The big news of the week was definitely the announcement of the new Sony a9 camera, but there were also a few other announcements before the start of the 2017 NAB show: → The latest Ricoh Theta 360° camera. → Sigma announced the previously rumored two new cinema lenses: 14mm T2 and 135mm T2. → New […]
During the GoPro Q4 2016 earnings call, the company’s CEO Nick Woodman confirmed that a new Hero 6 camera will be announced later this year:
With only few weeks left till Photokina, there are many news that I already covered on the other blogs or they are just not worth a separate post. Here is a recap on what else is new:
GoPro will soon announce two new models: HERO5 Session and HERO5 Black (see also the leaked HERO5 menu). Here are the specs of the HERO5 Black model (the manual is available here):
There is a new leaked video of the upcoming GoPro Hero 5 action camera that will come with a larger touchscreen on the back and built-in GPS. I received a tip that the GoPro 4 silver is already officially discontinued by the manufacturer. Here is the leaked video:
→ New: Elinchrom EL-Skyport Universal Plus flash trigger (more info available here). → Also new: Entaniya lenses and rigs for ribcage-modified GoPro cameras (see all listings). → Xiaomi’s new action camera combines the best of GoPro’s Hero4 editions. → 40% off moving sale at RockyNook.
→ Check out the Filmtoaster – it lets you digitize your own film archive with a digital camera (available on Amazon). → New Plustek OpticFilm 135 film scanner announced (price: $399). → PhaseOne and ALPA announced a new A-series IQ3 100MP camera system. → Check out the current Olympus and Panasonic rebates. → Olympus released new firmware updates for the E-M1 and E-M5 […]
Just when Nikon decided to join the action camera segement: GoPro lays off 7% of its staff, warns of poor sales, faces a 30% revenue drop, stock down… read more at The Verge.
Shortly after Nikon announced their first KeyMission 360 action camera (pricing not yet available), GoPro also confirmed that their own 360º camera is in development. It seems that Samsung is also working on one:
GoPro published another teaser video of their upcoming Karma drone that will be announced in 2016:
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