
Reliable Sony rumors are hard to get, so this list of upcoming Sony lenses is as good as any other guess online:
Sony released their FY2018 Q3 financial reports (the camera trend is the blue bar in the graph above): Sony reports lower image sensor sales, reduces forecast (Image Sensor World) New Sony CEO to detail shift away from gadgets in mid-term plan: company sees unit sales of all hardware products falling (Bloomberg) Why Sony stock just […]
CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) issued their 2018 camera shipments recap: In 2018 total shipments decreased by 22.2% year on year in digital cameras with a significant decline in built-in lens digital cameras. In interchangeable lens digital cameras, having taken over the position of core product, failed to fill the gap. Shipments […]
Back in 2017 Bowens went out of business after it was acquired by the European investment group Aurelius in 2016. Two days ago Wex Photo Video and Calumet Photographic (both chains merged in 2017) announced the relaunch of the Bowens XMT500 flash head and Bowens XMT500 twin head kit (check also this limited launch offer). The XMT500 head is […]
Several readers noticed that Panasonic is fudging the LUMIX S lens MTF charts by using non-uniform X axis. To an uninformed reader, the LUMIX S MTF charts may look flatter when comparing to MTF charts from others who use standard linear axis. Here are the re-adjusted LUMIX S MTF charts to a standard linear axis. […]
Here is the updated Panasonic Lumix S L-mount lenses roadmap: Panasonic Lumix S Pro 50mm f/1.4 (Announced) Panasonic Lumix S 24-105mm f/4 Macro OIS (Announced) Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm f/4 OIS (Announced) Panasonic Lumix S 1.4x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019) Panasonic Lumix S 2x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019) Panasonic Lumix S 24-70mm f/2.8 (Coming in 2019) Panasonic Lumix […]
The Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless system is now officially announced – see the recap here and here, Press release: Lumix S1 | Lumix S1R | S lenses Panasonic LUMIX PRO now open for registrations Lumis S series official website Sample photos Lumix S cameras pre-order links: Adorama | B&H | Park Cameras | WEX Lumix S lenses pre-order links: […]