Monthly Archives: January 2017

Leica and Fuji announcements this week + new Fujinon XF lenses pricing leaked

This week both Leica and Fuji will announce new products. I already reported most of the details, but there is always room for a surprise – especially from Leica. Here are the expected/rumored prices for the two Fuji XF lenses courtesy of FujiAddict:

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2016 BCN awards in Japan: Canon wins in almost all categories

The 2016 BCN awards for the Japanese market are out (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores). Canon still has a major market share in almost all categories (even in mirrorless – now at the #2 spot after pushing Sony to #3). Olympus is the #1 mirrorless camera, while Fuji never made […]

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What else is new?

→ Sigma released firmware update version 1.01 for the sd Quattro H camera. Shipping has not started yet in the US, but you can see a few sample photos here. → CIPA released their data for November 2016 and sales for interchangeable lens cameras were as good as in November 2015 (orange: 2016, black: 2015, blue: 2014 click […]

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Japanese pricing of upcoming Fuji cameras and lenses (GFX 50S, X100F, X-T20), GFX accessories

The Japanese pricing of the three Fuji cameras (GFX 50S, X100F, X-T20), one XF lens and three GF lenses that will be announced next week leaked online (see the rumored USD pricing here). Note that one of the GFX accessories will be an H mount adapter to use Hasselblad lenses on the Fuji GFX medium format […]

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New Pentax KP DSLR camera rumored to be announced next month at the CP+ show

There is a good chance that Ricoh will soon announce a new Pentax KP DSLR camera: The first report from twice.com is suggesting that Pentax/Ricoh will announce a new DSLR next month at the CP+ show in Japan. The second report is from digicame-info.com: a new Pentax KP DSLR camera was registered at the Indonesian telecommunication agency. The camera […]

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Fuji announcement next week: three cameras (GFX 50S, X100F, X-T20), one XF lens and three GF lenses

As I already reported a few weeks ago, Fuji will have a big announcement for the CP+ show in Japan. Here is the full list of products that will be officially announced next week (January 19th):

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The RED Helium 8K camera reached a new all-time-high DxOmark score of 108

DxOMark tested the RED Helium 8K camera and gave it the all-time-high score of 108 (click for larger view):

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Leica M10 camera: everything we know so far

    After a new picture of the Leica M10 camera leaked online earlier today (top photo above), I decided to do a recap on everything we know so far on the upcoming digital rangefinder from Leica:

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