tsunami of new lenses for the Sony FE mount is that when Nikon does come out with an FX mirrorless camera these lenses will be available very shortly after introduction whereas we Sony users had to wait years for a mature lens line up.

[bjornthun]

The Zeiss teaser was for the Loxia 85/2.4 FE for the a7 series:
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr5-first-images-new-loxia-85mm-f2-4-lens/

Interesting little lens with smooth manual focus, click or clickless aperture ring, CPU, all metal, etc.

The cool thing about this recent tsunami of new lenses for the Sony FE mount is that when Nikon does come out with an FX mirrorless camera these lenses will be available very shortly after introduction whereas we Sony users had to wait years for a mature lens line up.

This article by Thom Hogan may be of interest, regarding lens mounts and licensing, http://www.sansmirror.com/newsviews/sony-made-the-right-decisio.html
If Nikon does present an FX mirrorless at Photokina, questions about third party support may be worth asking. There hasn't been very much rumours about Nikon and Photokina, so perhaps they have a real secret to share this time.