CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their October report and the downturn continues – the total number of shipped digital cameras is lower compared to the same month in previous years (orange: 2018, black: 2017, blue: 2016, click for larger view):
Last year Photokina announced that the biggest photography show will start taking place annually. This made absolutely no sense since the camera industry is shrinking and many of the camera manufacturers were not happy with that decision. I am not surprised that today Photokina canceled their 2019 show and announced the 2020 Photokina dates (May 27-30, 2020):
BCN Ranking published their data for the full-frame camera market in Japan from October 2017 to October 2018:
SonyAddict found the product information for a new Sony IMX435AQJ CMOS sensor with 36MP and 8k video capability. It will be interesting to see what will be the first camera to use this sensor. Here are the details:
After the Meyer Optik Görlitz and Yashica fiascos, we now have another crowdfunding horror story with the Eyemore S1 video camera. Watch the video “The Worst Camera We’ve Ever Tested Is Hilariously Bad” below for details:
The Swiss website Fotichaestli sales USB lens heating pouches – I never knew such product existed, here are the details (Google translation):
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Here is an updated list of registered but not yet officially announced cameras from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Leica and Ricoh:
