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The Sony a6500 camera is now discontinued

By PR admin | Published: May 11, 2021

The Sony a6500 camera is now discontinued (it was announced back in October 2016): Already removed from the official website No longer available at Adorama Discontinued at B&H Photo

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 11, 2021

New Ricoh Theta Z1 51GB camera officially announced Pentax Q mirrorless camera: “hope is almost completely gone, unless a miracle happens, it will never be revived” Is the new Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-70mm f/2.8 ASPH lens for L-mount produced by Sigma? Rumors: Sharp to announce a new AQUOS R6 smartphone with Leica cameras

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There is no Panasonic GH6 coming soon, just an updated GH5 Mark II with the same old sensor UPDATED

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2021

The previously rumored Panasonic GH6 camera will actually be an updated version of the current GH5 model (Panasonic LUMIX DC-GH5 Mark II) – this of course means that Panasonic will use the same old 20MP sensor:

Posted in Panasonic| Tagged Micro Four Thirds is dead, Panasonic GH5 Mark II, Panasonic GH6| 12 Comments

Crazy story: a few years ago somebody stole Samyang’s trade secrets and established a new lens company…

By PR admin | Published: May 9, 2021

This is an update on my blog post “Is Samyang behind the Irix lens brand?” based on a recent comment by a reader: “In 2015, six employees of Samyang bribed into handing over secret information and production technic to a Polish man for 33 million dollars. The police said there were tens of thousands of confidential […]

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DJI Mavic 3 Pro drone rumors

By PR admin | Published: May 9, 2021

Some fresh DJI Mavic 3 Pro drone rumors:

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New PIXII APS-C connected digital rangefinder camera with Leica M-mount on the horizon

By PR admin | Published: May 9, 2021

PIXII is working on a new version of their current APS-C connected digital rangefinder camera with Leica M-mount and one of the expected upgrades will be a new IP2 processor. PIXII is also working on a new, wider ISO range: starting with a pulled ISO 80, from a new base sensitivity of ISO 160 and […]

Posted in Pixii| Tagged PIXII camera, Pixii camera with Leica M-mount| 1 Comment

Fujifilm X-Pro2 camera is (almost) discontinued

By PR admin | Published: May 8, 2021

It seems that the Fujifilm X-Pro2 camera, that was announced back in January 2016, (my favorite Fuji camera) is going to be discontinued soon – store listings are already out of stock, back-ordered, or “no longer available” at Adorama and B&H Photo (Amazon still has some limited stock):

Posted in Fuji| Tagged Fuji X-Pro2, fujirumors, To be discontinued...| 10 Comments