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Olympus lens price increase coming in February 2020

Olympus is going to increase the price of selected lenses on February 1, 2020: The price increase is for Japan, but I believe it will spread to all markets. Olympus mentioned “raw material costs” as a reason for the price increase, but I think the real reason is the poor financial results in the past […]

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Panasonic to sell their image sensor business TowerJazz: “Panasonic has turned its focus away from low-margin consumer electronics”

TowerJazz Manufacturing Facility

Panasonic is going to sell their image sensor business (TowerJazz) to Taiwan’s Nuvoton for $250 million:

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Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for November 2019

         The top 10 PhotoRumors posts for September 2019 are:

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Photography Black Friday deals

Photography Black Friday deals (see also Adorama, B&H and Amazon):

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Topaz Labs, Skylum, Adobe and Exposure Software Black Friday deals announced

Topaz Labs, Skylum, Adobe and Exposure Software announced their Black Friday deals or their photo editing software packages: Topaz Labs Black Friday bundle now 53% off: Bundle includes the AI Suite (Adjust AI, DeNoise AI, Gigapixel AI, JPEG to RAW AI, Mask AI, and Sharpen AI) as well as Studio 2 for $299. If you own […]

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Updated Olympus M.Zuiko Digital lens roadmap released

Olympus updated their M.Zuiko Digital lens roadmap:

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Yes, the Fujifilm X-H1 camera has been discontinued for a while

Several Fujifilm X-H1 camera configurations were already listed as discontinued back in April this year (see B&H listings, still in stock at Adorama). It appears that the X-H1 model had a really short lifespan (the X-H1 was announced in February last year) which probably explains why Fuji may decide to discontinue this product line altogether:

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New Sony holiday deals launched in the US

Today Sony launched their holiday deals in the US – you can see the details at Adorama, B&H Photo and Amazon. More Black Friday deals can be found here.

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What else is new?

I will be traveling next week for Thanksgiving and will have limited Internet connectivity. Blog posts and email correspondence could be delayed. For the latest Black Friday deals, check this page or follow @PhotogDeals on Twitter and Facebook. → Samsung announced a new Samsung 43.7MP mobile image sensor with 0.7μm-pixel size (press release). → RED confirms […]

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What else is new?

More hints about a new high-end compact Nikon camera (N1823) Rumor: Nikon is supposedly killing some of their sport optics product lines Leica 6376 model confirmed to be the new M10 Monochrom camera Announced: Leica Sofort camera in red finish  

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