Monthly Archives: August 2019

Pinhole Pro X 18-36mm pinhole zoom lens now on Kickstarter

By PR admin | Published: August 8, 2019

The Pinhole Pro X 18-36mm pinhole zoom lens is now listed on Kickstarter (see also this post):

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Canon EOS 90D and EOS M6 Mark II cameras to be announced next

By PR admin | Published: August 8, 2019

The next two cameras to be announced from Canon are going to be the EOS 90D and EOS M6 Mark II together with the two new RF lenses:

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Blackmagic Design post-production and camera products announcement tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: August 7, 2019

Tomorrow (August 8) Blackmagic Design will have a post-production and camera products announcement at 12PM PDT. You can watch the livesteeam on YouTube:

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Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM and RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM lenses to be released this month

By PR admin | Published: August 7, 2019
Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8 L IS USM

The Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM and RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM lenses together with a new EW-88E lens hood will be officially announced in the next 30 days. Additional pictures of the new lenses:

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Sony manager confirms again Sony a7S III camera is still in development

By PR admin | Published: August 6, 2019

Reliable rumors about new Sony cameras are basically non-existent and the only way we get small bits and pieces of information for upcoming producsts is from press interviews with Sony executives. Here is what Sony manager Yosuke Aoki said in a recent interview in China about the Sony a7S III mirrorless camera (Google translated):

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: August 5, 2019

Is this the next Nikon Z APS-C based mirrorless camera? The Leica APO-Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 Asph lens will be officially released on August 15th New TTartisans lenses for Leica M-mount: 21mm f/1.5 and 35mm f/1.4 (rumors) Fujifilm GFX100 Technical Analysis  

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The CIPA report for June is out: worse than previous years (again)

By PR admin | Published: August 4, 2019

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their June report and the downturn continues – the total number of shipped digital cameras is lower compared to the same month in previous years  (orange: 2019, black: 2018, blue: 2017, click for larger view): DSLR’s down 37% in units, 46% in Yen Mirrorless down 14% in […]

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Olympus 1st quarter FY2020 financial results: mirrorless cameras revenue down 25%, compact cameras revenue down 40%

By PR admin | Published: August 4, 2019

Olympus released their financial results for the 1st quarter of FY2020: mirrorless cameras revenue is down 25%, compact cameras revenue is down 40%. Here are the detailed reports and the 2020 forecast for the imaging division (Panasonic also released their Q1 financial results but it is difficult to extract the numbers for their camera business):

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