Monthly Archives: May 2024

More bad news for Panasonic: Lumix S9 product page controversy and the use of stock photos *UPDATED*

More bad news for Panasonic: in addition to the latest statement from the company’s president and reports for the marketing department trying to influence reviewers, Panasonic is now also being accused of using stock photos in their latest Lumix S9 camera campaign. One of the photos seems to be taken with a Nikon camera by… […]

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What else is new?

The new 758-page Nikon Z9 Experience Guide is now updated with all the latest additions and changes for firmware v5.0 New Oberwerth ReLon® camera bag series launched Canon R5 II camera price and other rumored specifications Canon 14-20mm f/2 and 14-24mm f/2.8 Patents Found

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Kodak dominates the best-selling compact digital cameras in Japan

Compact cameras are recently experiencing a nice comeback and Kodak is currently dominating the best-selling compact digital cameras in Japan: Kodak PIXPRO WPZ2 (more info) Kodak PIXPRO FZ45 Kodak PIXPRO FZ55 Nagaoka Movio MAF100 Kenko Tokina KC-03TY Fujifilm Instax mini Evo Canon IXY 650

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Ulanzi announced new V-Mount series COB lights

Ulanzi announced two new V-mount series COB lights: Ulanzi 120W Bi-color/RGB RGB V-mount video light (VL-120Bi/VL-120C) Ulanzi 200W Bi-color V-mount video light (VL-200Bi) Additional information:

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Sigma to announce a new lens on June 3rd

Sigma is expected to announce a new lens on Monday, June 3rd, at 9 p.m. JST. Stay tuned for the details. Update: it seems that Sigma will announce a new 28-45mm f/1.8 DG DN ART lens.

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Nikkei: “Digital camera penetration falls below 50%, smartphones emerge, market unable to produce next generation”

A quote from Nikkei’s article “Digital camera penetration falls below 50%; smartphones emerge; domestic market unable to produce next generation”: “The penetration rate of digital cameras among households at the end of fiscal 2023 will fall below 50% for the first time in 19 years since the end of fiscal 2004. The demand for compact […]

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Finally someone said it: “camera reviews need to change” or how camera companies are influencing the influencers

If you still have doubts about how camera reviews are done, watch this video by Gerald Undone:  

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Canon EOS R1 flagship camera spotted at the F1 Grand Prix in Monaco

The Canon EOS R1 flagship camera was spotted at the F1 Grand Prix in Monaco. Here are the pictures courtesy of Federico Basile (Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Flickr):

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Light Lens Lab (LLL) announced the development of a new 50mm f/1.5 S21 lens

Light Lens Lab announced the development of a new 50mm f/1.5 S21 lens (see the original lens listed on eBay for over $14k). LLL plans to produce more S21-styled lenses in the future with different focal lengths:

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Complete reverse cycle: smartphones are now looking like cameras

The latest Vivo X100 Ultra smartphone comes wiht an optional SmallRig handle accessory that makes it look like a compact camera – so we basically abandoned compact cameras in favor of smartphones, just to make smartphones look and handle like compact cameras (just buy a Ricoh GR since the FujiX 100VI will be out of […]

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